Birthday poem · August 6Major Heat, the 12th solar term: the hottest time of the year.
Birth character
山 shān · mountain
山 is a picture of three peaks; it means mountain.
只緣身在此山中
“For we are lost in the heart of the very place.” — Su Shi, ‘Written on the Wall at West Forest Temple’
Other dates with this poem: May 29
The poem
“Written on the Wall of Mr Huyin” 書湖陰先生壁
- 茅簷長掃淨無苔Under thatched eaves, swept so often, no moss grows;
- 花木成畦手自栽flowers and trees in neat beds, planted by his own hand.
- 一水護田將綠繞A stream guards the fields, wrapping them in green;
- 兩山排闥送青來two hills push open the door to send in their blue.
Why this poem
Wang Anshi writes on a friend's wall: a stream circles the green fields.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Major Heat.