Birthday poem · April 1Spring Equinox, the 4th solar term: day and night are equal.
Birth character
日 rì · sun
日 is a picture of the sun; it means sun or day.
白日依山盡
“The sun beyond the mountains glows” — Wang Zhihuan, ‘Climbing Stork Tower’
The poem
“After Passing the Exam” 登科後
- 昔日齷齪不足誇The hardships of the past are not worth mentioning;
- 今朝放蕩思無涯this morning my spirit roams without limit.
- 春風得意馬蹄疾Proud in the spring wind, my horse's hooves fly —
- 一日看盡長安花in one day I see all the flowers of Chang'an.
Why this poem
Meng Jiao after passing the exam: "in the spring wind my horse's hooves are swift".
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Spring Equinox.