1. There will be a new born next year, and the ten-foot-long dragon and grandson will come around Fengchi.

Source: (Qing Dynasty) Zheng Banqiao's "Hsinchu"

Translation: There will be new growth next year, and it will grow taller.

2. Falling red flowers are not heartless things, they turn into spring mud to protect flowers.

Source (Qing Dynasty) "Miscellaneous Poems of Jihai" by Gong Zizhen

Translation: When I resign and return home, I am like a falling flower falling from a branch, but it is not a heartless thing. , turns into spring soil, and can also play a role in nurturing the next generation.

3. If he is old, frail and sick, and is about to retire on the Yingshui River, he will be renamed Liuyi layman.

Source: Ouyang Xiu's "The Biography of the Six-Year-Old Practitioner" in the Song Dynasty

Translation: He was old, weak and sick, and was about to bid farewell to officialdom and go to the shores of Yingshui River to take care of himself. Changed his name to Liuyi layman.

4. Look at the red and wet places at dawn, and the flowers are heavy in the official city.

Source: (Tang Dynasty) Du Fu's "Spring Night Happy Rain"

Translation: Wait until dawn, look at the red flowers moistened by the drizzle, which are extraordinarily bright against the dawn, full of rain and dew. Flowers bloomed all over Jinguan City.

5. Shake off and know Song Yubei well, and he is also my teacher in being elegant and elegant.

Source: (Tang Dynasty) Du Fu's "Ode to Ancient Relics·Falling Leaves and Deeply Understanding Song Yu's Sorrow"

Translation: The falling leaves are a deep understanding of Song Yu's sadness, and his elegant elegance is worthy of his reputation. my teacher.