The next sentence in the poem "A few plums in the corner" is "Cold Ling blooms alone".
"Plum Blossoms in the Corner, Cold Ling Blooms Alone" comes from Plum Blossoms by Wang Anshi, a poet in the Song Dynasty. This poem was written during Wang Anshi's second strike. With this as the boundary, Wang Anshi's poetic style changed greatly. At that time, due to the fierce party struggle and frequent poetry disasters, poets generally restrained the unrestrained and outgoing spirit as implicit and deep.
This poem does not describe the branches, leaves and flower forms of plum blossom, but deliberately describes the character of plum blossom "cold ling blooms alone" and its refreshing "dark fragrance". The plum blossom written here is the embodiment of the author's personality. Wang Anshi's political reform failed and he was forced to resign. He was very lonely. However, he still stubbornly adhered to his political ideal and expressed the author's deep feelings as always.
Author Wang Anshi's life and achievements:
Wang Anshi (December 19, 121 ~ May 21, 186), whose name is Jiefu, was named Mid-Levels. Linchuan, Fuzhou (now Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province). China was a statesman, writer, thinker and reformer in the Northern Song Dynasty.
in 142, in the second year of Qingli, Wang Anshi was admitted to the Jinshi. He has successively signed judgments in Yangzhou, magistrate in Yinxian and judge in Shuzhou, with remarkable achievements. In the second year of Xining (169), he was promoted by Song Shenzong to participate in political affairs, and the following year, he worshipped the minister and presided over the political reform. Because of the opposition of the old school, Xining went on strike in the seventh year (174).
a year later, it was used again by Shenzong, and then it was retired to Jiangning. In the first year of Yuanyou (186), the conservatives gained power and all the new laws were abolished. Wang Anshi died of a sudden illness in Zhongshan at the age of 66. Tired to give for a teacher, Shu Wang, posthumous title "Wen", known as Wang Wengong.
Wang Anshi devoted himself to the study of Confucian classics, wrote books, and created a "new study of Jing Gong", which promoted the formation of the style of study in Song Dynasty. Philosophically, he expounded the formation of the universe with the theory of "five elements", which enriched and developed China and ancient naive materialism's thought; His philosophical proposition "dividing the old with the new" pushed China's ancient dialectics to a new height.
above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Wang Anshi