"Silk Song" - Northern and Southern Dynasties·Bao Linghui

Spring silkworms should not grow old, they always carry silk day and night.

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

"Wild Silkworms" - Yu Xi of the Tang Dynasty

Wild silkworms eat green mulberry and spin silk into cocoons.

It’s no different from stealing food and warmth without merit and strangers.

I wish all my silk could be turned into clothing for the cold.

"Ode to Silkworms" - Jiang Yigong of the Tang Dynasty

The cocoons are too hard to fill the basket, 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.