Birthday poem · June 13Grain in Ear, the 9th solar term: wheat harvest and rice planting.
Birth character
路 lù · road
路 has 足 "foot" on the left; it means road.
山重水複疑無路
“Mountain upon mountain, stream upon stream — the path seems gone” — Lu You, ‘Visiting a Village West of the Mountains’
Other dates with this poem: August 12
The poem
“On the Road to Linping” 臨平道中
- 風蒲獵獵弄輕柔Reeds in the wind rustle, toying soft and light;
- 欲立蜻蜓不自由a dragonfly wants to land but can't hold still.
- 五月臨平山下路On the road below Linping Hill in the fifth month,
- 藕花無數滿汀洲countless lotus flowers fill the islets.
Why this poem
Daoqian on lotus and dragonflies below Linping Hill in the fifth month.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Grain in Ear.