Birthday poem · June 1Grain Buds, the 8th solar term: wheat and barley begin to fill.
Birth character
水 shuǐ · water
水 is a picture of flowing water.
爲有源頭活水來
“Because fresh water flows in from the source unseen.” — Zhu Xi, ‘Thoughts on Reading’
Other dates with this poem: August 13
The poem
“River Village” 江村
- 清江一曲抱村流A bend of the clear river hugs the village as it flows;
- 長夏江村事事幽in the long summer, everything in the river village is quiet.
- 自去自來堂上燕The swallows on the beams come and go as they please;
- 相親相近水中鷗the gulls on the water stay close and friendly.
Why this poem
Du Fu on a river village in summer: swallows come and go, gulls stay close.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Grain Buds.