1. "About Wine" - Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty
I am born with talents that will be useful, and I will come back after all my gold is gone.
Translation: Everyone's birth must have its own value and meaning. Even if a thousand taels of gold are used up in one wave, it can still be obtained again.
2. "After Enrollment" - Meng Jiao in the Tang Dynasty
In the past, it is not enough to boast about the sordidness, but now there is no limit to the dissolute thoughts.
The spring breeze brings joy to the horse's hoofs, and I see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.
Translation: The difficulties in life and the embarrassment in thinking in the past are no longer worth mentioning. Now that I have been named on the gold list, the depression has been blown away like the wind. I feel really indescribable and happy. I want to embrace this nature. Riding a horse on the Chang'an Road where the spring flowers are blooming, the horse's hooves are particularly light today. Unknowingly, I have already seen the prosperous flowers of Chang'an.
3. "Poems on Four Dengke" - Yang Shen of the Song Dynasty
Studying hard was rewarded, and his reputation spread to the emperor.
Translation: Years of hard study finally paid off, and his good reputation spread throughout Kyoto.
4. "Partridge Sky: The Autumn Test of Sending Kuo" - Xin Qiji of the Song Dynasty
Peng Beihai, Feng Chaoyang, and carry the book and sword along the vast road.
On this day next year, the clouds will go away, but the world will be full of troubles.
Translation: Now carrying the book and the sword towards the vast road of taking the exam, it is like a Kunpeng spreading its wings and swimming from the North Sea to the South China Sea, and like a phoenix flying towards the rising sun in the east. Today next year, I will already be in the clouds. At that time, I can relax and happily watch the actions of the world and still rush for fame.
5. "After Enrollment" - Meng Jiao in the Tang Dynasty
In the past, it was not enough to praise the filthiness, but now there is no limit to the magnanimity and grace.
Translation: In the past, the life of poverty and embarrassment was nothing to boast about. Today, after becoming a Jinshi in high school, I can truly feel the mighty grace of the emperor.