Four Outer Sides, Red Characters, Traditional Characters

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
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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
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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
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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
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