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Cicada Song by Yu Sinan (558-638 A.D.)

Cicada mouths drink pure dew,
Their song like water falling from the sparse sycamore trees.
When in a high place, sound travels far,
Without help from the autumn wind.

The notes say this can be like a person, who has good character. You don't need to depend on other people for your influence to count. 

The commentary says Yu Sinan was writing about himself.


Mountain Route from Xindian to Yilan

Many reeds grow among the trees and grass.
Seed heads mat the winding roads,
By the mountainside and down in the valleys: covered.
This place should be called Big Snow Mountain.*

*There's a mountain elsewhere in Taiwan called Big Snow Mountain, but it never has snow.