Birthday poem · July 10Minor Heat, the 11th solar term: the heat begins.
Birth character
天 tiān · sky, heaven
In its oldest form, 天 is a person with a large head; it came to mean the sky.
疑是銀河落九天
“As if the Silver River fell from azure sky.” — Li Bai, ‘Viewing the Waterfall at Mount Lu’
Other dates with this poem: December 15
The poem
“For Meng Haoran” 贈孟浩然
- 吾愛孟夫子I love you, Master Meng —
- 風流天下聞your free spirit is known throughout the land.
- 高山安可仰How can I look up to so high a mountain?
- 徒此揖清芬I can only bow to your pure fragrance.
Why this poem
Li Bai to Meng Haoran: "I love Master Meng".
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Minor Heat.