Birthday poem · January 9Minor Cold, the 23rd solar term: the weather turns colder.
Birth character
天 tiān · sky, heaven
In its oldest form, 天 is a person with a large head; it came to mean the sky.
疑是銀河落九天
“As if the Silver River fell from azure sky.” — Li Bai, ‘Viewing the Waterfall at Mount Lu’
Other dates with this poem: September 27
The poem
“The Ospreys Cry” 關雎
- 關關雎鳩Guan, guan, cry the ospreys
- 在河之洲on the islet in the river.
- 窈窕淑女A lovely, graceful girl —
- 君子好逑a fine match for a gentleman.
Why this poem
The first poem in the Book of Songs, about a young man longing for a girl.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Minor Cold.