Birthday poem · February 7Start of Spring, the 1st solar term: spring begins in the traditional calendar.
Birth character
聲 shēng · voice
聲 means sound or voice, and also reputation.
夜來風雨聲
“After one night of wind and showers” — Meng Haoran, ‘Spring Dawn’
Other dates with this poem: April 9
The poem
“Night Duty” 夜直
- 金爐香盡漏聲殘In the gold censer the incense is gone; the water clock nearly done;
- 翦翦輕風陣陣寒gust after gust of light breeze brings a chill.
- 春色惱人眠不得The spring colours trouble me — I can't sleep;
- 月移花影上欄干the moon moves the flower shadows up the railing.
Why this poem
Wang Anshi on night duty, watching moonlight move flower shadows up the railing.
This day in the Chinese calendar
Solar term: Start of Spring.