Birthday poem · September 7White Dew, the 15th solar term: nights cool and dew forms on the grass.
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: November 6
The poem
“Reeds” 蒹葭
- 蒹葭蒼蒼Reeds and rushes, green, green;
- 白露爲霜the white dew has turned to frost.
- 所謂伊人The one I'm thinking of
- 在水一方is somewhere across the water.
Why this poem
The Book of Songs: "white dew turns to frost", longing for someone across the water in autumn.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: White Dew.