Birthday poem · September 6End of Heat, the 14th solar term: the summer heat eases.
Birth character
海 hǎi · sea
海 combines 水 "water" with 每 as a sound element; it means sea.
黃河入海流
“The Yellow River seawards flows.” — Wang Zhihuan, ‘Climbing Stork Tower’
Other dates with this poem: November 7
The poem
“Farewell to Vice-Prefect Du on His Way to Shuzhou” 送杜少府之任蜀州
- 城闕輔三秦chéng què fǔ sān qínThe city walls and gates are guarded by the Three Qin;
- 風煙望五津fēng yān wàng wǔ jīnthrough wind and mist I gaze toward the Five Fords.
- 與君離別意yǔ jūn lí bié yìThe feeling of parting I share with you,
- 同是宦遊人tóng shì huàn yóu rénfor we are both men who travel for office.
- 海內存知己hǎi nèi cún zhī jǐIf you have a friend who knows your heart,
- 天涯若比鄰tiān yá ruò bǐ líndistance cannot keep you apart.
- 無爲在岐路wú wéi zài qí lùSo let us not, at the fork in the road,
- 兒女共沾巾ér nǚ gòng zhān jīnlike children, wet our handkerchiefs with tears.
Why this poem
Wang Bo sees a friend off to Sichuan: "a true friend makes the world's ends close".
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: End of Heat.