I love the bamboo tree:

I love the bamboo tree: It staves off heat and cold, Cultivates unbending fidelity; Empties its mind every day. In the moonlight it plays with its shadow And sends clean words before the wind. When it wears snow on its head, Grace fills the deep forest. - Jinkag Haesim (1178-1234)

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