1. How can you get the fragrance of plum blossoms without experiencing a bone-chilling cold? ——From "Ode to a Discourse in the Tang Dynasty" by Zen Master Huang He of the Tang Dynasty
Translation: If we don't experience the biting cold in winter, how can the plum blossoms have the fragrant fragrance?
2. Wearing this body in the ice and snow forest is not like peaches and plums mixed with fragrant dust. ——From "White Plum" by Wang Mian of the Yuan Dynasty
Translation: White plum grows in the woods with ice and snow, and is not mixed with peach and plum blossoms, but falls into the dust of the world.
3. The snow blows and the wind becomes more awe-inspiring, and the integrity of flowers is the strongest. ——From "Falling Plum Blossoms" by Lu You of the Song Dynasty
Translation: The windier and snowier the weather, the more blooming they are, and they have the most noble and steadfast integrity among flowers.
4. It is scattered into mud and crushed into dust, but only the fragrance remains the same. ——From "Bu Suanzi·Yong Mei" by Lu You of the Song Dynasty
Translation: Even if the flower pieces fall and are crushed into dust, there is still an eternal fragrance left in the world.
5. Don’t let anyone praise you for your good color, just leave the pure energy to fill the universe. ——From "Mo Mei" by Wang Mian of the Yuan Dynasty
Translation: No one needs to praise its beautiful color, only the fragrance of plum blossoms permeates the world.