Birthday poem · November 11Start of Winter, the 19th solar term: winter begins.
Birth character
白 bái · white
白 means white, and also clear or plain.
白雲生處有人家
“Where rise white clouds, there appear cottages and bowers.” — Du Mu, ‘Mountain Walk’
Other dates with this poem: September 12
The poem
“Leaving Baidi City at Dawn” 早發白帝城
- 朝辭白帝彩雲間zhāo cí bái dì cǎi yún jiānLeaving at dawn the White Emperor crowned with cloud,
- 千里江陵一日還qiān lǐ jiāng líng yī rì huánI've sailed a thousand li through canyons in a day.
- 兩岸猿聲啼不住liǎng àn yuán shēng tí bù zhùWith monkeys' sad adieus the riverbanks are loud;
- 輕舟已過萬重山qīng zhōu yǐ guò wàn chóng shānMy skiff has left ten thousand mountains far away.
Why this poem
Li Bai, pardoned, sails home: "my light boat has passed ten thousand hills".
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Start of Winter.