Dr. Xiaoping Song, 2016
- Reading of the four outer sides in red characters
- The second round of reading-reversed
- In the traditional characters
The star gauge poetry | 璇璣圖xuánjī tú |
Su Hui | 苏蕙 sū huì |
The first reversed poem should start on the top side with the character “傷 shāng ” (which is the very last character of the fourth poem in the first round of reading) and move from right to left horizontally till the character “琴 qín ” .
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Poem One: 傷慘懷慕增憂心 堂空惟思詠和音 藏摧悲聲發曲秦 商弦激楚流清琴 | |||
The second poem is on the left-hand side starting with the character “芳fāng” and moving downward till the character 親qīn”.
Poem Two 芳蘭凋茂熙陽春 牆面殊意感故新 霜水齊傑志清純 望誰思想懷所親 | ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ | ||
The third reversed poem is on the bottom side starting with the character “剛 gāng ” and moving from left to right horizontally till the character “津 jīn “.
Poem Three 剛柔有女為賤人 房幽處己憫微身 長路悲曠感生民 粱山殊寒隔河津 | |||
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The fourth reversed poem should be on the right-hand side starting with the character “湘 xiāng ” at the bottom and going upward right back to the character “仁 rén “, which is the very first character of the first poem in the first round of reading.
Poem Four 湘江浮飄離匹倫 皇英配聖惟賢臣 章榮重華顯妙貞 唐虞聖德懷智仁 | ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑ | ||