橄榄：olive; when
bitterness is gone it will be sweet:
赵佶（1082－1135A.D.）was a well know emperor at Song
Dynasty. He is good artist for his calligraphy and paint:
Calligraphy:
Pic
from:
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And his
painting:
Pic from: http://img3.ph.126.net/xVIdhmEMqVupqtcxWcgWMQ==/2621376458123783853.jpg
But he was also a stupid master, he assigned
traitors to important position and lost land, finally he was captured. His
enemy thought he was a foolish emperor, then dug a big hole in ground and put
him in it, naming坐井观天; look at the sky from the bottom of a well.
坐井观天is a proverb of China, meaning a person have a narrow scope
just like a frog look at the sky from the bottom of a well. Of course it could
not get the whole world.
Below was the place that the emperor坐井观天:
Pic from:
http://photo4.56.com/albums/userpics/data5/66/39/2798813%7C663967836447ebbca85490.jpg
This memorial arch may be built in recent year, because in
ancient time the Chinese writing characters from right to left but this title
from left to right.
Before he was arrested, he had helped a robber
named 燕青 came to see him and brought him some olives. Telling him when eat olive, at the beginning
it taste bitter but after some chewing, it will be turn to sweet. It means
after a bitter life you still have bright future.
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