shí huī yín 石 灰 吟 Lime Song míng yú qiān (明) 于 谦 (Ming) Yu Qian qiān chuí wàn záo chū shēn shān 千 锤 万 凿 出 深 山 , A thousand hammers, ten thousand chisels out of the deep mountains, liè huǒ fén shāo ruò děng xián 烈 火 焚 烧 若 等 闲 。 Intense fire burns as if it were mere leisure. fěn gǔ suì shēn hún bù pà 粉 骨 碎 身 浑 不 怕 , Powdered bones, shattered body, utterly unafraid, yào liú qīng bái zài rén jiān 要 留 清 白 在 人 间 。 To leave purity and whiteness in the human world.