927, Stephen : Explanation on his Poem written by Chinese Brush Pen

From:   Stephen 
Sent:   Tuesday, September 27, 2011 2:26 PM
To:     Whitburn (E-mail)
Cc:     Patrick Fu (E-mail); Andrew Wang (E-mail); Charles Gau (E-mail); Salina Peng (E-mail); Peter Kuo (E-mail); Jayson Yeh (E-mail); Denis Jen (E-mail)

Subject:        芝草成林芟芟其麥

Dear Mr. Whitburn,
It's so nice to talk to you in Shangri La Hotel yesterday. You asked me the full meaning of the calligraphy I wrote, and now I make a brief interpretation for you.  Wish both you and Patrick do like it.

The character (芝) is a kind of mythic fungus which is expensive herb. (草) means grass or weed which is very mediocre. (林) is forest......the meaning is you have a lot of students no matter what quality.  (芟)  means abundant, (麥) is wheat field.

I picked up this 2 phases from 2 ancient Chinese poems and put it together ended it up with 林 & 麥.
The full meaning is  : Linmark is a good school and both you and Patrick are good teacher and trained up a lot of talent in business field,  most of all have enjoyed illustrious careers.

Best regards,
Stephen