Verses about forging ahead in adversity include:
1: Yellow sand wears golden armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will never be returned until it is broken. ——Wang Changling's "Four of Seven Songs on the Military March"
2: I would rather die holding the fragrance on the branches than blow it down in the north wind. ——Zheng Sixiao's "Painting Chrysanthemums"
3: Stop thinking about your homeland with old friends, and try new tea with new fire. Poetry and wine take advantage of the youth. ——Su Shi's "Looking at the South of the Yangtze River"
4: Why don't men bring Wu hooks and collect the fifty states in Guanshan? ——Li He's "Five of the Thirteen Poems of Nanyuan"
5: How can you get the fragrance of plum blossoms without going through a bone-chilling cold.
——Zen Master Huang He's "Ode to a Discourse in the Hall"