Birthday poem · October 11Cold Dew, the 17th solar term: temperatures drop and the dew turns cold.
Birth character
風 fēng · wind
風 means wind.
二月春風似剪刀
“The wind of early spring is sharp as scissor blade.” — He Zhizhang, ‘Ode to the Willow’
Other dates with this poem: March 14
The poem
“The Quince” 木瓜
- 投我以木瓜She tossed me a quince;
- 報之以瓊琚I gave her a jade pendant in return.
- 匪報也Not as repayment —
- 永以爲好也but so we would be close forever.
Why this poem
A Book of Songs poem about exchanging gifts: the token matters less than the bond.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Cold Dew.