During the Tang Dynasty there lived a man named Meng Jiao. He loved poetry(诗). He loved studying it. He loved writing it as well. He gave all his life to the art. And luckily, his hard work showed. It helped him become a poet (诗人).
But poetry was not a good paying job. Meng Jiao was poor most of his life. When he got older, he realized this had to change. He decided to take the Ke Ju exams. The Ke Ju was the official(官方的) test of China. The exams were open for anyone even a farmer to take. Whoever passed it could get the job of an officer.
Meng Jiao studied hard for the tests. He took them several times though each time he failed. It was until he was forty-six years old that he passed.
To celebrate, Meng Jiao put on new clothes and worn red flowers. Then he rode on a horse through Chang'an City.
During his ride, Meng Jiao wrote a poem. In English, it is "Horseback riding quickly through the spring wind, while seeing all the sights and flowers of Chang'an in one day." On that day, he was able to let go of the unhappiness of the past.
The poem was passed down through the years. But people said it would be impossible to really enjoy everything in one day. This led to the phrase" The warm spring wind suits the good feeling." It describes how happy people are when things work out really well.
