Verses expressing love for the motherland:
1. The bright moon of Qin and the close of Han, and the people who marched thousands of miles have not yet returned. But the flying generals of Dragon City are here, and Hu Ma is not taught to cross the Yin Mountain.
From: "Out of the Fortress" by Wang Changling of the Tang Dynasty.
Translation: It is still the bright moon and the border pass in the Qin and Han Dynasties, guarding the border against the enemy and fighting thousands of miles to recruit people who have not returned. If Wei Qing, the flying general of Dragon City, was still here, the Xiongnu would never be allowed to go south to herd horses across the Yin Mountains.
2. The smoke is in the cold water, the moon is in the sand, and I stay in Qinhuai at night near the restaurant. The merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country's subjugation, but she still sings the flowers in the backyard across the river.
From: "Po Qinhuai" by Du Mu in the Tang Dynasty.
Translation: The blurry moonlight and light smoke shroud the cold water and white sand. At night, the ship is anchored on the Qinhuai River near the restaurant on the bank. The singing girl didn't know what the hatred of country subjugation was, and she was still singing "Flowers in the Backyard of Yushu" across the river.
3. Live as a hero, and die as a ghost. I still miss Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong.
From: "Summer Quatrains" by Li Qingzhao of the Song Dynasty.
Translation: You should be a hero among men when you are alive, and you should be a hero among ghosts after death. To this day, people still miss Xiang Yu because he refused to live an ignoble existence and returned to Jiangdong.
4. Thirty thousand miles of river flows eastward into the sea, and five thousand miles of mountains reach the sky. The remaining people shed tears in the dust and looked south to the king's division for another year.
From: "Feelings of Coming Out of the Fence Gate to Welcome the Coolness of the Autumn Night" written by Lu You of the Song Dynasty.
Translation: The 30,000-mile-long Yellow River flows eastward into the sea, and the 5,000-foot-high Huashan Mountain towers into the clouds and touches the blue sky. The people of the Central Plains had shed all their tears under the oppression of the Hu people. They had been looking forward to Wang's Northern Expedition for year after year.
5. The luminous cup of grape wine reminds you immediately if you want to drink Pipa. Don't laugh when you are lying drunk on the battlefield. How many people have fought in ancient times.
From: "Liangzhou Ci" written by Wang Han in the Tang Dynasty.
Translation: At the wine feast, the mellow grape wine was filled into exquisite luminous cups. The singers played the fast and cheerful pipa to encourage drinking, thinking that they were about to gallop to the battlefield to kill the enemy. Serving the country, the soldiers are all full of pride. You have to get drunk today before you can rest. So what if you fall drunk on the battlefield? This time I went on an expedition to serve my country. I originally planned to wrap my body in horse leather, but I didn't plan to come back alive.