Birthday poem · January 23Major Cold, the 24th solar term: the coldest time of the year.
Birth character
松 sōng · pine
松 combines 木 "tree" with 公 as a sound element; it means pine.
明月松間照
“Bright moon shines through the pines” — Wang Wei, ‘Autumn Evening in the Mountains’
The poem
“Silk-Washing Stream” 浣溪沙
- 山下蘭芽短浸溪At the foot of the hill, short orchid shoots dip into the stream;
- 松間沙路淨無泥the sandy path among the pines is clean, without mud.
- 誰道人生無再少Who says that in life we can't be young again?
- 門前流水尚能西Even the stream before my gate can flow west.
Why this poem
Su Shi sees a stream flowing west and asks who says we cannot be young again.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Major Cold.