The eternal sayings about bamboo that I recommend are:

1. Bamboo loves the new rain, and the mountains love the sunset. ____Qian Qi's "Taniguchi Study Sends to Yang Buque"

2. I heard that the east wind is also sentimental, and is retained by the fragrance outside the bamboo. ____Shi Dazu's "Liu Chun Ling·Ode to Plum Blossoms"

3. Spreading silk baskets divides the suffering festivals, and holds an open mind lightly. ____Liu Zongyuan's "Five Odes of Xun Gongyuan·Bitter Bamboo Bridge"

4. Wild bamboos divide into green mist, and flying springs hang on green peaks. ____Li Bai's "Unexpected Visit to the Taoist Priests in Daitian Mountain"

5. There are still oranges on the branches under the residual snow, and the bamboo shoots are about to germinate due to the freezing thunder. ____Ouyang Xiu's "Playing with Yuan Zhen"

6. The plum blossoms are ripe and falling between the windows, and the bamboo shoots are sprouting under the wall. ____Fan Chengda's "Xi Qing"

7. New bamboo branches are higher than old bamboo branches, all because of the support of old stems. ____Zheng Xie's "Hsinchu"

8. Sitting alone in the secluded bamboo, playing the piano and whistling loudly. ____Wang Wei's "Zhuli Pavilion"

9. Bamboo branches, bamboo branches, stained with tears to express lovesickness. ____Liu Yuxi's "Xiaoxiang God·Mottled Bamboo Branches"

10. Bamboo shadows and poems are thin, and plum blossoms are fragrant in dreams. ____Wang Tingyun's "Quatrain·Bamboo Shadow and Poetry"

11. Cover the firewood door and thank him for the plum and bamboo companions in my cold study. ____Shen Zijin's "Jade Hibiscus: Ode to the Rain Window"

12. Returning to the three paths to sweep again, the pines and bamboos are my home. ____Ye Mengde's "Shui Tiao Ge Tou·Autumn Colors Are Getting Late"