Birthday poem · April 8Clear and Bright, the 5th solar term: the weather warms and plants turn green.
Birth character
高 gāo · high
高 is a picture of a tall building; it means high.
遠近高低各不同
“Assuming different shapes viewed from far and wide.” — Su Shi, ‘Written on the Wall at West Forest Temple’
Other dates with this poem: November 22
The poem
“The Back Garden of Poshan Temple” 題破山寺後禪院
- 清晨入古寺In the clear morning I enter the old temple;
- 初日照高林the first sunlight shines on the tall forest.
- 竹徑通幽處A bamboo path leads to a secluded place —
- 禪房花木深the meditation hall, deep among flowers and trees.
Why this poem
Chang Jian walks into an old temple at dawn; a bamboo path leads to the meditation hall.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Clear and Bright.