1. Summer Quatrains
Song Dynasty: Li Qingzhao
He was a hero in life and a hero in death. I still miss Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong.
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.
2. I refused to marry the spring breeze, but I was mistaken by the autumn breeze for no reason. ——He Zhu's "Bitter Heart: Willows Return to the Pond"
Interpretation: Back then, they refused to open in the spring, but now they are suffering desolation in the autumn wind for no reason.
3. Don’t sing the song of eternal regret, for there is also a Milky Way in the world. ——Yuan Mei's "Mawei"
Interpretation: There is no need to sing about the joys and sorrows of the emperor's concubines; there is also a Milky Way in the world, which separated thousands of couples.
4. If life is just like the first time we met, why should the autumn wind draw a fan sadly? ——Nalan Xingde's "Mulan Ci·Naigujuejue Ci Cambodian Friends"
Interpretation: Getting along with the person you like should always be as sweet as when you just met, so sweet, so warm, so affectionate and happy . But you and I should have loved each other, but why have we become separated from each other today?
5. Once upon a time, everything was difficult to overcome, except Wushan. ——Yuan Zhen's "Five Poems on Lisi·Part 4"
Interpretation: Once you have been to the sea, you don't care about the water elsewhere; except for Wushan, the clouds elsewhere are not called clouds.