The First Blade of the Vast Sea

From children with wispy hair to the young, all admire the ways of the knights; a three-foot green bamboo sword rests in their hands.

The village's chickens and dogs startle at the fences, while yellow flowers bow low among the fields ten li away.

Before turning twenty, he hid blades in his sleeves; his sense of honor could make men face death together.

How many wild deeds did he commit in his youth? Once, he bound a blue dragon and sent it into the eastern sea.

Now, nearing forty, he spends his days chasing empty fame in business.

He gazes from the railing at the distant rivers and lakes; he can still draw his blade and cry out into the howling wind.

Today, I take up my brush to express my feelings, and raise a cup of humble wine to you all.

Wuxia has never been far away; who in this world does not admire a hero's spirit?