Birthday poem · January 31Major Cold, the 24th solar term: the coldest time of the year.
Birth character
酒 jiǔ · wine
酒 puts 水 "water" beside 酉, a wine jar; it means wine.
勸君更盡一杯酒
“I urge you to drink another cup of wine again” — Wang Wei, ‘Farewell to Yuan Er on His Mission to Anxi’
The poem
“Easing My Heart” 自遣
- 對酒不覺暝Facing the wine, I didn't notice dusk fall;
- 落花盈我衣fallen petals filled the folds of my robe.
- 醉起步溪月Drunk, I rise and walk the moonlit stream;
- 鳥還人亦稀the birds have gone home, and few people are about.
Why this poem
Li Bai drinks alone until dark, then walks by the stream in the moonlight.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Major Cold.