The Yellow Crane Tower Couplet While I was researching for an essay on the Yellow Crane Tower (黃鶴樓), I came across the following couplet that was engraved on the pillars of the 1985 rebuilt of the Tower. It was a challenge to translate it. 爽氣西來, 雲霧掃開天地憾 Westerly refreshing gusts cometh, the clouds and mists sweeping away regrets of Heaven and Earth. 大江東去, 波濤洗淨古今愁 Easterly the Great River floweth, its ripples and waves purifying sorrows of the past and present. For those interested in the essay... http://jeffinous.blogspot.com/2018/01/yellow-crane-tower.html The photo shows the ground floor theme and the couplet is written on the pillars (hard to see)