Birthday poem · November 13Start of Winter, the 19th solar term: winter begins.
Birth character
和 hé · harmony
和 first meant voices answering each other; it came to mean harmony.
湖光秋月兩相和
“The lake's sheen and the autumn moon blend as one” — Liu Yuxi, ‘Gazing at Dongting’
Other dates with this poem: September 11
The poem
“Gazing at Dongting” 望洞庭
- 湖光秋月兩相和The lake's sheen and the autumn moon blend as one;
- 潭面無風鏡未磨the windless water is a mirror not yet polished.
- 遙望洞庭山水翠From afar, Dongting's hills and water glow green —
- 白銀盤裏一青螺a single blue snail shell on a silver plate.
Why this poem
Lake Dongting calm as a mirror on an autumn night, Junshan like a green snail shell.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Start of Winter.