Birthday poem · March 20The Spring Equinox, in the Spring Equinox period.
Birth character
光 guāng · light
In its oldest form, 光 shows fire above a kneeling person; it means light.
床前明月光
“Before my bed a pool of light” — Li Bai, ‘Quiet Night Thoughts’
The poem
“A Spring Day” 春日
- 勝日尋芳泗水濱On a fine day I seek spring by the Si River;
- 無邊光景一時新the boundless scenery is all at once made new.
- 等閑識得東風面Anyone can recognise the face of the east wind —
- 萬紫千紅總是春ten thousand purples, a thousand reds: all of it is spring.
Why this poem
Zhu Xi on a spring outing: "ten thousand reds and purples, all of it spring".
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Spring Equinox. Near the Spring Equinox.