Birthday poem · December 7Major Snow, the 21st solar term: heavier snow.
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: June 6
The poem
“My Retreat at Zhongnan” 終南別業
- 行到水窮處I walk to where the water ends,
- 坐看雲起時and sit and watch the clouds rise.
- 偶然值林叟By chance I meet an old man of the woods;
- 談笑無還期we talk and laugh and forget to go home.
Why this poem
Wang Wei: "walk to where the water ends, sit and watch the clouds rise".
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Major Snow.