Birthday poem · September 25Autumn Equinox, the 16th solar term: day and night are equal again.
Birth character
琴 qín · zither
琴 is a picture of a stringed instrument, the qin zither.
彈琴復長嘯
“I play my lute and croon carefree.” — Wang Wei, ‘Bamboo Grove Retreat’
Other dates with this poem: November 24
The poem
“Reply to Vice-Prefect Zhang” 酬張少府
- 松風吹解帶The pine wind blows my sash loose;
- 山月照彈琴the mountain moon shines as I play the zither.
- 君問窮通理You ask the reason for success and failure —
- 漁歌入浦深a fisherman's song goes deep into the cove.
Why this poem
Wang Wei to a friend: no talk of success, only pine wind and mountain moon.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Autumn Equinox.