Wednesday, February 18th, 2026, the second day of the twelfth lunar month. Today's rainfall

《Joyful Rain on a Spring Night How to translate

Tang Du Fu

Good rain knows the season, it will happen in spring.

With wind the spring rain sneaks in night. Silently, it moistens everything.

The wild path and clouds are all black, while the river boats and fires are only bright.

When it is dawn, the damp soil will be covered with red petals, and there will be countless colorful flowers in the streets and alleys.

Rainwater marks the warming of the weather, melting of ice and snow, and increased precipitation. At this moment, the east wind thaws and disperses into rain. Plants and trees begin to sprout with the rising yang energy in the soil, presenting a silent vitality that moistens the earth. It is not only an important season for the beginning of agriculture, but also carries people's expectations for a year of good weather.

Today's Energy Guide

Today's hexagram:Mountain stripping (䷖)

The Book of Changesitemtwenty-threeThe hexagram states that the upper Gen (mountain) and lower Kun (earth) are attached to the ground, and the mountain gradually peels off.

Hexagram revelation:This hexagram reveals the natural law of "peak and decline", just like a mountain being eroded into flat ground, any thing, organization, or even individual fortune has its cycles of growth, prosperity, and decline. At its peak, there are often hidden dangers of decline; In times of decline, there is often hope for a new life. Peeling off is not destruction, but a kind of "screening". What is stripped off is the redundant, decayed, and outdated parts, while what remains is the core, essence, and vitality. At this moment, we should be patient and hold our ground, hide our strengths and bide our time, wait for the opportunity, and ultimately achieve the goal of "breaking free from the cocoon and turning danger into safety".Only in cold winter does one know that the pine and the cypress are the last to shed their leaves.

——The Analects: Zihan

today in history

Michelangelo Bonaroti and his representative work 'David'one thousand five hundred and sixty-four

year

twomooneighteenDay, Italian artistMichelangelo·BonarotiPassed away. He was a master of the Renaissance period, combining sculptors, painters, architects, and poets, alongside Da·Finch and Raphael are referred to together“The Three Masters of the Renaissance”.His creations are full of majestic power and humanistic spirit, with representative works including sculptures "David" and "Mourning for Christ"; muralGenesis

The Last Judgment (Sistine Chapel); Architectural masterpieceSt. Peter's BasilicaDome, etc.He pushes the expression of the human body to the extreme, and his works embody the perfect unity of divinity and humanity, strength and beauty. Its art transcended the times, established the classic paradigm of Western art, and had an immeasurable and profound impact on later Baroque art and even the entire history of European art.圆顶等。

他将人体表现力推向极致，作品体现了神圣与人性、力量与美的完美统一。其艺术超越了时代，奠定了西方美术的经典范式，对后世巴洛克艺术乃至整个欧洲美术史产生了不可估量的深远影响。