When Autumn Bleeds Through Shadows Poem by William He

"Empty air': Xu Bai', a Chinese term derived from 'Zhuangzi: On the Human World'. Its core meaning can be divided into two levels: philosophically, it refers to a pure and desireless mental state, which originates from the allusion 'When the room is empty, light will arise; when the mind is empty, good fortune will come'; physically, it extends to the descriptive attributes of being white and bright. This term was widely used in literary works of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. For instance, in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yu Xin combined 'Xu Bai' with the space of a room to describe a blank state, while in the Southern Dynasty, Jiang Zong used it to depict the clear and bright scene formed by the mist in the mountains. "Pagoda": A pagoda is a tiered tower with roots in the Indian stupa,  a burial mound. In Buddhism, a pagoda is a sacred structure that stores religious relics and scriptures of the Buddha and symbolizes the path to spiritual awakening. These architectural marvels are found throughout Asia and feature multiple levels or eaves, each representing different stages in the journey from the earthly to the spiritual realms.