1. Spring silkworms should not grow old, they are always pregnant with silkworms day and night.

What a pity that the tiny body is gone, the lingering will come naturally.

——Southern and Northern Dynasties: Anonymous "Making Silk"

Translation: Spring silkworms should not grow old. They keep spinning silk day and night, without pity for their own bodies, until the end of their lives. .

2. The cocoon cannot fill the basket with hard work, and the silk reeling under the lamp will be longer.

I don’t know where I came from, but I am greedy and have mandarin ducks embroidered on my clothes.

——Five Dynasties: Jiang Yigong's "Ode to Silkworms"

Translation: The cocoons obtained through hard work are not full of the basket, and the silkworms are boiled in the middle of the night and the silk is longer than the silk. The nobles don't know how hard it is to raise silkworms when they wear silk silk. They are just greedy for the embroidered mandarin ducks on their clothes.

3. It is difficult to say goodbye when we meet. The east wind is powerless and the flowers are withered.

Spring silkworms will not run out of silk until they die, and wax torches will not dry until they turn to ashes.

——Tang Dynasty: Li Shangyin's "Untitled·It's hard to say goodbye when we meet"

Translation: The opportunity to meet is really rare, and it's even harder to say goodbye when we say goodbye. Moreover, At the same time, the late spring weather is about to be harvested by the east wind, and the flowers have faded, which makes people even more sad. A spring silkworm spins a cocoon and spins out all its silk only when it dies. A candle burns out and turns to ashes before the tear-like wax drips dry.

4. The new white ramie robe is tender and cool. Spring nibbles the leaves in the cloister. Yumen is ready for the peach blossoms, and the Moon Palace is collecting the fragrant osmanthus first.

——Song Dynasty: Xin Qiji's "Partridge Sky·Songkuo's Autumn Test"

Translation: Kuo Zhiyou is wearing a new coat made of white ramie in the cool weather of early autumn. Yi, left me to take the imperial examination. I seem to see you taking the exam in the future. You will be writing with concentration in the exam room together with other candidates, just like spring silkworms eating mulberry leaves, and there will be rustling in the corridor.

5. It’s funny that Spring Silkworm has a lot of idiots, who works hard for him every year.

Just like a poor girl flying a shuttle, there is no trace of worry.

——Song Dynasty: Yu Wenbao's "I have three hatreds, one is childless, two are helpless, and three are useless. I embrace the north and work hard to entertain myself with literature."

Translation: The infatuation of spring silkworms is a bit ridiculous, it happens every year Who is the hard work for? Just like the Weaver Girl quickly weaving cloth, which one is for herself?