(1) If you don’t reach the Great Wall, you are not a true man. You only have to travel 20,000 yuan. (Mao Zedong·"Qingpingle·Liupanshan")

Translation: You are definitely not a hero if you don't reach your destination. After all, you have fought a journey of 20,000 miles. The two capitals are the key to each other, the first pass of the Great Wall.

(2) After walling up 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 frosty as my hair on my temples, and my hopes for the Northern Expedition and recovery are all empty talk.

(3) The remains of the Great Wall are swept away, and the tears fall and the strong wanderers linger. (Wen Tianxiang of the Southern Song Dynasty, "To Guangzhou No. 77")

Translation: Cleaning the remaining battlements on the Great Wall, walking back and forth without crying Camp, the 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.