The peony in front of the courtyard is enchanting and gorgeous but lacking in bones, and the lotus in the pool is elegant, clean and boring.
Only the peony is the real beauty, which attracted countless people to appreciate at the flowering stage and alarmed the whole Chang 'an City.
-Tang Dynasty: Liu Yuxi's "Appreciating Peony"
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How can you meet such beautiful flowers as peony in the world, which bloom layer by layer, and layer by layer, like Zengcheng, the western king Mu?
With such a good color, the sky should make you open your heart and let a hundred flowers blossom!
-Tang Dynasty: Liu Yuxi's "Appreciating Peony in Silly South Village"
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There are only two red peonies left in front of the melancholy stage.
I think all the flowers should be blown away when the wind blows tomorrow morning. At night, I pity these weak but red flowers and take a torch to see the peony.
-Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi's Precious Peony Flowers
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The rich people in Chang 'an sigh that spring will be disabled and compete with the purple peony in the west of the street.
Another Bai Mudan looks like a jade plate, but no one wants to see it in the moonlight.
-Tang Dynasty: Lu Lun's "Pei geishi Zhai Bai Mudan"
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A peony is worth a thousand dollars and will be called the deepest color.
Today, the column is full of snow, which does not live up to my heart
-Tang Dynasty: Zhang's Peony
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The curtain of the painting hall rolled up a feast, full of fragrance and fog.
The spring breeze didn't let go, and the branches and drums were covered with red English.
-Tang Dynasty: Zheng Gu's Peony
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Whoever doesn't love peony flowers is the best thing in the city.
It is suspected that the goddess Luochuan did it, breaking the morning glow in a thousand beautiful ways.
-Tang Dynasty: Xu Ning's Peony