Poetry praising osmanthus and its writing background

Sweet osmanthus fragrans

Li Qingzhao

The faint yellow corpus luteum is soft, and the traces of love are far away, only fragrant. Why light blue and deep red? It's a first-class flower

Ding Mei is jealous, chrysanthemums should be ashamed, and the painting column opens in the Mid-Autumn Festival. A poet can be heartless in thought, but he got nothing in those days.

Appreciate:

"The yellow is faint and the corpus luteum is soft, and the feelings are far away." The unique charm of osmanthus fragrans is written from two aspects: form and spirit. Her color is not gorgeous, "dim yellow", compared with many famous flowers, her appearance is much worse. Her social reputation is also very general, "love is far away", and she has not received any glory and favor, and no one will give her a compliment. But she is gentle and fragrant.

"Why light blue and light red? It is a first-class flower. " From these two sentences to the rest, they were written in a discussion way. These two sentences are the first discussion. Red flowers are of course beautiful. As for green peony and green sepals, they are even more expensive. These are all not available in osmanthus. But the author thinks that inner beauty is more important than outer beauty. The word "why" has spread all kinds of famous flowers, highlighting the sweet-scented osmanthus with light color, strong fragrance and high quality, and concluding that she is "the first among flowers".

"Ding Mei is jealous, chrysanthemum should be ashamed, and the painting column will be crowned in the Mid-Autumn Festival." This is the second level of discussion. Plum blossoms have both gorgeous external beauty and noble internal beauty that is open against frost and snow. Chrysanthemum is recognized as a "gentleman's flower", which has both internal beauty and external beauty. But these two famous flowers are not as good as sighing in front of osmanthus, and they all have the psychology of shame, resentment and jealousy. After this comparison, the positioning of osmanthus fragrans is very clear. So the author believes that osmanthus fragrans is the crown of many famous autumn flowers.

"The poet can be ruthless, and he received nothing in those days." This is the third level of discussion. "Poet" means Qu Yuan. In Lisao, Qu Yuan listed all kinds of famous flowers of vanilla with a pen of praise, in order to compare the virtue of a gentleman's self-cultivation, but he did not mention osmanthus. So the author complains that he is "ruthless". Qu Yuan's character and talent are admired by everyone, including writer Li Qingzhao. Complaining about this sage highlights the author's treasure of osmanthus.