1. The remains of the Great Wall are swept away, and the tears fall and the strong lingers. (Wen Tianxiang of the Southern Song Dynasty, "To Guangzhou No. 77")
Translation: Cleaning the remaining battlements on the Great Wall, I couldn't help but shed tears while walking back and forth
2. Tong Han Fengxi descended to the household camp , Yellow sand and white bones embrace the Great Wall. (Tang Dynasty Li Yi's "Tonghan Fengxia")
Translation: In the Jianghuying area west of Tonghan Peak, there is the Great Wall made of yellow sand and white bones.
3. The Han family is now Shangjun, and the ancient Great Wall of Qinsai. ("Climbing the Great Wall" by Li Yi of the Tang Dynasty)
Translation: The Shangjun of our Han people today was a frontier fortress of the Great Wall during the Qin Dynasty.
4. If you don’t reach the Great Wall, you are not a true man. It only takes 20,000 yuan to travel. (Mao Zedong·"Qingpingle·Liupanshan")
Translation: You are definitely not a hero if you don't reach your destination. After all, you have traveled a journey of 20,000 miles. The two capitals are the key to each other, the first pass of the Great Wall.
5. After blocking the Great Wall, I promised myself that my temples were already faded in the mirror. ("Book of Anger" by Lu You of the Southern Song Dynasty)
Translation: I remember when I compared myself to the Great Wall and made great ambitions to eliminate border troubles for the motherland. Nowadays, my hair is as old as frost, and my hopes for the Northern Expedition and recovery are all empty talk.