Suzhou

The clear breeze and bright moon are by nature priceless; what a pity they were sold for only forty thousand cash.

The moon sets, crows caw, frost fills the sky; river maples and fishermen's lamps face my troubled sleep.

To make plain the weight of life and death, and how much an ordinary man may matter to the state.

I regret not having heeded Zixu's words, and so brought myself to this.

Don't you know there are men in this world who do not fear death?

The six armies wailed, all clad in mourning white; but the rage that lifted his cap was for a rosy-cheeked beauty. "A beauty lost and adrift is not what I long for; the rebels were doomed by Heaven through their own wild feasting."

With one tael of silver Wen Ruoxu buys over a hundred catties of 'Dongting Red' oranges and is laughed at for his 'precious cargo'; in the Kingdom of Jiling the oranges blaze on deck like ten thousand points of fire, and the locals rush to buy them with silver coins.

Hang my eyes on the East Gate, so that I may see Yue come in and the state of Wu perish.

I do not want the courage of the common man; I want you to advance together and retreat together.

Your servant knows the Way of Heaven; why speak of the people's hearts?

Guang took a stone, struck the jar and broke it; the water gushed out and the child survived.

My state is like a golden bowl, without a single crack or flaw.

Hou Jing's thoughts secretly match my own; this is Heaven's help.