1. In the soil at the foot of Mawei slope, there is no place where Yu Yan died.

Source: From "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" by Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty.

Meaning: In the desolate yellow tomb at the foot of Mawei slope, the beauty's face is no longer visible, only her tomb lies in the mountain.

2. Who has never died since ancient times? Keep your loyalty and reflect on history.

Source: From "Crossing the Lingding Ocean" by Wen Tianxiang in the Song Dynasty.

Meaning: Who has been able to live forever since ancient times? I want to leave a piece of patriotic loyalty reflected in the annals of history.

3. Ten years of life and death are so vast that they cannot be forgotten without thinking about them.

Source: "Jiangchengzi: A Dream on the Twentieth Day of the First Month of Yimao" written by Su Shi, a writer of the Northern Song Dynasty, to his deceased wife.

Meaning: Two people live and die together, separated for ten years, with little news. Control your thoughts, but you will never forget them.

4. Generals die in a hundred battles, and heroes return in ten years.

Source: from the Southern and Northern Dynasties·Anonymous "Mulan Poems/Mulan Ci"

Meaning: means After many years of fighting, many soldiers died on the battlefield, and Mulan and other survivors returned victorious. It expresses the cruelty and hardship of war, and shows that heroes can go through hundreds of battles and it is not easy to escape from death.

5. The spring silkworms will not run out of silk until they die, and the wax torch will turn to ashes before the tears dry up.

Source: From "Untitled: It's Hard to Say Goodbye When We Meet" by Li Shangyin in the late Tang Dynasty.

Meaning: The spring silkworm spins its cocoon and spins out the silk only when it dies; the candle cannot drip dry until the tear-like wax oil burns out and turns to ashes.