Verses describing the elegance of the house:
1. This is a humble house, but I am virtuous. The upper steps of the moss marks are green, and the color of the grass is green. There are scholars who talk and laugh, but there are no idle people when coming and going. ——"Inscription on a Humble Room" by Liu Yuxi in the Tang Dynasty
Translation: This is a simple house, but I don't feel it is simple because of my good moral character. The moss marks are green and grow to the stage, and the green grass is reflected in the curtain. The people who come here to chat and laugh are all knowledgeable people, and there are no people with shallow knowledge to interact with.
2. On the winding road, there is a pavilion with wings standing over the spring, which is called the Drunkard Pavilion. ——"The Drunkard Pavilion" by Ouyang Xiu in the Song Dynasty
Interpretation: The spring winds along the mountain peaks and turns along the mountain road. There is a pavilion like a bird spreading its wings, flying over the spring. That is the Drunken Old Man. pavilion.
3. The milk swallow flies into the beautiful house. Quiet and deserted, the shade of the trees turns to noon, and the coolness of the evening brings a new bath. ——"Congratulations to the Bridegroom·Xia Jing" Song Dynasty: Su Shi
Translation: The little swallows flew in the elegant house with carved beams and painted beams. It was quiet and no one was around, and the shadow of the sycamore tree turned past noon. In the cool evening, the beauty has just come out of the bath.
4. Covered for more than three hundred miles, isolated from the sky. Lishan is built in the north and turns west, going straight to Xianyang. ——"Ode to Afang Palace" by Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty
Translation: It (is vast in area,) covers more than three hundred miles of ground, (the palace is towering,) isolates the sky and the sun. It is built from Lishan to the north, then turns to the west, and goes all the way to Xianyang.
5. The high gate is built in a jagged place, and the two floating towers are almost too clear. ——"Ode to the Tongque Terrace" by Cao Zhi in the Wei and Jin Dynasties
Translation: This is really a majestic and tall building, and the high platforms on both sides seem to be floating in space.
6. There are sparse and beautiful windows, and the third level of the pavilion. ——"There is a tall building in the northwest" Anonymous in the Han Dynasty
Translation: The tall building is decorated with patterned wooden strips, interlaced into elegant window panes, surrounded by high eaves, and has three cascading steps.