Birthday poem · November 19Start of Winter, the 19th solar term: winter begins.
Birth character
詩 shī · poem
詩 combines 言 "speech" with 寺 as a sound element; it means poem.
便引詩情到碧霄
“It leads the poet's lofty mind to azure sky.” — Liu Yuxi, ‘Autumn Song’
Other dates with this poem: January 22
The poem
“To Yin, Master of Music” 寄殷協律
- 琴詩酒伴皆抛我My companions of zither, poems and wine have all left me;
- 雪月花時最憶君in times of snow, moon and flowers, I miss you most.
Why this poem
Bai Juyi to a friend: "In times of snow, moon and flowers I miss you most."
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Start of Winter.