夕陽、黃昏｜sUNSET, dUSK
面對不變現實，
美好確是短暫，既無奈也惋惜。
Facing uNCHANGING rEALITY,
sETTING sUN is indeed sHORT-lIVED, It is both hELPLESS and rEGRETFUL.
李商隱（約八一三年至八五八年，晚唐詩人及官員）－《登樂遊原》：
Li Shangyin*₁ (ca. 813-858, poet and official of the late Tang Dynasty) – “A visit to Leyou Garden”*₂:
囧囧囧
向晚意不適，
驅車登古原。
夕陽無限好，
只是近黃昏。
fEELING not well in the eVENING,
Took a carriage to aNCIENT gARDEN.
Setting sUN is infinitely bEAUTIFUL,
Just it is aLMOST dUSK.
囧囧囧
柔、堅｜dELICATE, sTRONG
平衡，就是若剛能制柔，柔也能克剛。
BALANCE, that is, if the sTRONGNESS can rESTRAIN the sOFTNESS, then the sOFTNESS can also rESTRAIN the sTRONGNESS.
《道德經》—— 第七十六章：
“Tao Te Ching”*₁- Chapter 76 (original written in Classical Chinese):
人之生也[柔弱₁]，其死也[堅強₂]。草木之生也[柔脆₃]，其死也[枯槁₄]。故堅強者死之徒，柔弱者生之徒。是以[兵₅]強則[滅₆]，[木₇]強則[折₈]。強大處[下₉]，柔弱處[上₁₀]。
People are [sOFT and dELICATE₁] when born, and they become [hARD and sTIFF₂] after death. When the plants and trees are alive, they are also [sOFT and fRAGILE₃], once they are dead, they become [wITHERED and dRY₄]. So the hardness and stiffness are on the side of dEATH, while the softness and delicacy are on the side of lIFE. Therefore, the [sOLDIERS₅] will be [aNNIHILATED₆] as they are strong, the [tREES₇] will be [cUT dOWN₈] as they are strong. The sTRONG one will be in the [lOW₉] position, the dELICATE one will be in the [uP₁₀] position.
對、雪｜wATCH, sNOW
到底是人的心融化了雪，還是雪融化了人的心？
Does actually human hEART melt the snow, or does the snow mELT human heart?
子蘭（唐末僧侶及詩人）－《對雪》：
Zilan*₁ (Monk and poet of late Tang Dynasty) – “Watching Snow”:
密密無聲墜碧空，霏霏有韻舞微風。
幽人吟望搜辭處，飄入窗來落硯中。
(sNOW) fall sILENTLY from the blue green sky, twirl and dance rHYTHMICALLY with the breeze.
rECLUSE sighs and looks for a place to hIDE, (but sNOW) dRIFT into the window and fALL onto the ink slab.
孝、欽｜fILIAL , rESPECT
家教，就是家庭中的終身言行身教。
fAMILY eDUCATION is the whole lIFE teaching by pRECEPTS, bEHAVIORS and eXAMPLES in the family.
林逋（九六七年至一零二八年，北宋儒家詩人）－《省心錄》中一話：
Lin Bu (967-1028, Confucian poet of Northern Song Dynasty*₁) – A quote of “Record of self-reflection”:
[孝₁]於親則子孝，
[欽₂]於人則眾欽。
Be [fILIAL₁] to your parents, your children will also be fILIAL to you.
[rESPECT₂] others, others will also rESPECT you.
..,
背影｜bACK
有些牽絆是一輩子的。
Some bONDS are for lIFETIME.
朱自清（一八九八年十一月廿二日至一九四八年八月十二日，著名現代詩人、散文作家及學者）－《背影》（一九二五年）：
Zhu Ziqing (November 22, 1898 – August 12, 1948, famous modern poet, proseist, essayist and scholar) – “Back” (1925):
我與父親不相見已二年余了，我最不能忘記的是他的背影。那年冬天，祖母死了，父親的差使也交卸了，正是禍不單行的日子，我從北京到徐州，打算跟著父親奔喪回家。到徐州見著父親，看見滿院狼藉的東西，又想起祖母，不禁簌簌地流下眼淚。父親說，「事已如此，不必難過，好在天無絕人之路！」
I have not seen my father for more than two years, the most I can not fORGET is his bACK. That winter, my grandmother died and my father’s work was also dismissed, it was the time of misfortunes, I went from Beijing to Xuzhou and planned to hasten home for the funeral with my father. When I saw my father in Xuzhou, the mess in courtyard and thought of my grandmother, my tears streamed down. My father said, “Things hAPPENED, do not be sad, fortunately, there’s nO dEAD eND*₁.”
死、生、養、歡｜dEAD, bORN, dISTRESSED, hAPPY
百年之後，無是無非。
After a hundred years*₁, there’s no yES or nO.
莊子－《莊子》之《外篇》—— 第十一章《至樂》、段六：
Zhuangzi *₂ – “Outer chapters” of “Zhuangzi”, – Paragraph 6 of the Chapter 11 “The Greatest Happiness” (original written in Classical Chinese):
列子行，食于道從，見百歲髑髏，攓蓬而指之曰：
“唯予與汝知而未嘗[死₁]、未嘗[生₂]也。若果[養₃]乎？予果[歡₄]乎？”
Leizi*₃ ate on the roadside upon his journey, there he saw a hundred years old skull, he then plucked the grass surrounding and pointed to the skull, said:
“Only I and you know that you are nOT [dEAD₁], also nEVER [bORN₂]. Are you rEALLY [dISTRESSED₃]? And am I rEALLY [hAPPY₄]?”