By Dr. Xiaoping Song, 2017
- Reading of the four outer sides in red characters
- The first round of reading
- In the traditional characters
The star gauge poetry | 璇璣圖 xuánjī tú |
Su Hui | 苏蕙 sū huì |
The first poem should start on the right-hand side with the character “仁 rén ” and go downward vertically to the bottom character “湘 xiāng “.
Poem One: 仁智懷德聖虞唐 貞妙顯華重榮章 臣賢惟聖配英皇 倫匹離飄浮江湘 | ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ | ||
The second poem is on the bottom side starting with the character “津 jīn ” and moving from right to left horizontally till the character “剛 gāng “.
Poem Two 津河隔塞殊山粱 民生感曠悲路長 身微憐己處幽房 人賤為女有柔剛 | |||
←←←←←←←←←←← |
The third poem is on the left side starting with the character “親 qīn ” and going upward to the top till the character “芳 fāng “.
Poem Three 親所懷想思誰望 純清志潔齊冰霜 新故感意殊面牆 春陽熙茂凋蘭芳 | ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑ | ||
The fourth poem is on the top side starting with the character “琴 qín” and going from left to right horizontally till the character “傷 shāng “.
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Poem Four 琴清流楚激弦商 秦曲發聲悲摧藏 音和詠思惟空堂 心憂增慕懷慘傷 | |||