Birthday poem · November 25Minor Snow, the 20th solar term: the first snow.
Birth character
泉 quán · spring, fountain
泉 is a picture of water coming out from rock; it means a spring.
清泉石上流
“Clear spring water runs over the stones.” — Wang Wei, ‘Autumn Evening in the Mountains’
Other dates with this poem: September 24
The poem
“White Cloud Spring” 白雲泉
- 天平山上白雲泉On Tianping Mountain there is White Cloud Spring;
- 雲自無心水自閑the clouds are carefree, the water at ease.
- 何必奔衝山下去Why must you rush down the mountain
- 更添波浪向人間to add more waves to the world of men?
Why this poem
Bai Juyi on White Cloud Spring, where cloud and water are both at ease.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Minor Snow.