Even kindergarten children can recite 'In Jiangnan, lotus can be gathered; how lush the lotus leaves!'
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Opening line of 《江南》, a Han-dynasty yuefu 乐府 folk song collected in 《乐府诗集》: 江南可采莲，莲叶何田田 (In Jiangnan, lotus can be gathered; how lush the lotus leaves!). A joyful, nearly pre-literary piece, usually taught as a child's first classical poem.
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江南 = 'South of the [Yangtze] River,' the lush Jiangsu-Zhejiang region. 可 here = 'can be / is fit to be' (passive-potential). Inseparable from 莲叶何田田 as the famous opener.
