1. Who doesn’t have brothers who are like feet and hands? ——? Li Hua of Tang Dynasty, "The Ancient Battle Text"?
Translation: Everyone has brothers, and brothers are just like our hands and feet.
2. All the brothers are scattered, and they have no family to ask about life and death. The letter sent was not delivered, but the troops were not suspended. ——From "Remembering My Brother on a Moonlit Night" by Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty
Translation: Although there are brothers, they are all separated and go to separate places, and there is no way to find out any news about them. Letters sent home to Luoyang City often cannot be delivered, not to mention the frequent wars that have not stopped.
3. I know from afar that my brothers have climbed to a high place, and there is one less person planting dogwood trees everywhere. ——"Reminiscences of Shandong Brothers on September 9th" by Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty
Translation: I imagined in a distant foreign land that when the brothers climbed high today, everyone wore dogwood, and I was the only one missing. .
4. The brothers will be here after all the calamities, and they will forget their grudges with a smile when they meet. ——"Ti Sanyi Pagoda" Modern Lu Xun
Translation: When we have all experienced disasters, the friendship between brothers is still there. When we meet, we smile at each other and forget all the past grudges.
5. Boil the beans to make soup, and drain the bean sprouts to make juice. The beetles are burning under the cauldron, and the beans are weeping in the cauldron. Since they are born from the same root, why be too hasty when they are in conflict with each other? ——"Seven Steps of Poetry" by Cao Zhi of the Eastern Han Dynasty
Translation: The beans are boiling in the pot because they want to filter the residue of the beans and leave the bean juice to make soup. The bean straw is burning under the pot, and the beans are crying inside the pot. Beans and bean straw originally grew from the same root. How could the bean straw cook the beans in such a hurry?