Moral: plum blossom is not as good as snowflake, but snowflake lost to plum blossom.
From: Xue Mei No.1 Song Dynasty: Lu Meipo
For the sake of spring, Xue Mei refused to surrender, and the poet put down his manuscript fee to comment on this chapter.
The snow in Mei Xu Xun is three points white, but the snow has lost a kind of plum fragrance.
Translation:
Both plum blossom and snowflake feel that they occupy all the spring scenery and refuse to lose to each other. The poet is in a dilemma and doesn't know how to write a critical article. Plum blossom is not as good as snowflake, but snowflake lost to plum blossom.
The extended information works were created in the late Song Dynasty and early spring, when plum blossoms were in full bloom and the author appreciated them. It is one of the seven-character quatrains "Two Poems of Xue Mei" written by Lu Meipo, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty.
The first two sentences of the poem are about Xue Mei's striving for spring. The competition between plum blossom and snowflake is described in personification, which vividly shows the beauty of plum blossom and snowflake in early spring. The last two sentences are the poet's comments on Mei Xue, summarizing the different characteristics of Mei Xue in the two poems, which are very interesting and have certain influence.
This paper expounds the relationship among plum, snow and poetry, which are indispensable, and only by combining them can the most beautiful scenery be formed. The poet believes that if only plum blossoms bloom alone and there is no snow, it will not show the charm of spring; If Mei Xue has no poems, it will also make people feel indecent. From this poem, we can see the poet's obsession with snow, plum and poetry, as well as his elegant aesthetic taste. ?