Death by virtue

Day breaks sing aloud to proclaim it's morning:

Wake up every kind of men in the world.

Diligently tilling studying hard crazy zealous ones:

Count on vast wealth to save ten-thousand people.

At rooster call, rise to dance, as the ancients say.

Brave one - successful, accomplished, special and outstanding.

Quyuan did not take Yufu's advice.

To whom will you tell your hidden sorrow?

Writing poetry expresses your pent up emotions. Also, you can play with the words. I'm getting old; inspiration has diminished a lot. Once in a while I'll write down some of my feelings. Don't despise my poor badly written poems so much that you don't look. I hope that you'll still edit them and give me some comments. I had the good fortune to meet you, even though in my later years. I'm writing about roosters since we are both roosters. I wrote two poems and ask you to review both. 

Yufu - a fisherman Quyuan met who told him wise persons usually do not strictly observe rules. You should follow the trend of the world. Everyone else is drunk and corrupt. Why should you be the only one upholding virtues? Because you are virtuous, the people sent you into exile.

[New chapter: Tai Pong (Islands of Taiwan and Ponghu)]

Flight to Taiwan

Dark clouds swept clear, blue skies open.

Slip of paper transmits surprising news of victory, 

I, also, am to ambassador the recovery of an ocean territory, 

Riding the wind directly to this nearly mythical island.

Defending war of eight years, finally victory came. Almost immediately after, I received a telegram from Governor Cen, demanding me to go to Taiwan directly. The government arranged a US military plane to take me from Shanghai to Taiwan. I wrote this poem on the plane after take off; it was a sunny day. Looking down from the plane I saw the clouds and the ocean. Not long into the flight, I saw the islands of Taiwan and Ponghu. 

1931 Japan invades Manchuria

1937 July 7 Japan invades Beijing - 1945

A year later, my grandma, mother, and her brothers took a military plane to Taiwan too. She remembers being dizzy and uncomfortable the entire flight. The seating was towards the center of the plane: her elder brother next to her mom next to her, with her younger brother, who cried the whole trip, lying across the three of them. She also remembers running with excitement to see Chinese planes in the sky.

Governer Cen was sad character in struggle between the Nationalists and Communists. My grandfather liked this man. 2 2 8 (Feb 28) Mainland / Taiwan conflict. To please the Taiwanese Cheng kai shek said he was a communist spy and Cen was executed. 

One of mom's classmates' fathers was killed in 2 2 8. She held a grudge against the Nationalists. Some years ago at a high school reunion, she met her husband who was from a Christian family and talked about forgiveness. She wrote an email that she wasn't bitter against the Nationalists anymore.