The phrase "The pomegranate flowers illuminate the eyes in May" comes from "Three Ode to the Purivine Flowers/Inscribed on the Purivine Flowers" written by Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty.
"Inscribed on Zhang Shiyi Hostel with Three Odes to the Purivine Flowers/Inscribed on the Purivine Flowers"
Author Han Yu? Dynasty Tang Dynasty
The pomegranate flowers in May illuminate the eyes, and the branches Time to see the child's first coming into being.
It's a pity that there are no carriages and horses here, and the moss is upside down and the flowers are falling.
Vernacular translation:
The fiery pomegranate flowers in May are particularly vivid, and pomegranate seeds can be seen growing among the branches and leaves.
It is a pity that this place lacks the busy traffic of Prince Wang and Sun Gongzi, so the bright pomegranate flowers have to be scattered on the moss.
Extended information
The first two sentences of this poem point out the season and outline the lush and brilliant scene of pomegranate flowers in May; the last two sentences point out the location, indicating that no one is visiting the pomegranate flowers. The beautiful scenery becomes lonely and scattered after admiring it, which euphemistically expresses the poet's lonely mood. The whole poem describes the fresh and natural scenery, and embodies the philosophy of life in the description of the objective scenery.
The whole poem describes the fresh and natural scenery, from which we can see the poet's rich interest and thoughtful and rich literary thoughts. However, the sudden changes in poetic meaning and description are all contained in sentences that seem to be light and heavy in reality, making the poetic meaning suddenly turn deeper, and also showing the changing characteristics of "hills and hills are uneven" in writing.
This poem is titled in Zhang Shiyi’s Hotel. Zhang Shiyi is a good friend of the author. When the author wrote this poem, both Zhang Shiyi and he were demoted. The poet wrote this poem because of his feelings. In "Poems of a Thousand Families", the author of this poem has been attributed to Zhu Xi in the past dynasties, which has been erroneously corrected by later generations.