1. The flowers on the temples are swaying with golden steps, and the hibiscus tent warms the spring night. The spring night is short and the sun is high, and from now on the king will not go to court early.
"Song of Everlasting Regret" (Excerpt) Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi
The emperor of the Han Dynasty was obsessed with beauty and wanted to overwhelm the country, and he could not get it for many years. There is a daughter in the Yang family who has just grown up. She is raised in a boudoir and no one knows her.
It’s hard to give up on natural beauty. Once you choose it, you will be on the side of the king. Looking back and smiling, the sixth palace has no color.
In the cold spring, you can bathe in Huaqing Pool, and the hot spring water will wash away the fat. The waiter helped her weakly, and it was the beginning of her new grace.
The flowers on the temples are swaying with golden steps, and the hibiscus tent warms the spring night. The spring night is short and the sun is high, and from now on the king will not go to court early.
Interpretation:
Tang Minghuang loved women and was always looking for stunning beauties. He had ruled the country for many years and could not find anyone he liked. The Yang family had a daughter who had just grown up and was raised in a boudoir. Outsiders did not know that she was extremely beautiful. Her natural beauty made it difficult for her to be buried in the world, and it didn't take long for her to become a concubine of Emperor Tang Ming. She looked back and smiled so charmingly that the other concubines in the palace seemed to pale in comparison.
In the cold spring, the emperor sent her to bathe in Huaqing Pool. The warm spring water washed her white, tender and moist skin. The palace maid lifted her up like a hibiscus out of water, and Pingting began to gain favor from the emperor. With cloud-like hair on the temples and a flower-like face on the head, wearing a golden walking stick, I spent the spring night with the emperor in the warm hibiscus tent. I just regretted that the spring night was too short and I slept until the sun rose high. The king never went to court early again.
2. When the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will defeat countless people in the world.
"Magpie Bridge Immortal·Xianyun Makes Clueless" Song Dynasty: Qin Guan
Xianyun makes tricks, flying stars spread hatred, and the distance between Yin and Han is dark. Once the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win over countless others in the world. (Du Tong: crossing)
Tenderness is like water, good times are like dreams, and you can bear to look at the Magpie Bridge on your way back. If the love lasts for a long time, how can it last day and night?
Interpretation:
The thin clouds are ever-changing in the sky, the shooting stars in the sky convey the sadness of lovesickness, and I quietly pass through the distant and endless Milky Way tonight. Meeting on the Chinese Valentine's Day in the autumn wind and white dew is better than those couples in the world who stay together forever but seem to be inseparable. The lingering tenderness is as continuous as running water, the reunion date is as ethereal and illusory as the shadow of a dream, and I can't bear to look at the Magpie Bridge Road when we part. As long as the love lasts until death, there is no need to covet the happiness of each other.
3. How come they are like mandarin ducks with their necks crossed, and they are soaring! The phoenix comes and the phoenix comes to live with me, and I have to entrust the breeding tail to be my concubine forever.
"The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix. Part 2" Han Dynasty: Sima Xiangru
The phoenix returns to his hometown and travels around the world to seek his phoenix. If you don't meet me at that time, you will have no generals. How can you realize that you are going to be promoted to this hall now?
There is a beautiful lady in the boudoir, and the people in the room are poisonous to my intestines. How come they are like mandarin ducks with their necks crossed, and they are soaring in the air!
The phoenix comes to live with me, and I have to entrust the breeding tail to be my concubine forever. Friendships are harmonious and the hearts are harmonious. Who knows how to meet each other in the middle of the night?
Both wings rise and fly high, without feeling, my thoughts make me sad.
Interpretation:
Fengniao, phoenix bird, has returned to his hometown, his whereabouts are uncertain, and he travels around the world just to find the phoenix bird in his heart. Before I met the phoenix bird, I didn’t know where I was going. How could I understand what I felt after visiting the house today? There was a beautiful, elegant and quiet woman in her room. Although she lived close by, this beautiful woman was far away from me. I miss her so much. The love is ravaging my heart.
How can we get such a good match, become a couple, and be the loving mandarin ducks crossing their necks? I hope that I, the phoenix, can fly together with you, the phoenix, and swim in the sky. Huangniao, Huangniao, I hope you and I will live together, be inseparable, nurture and bear children, and be my spouse forever. Love is in harmony, and the two hearts are harmonious and harmonious. Who would know if you and I follow each other in the middle of the night? Spread your wings and fly away, in vain to miss you and make me sad.
4. Seeing me on the south bank of the painting hall, I always tremble when I lean against someone. It is difficult for a slave to come out, so teach him to show mercy to you.
"Bodhisattva Barbarian: The bright moon and flowers cover the light mist" Five Dynasties: Li Yu
The flowers and the moon cover the light mist, so I can go to Langbian tonight. Wearing socks and walking up the fragrant steps, carrying gold-leafed shoes. Seeing you on the south bank of the painting hall, I always tremble when I lean against someone. It is difficult for a slave to come out, so teach him to show mercy to you.
Interpretation:
The flowers are so beautiful under the hazy moonlight. I want to meet you secretly on this charming night. I walked up the steps step by step with my socks on, gently holding the gold-leaf shoes in my hand. I finally met you at the south bank of the painting hall! Nestled in your arms, my heart is still trembling. Do you know how difficult it is for me to come out to see you once? Tonight I want you to love me as much as you can.
5. The curtain on the west side of the water hall hangs down, hand in hand to create a dark phase.
"Lotus Leaf Cup·Remember That Year the Flowers Fall" Tang Dynasty: Wei Zhuang
Remember that year the flowers fell, late at night, when I first met Xie Niang. On the west side of the water hall, the painted curtain hangs down, showing the dark phase of hand in hand.
Melancholy Xiaoying and the waning moon, farewell, separated from the sound and dust. Now we are all strangers in a foreign land, and we have no reason to meet each other.
Interpretation:
I remember that night that year, Xie Niang and I met for the first time under the flowers beside the pond. The curtains were lowered, and they joined hands to secretly agree on a date to meet. I couldn't bear to be apart and had to break up. Before I knew it, the waning moon was about to end, and the early morning warblers were already ringing. We broke up and haven’t heard from each other since. Now that we are all strangers in a foreign land, I am afraid we will never have the chance to meet.