Written by Su Shi
The eighteenth-year-old bride has pale hair and red makeup.
The mandarin ducks sleep in pairs at night, and a pear tree presses the begonia.
The pear blossom refers to the white-haired husband, and the begonia refers to the beautiful young woman. One "press" tells countless unsaid words!
"A tree of pear blossoms presses down the begonia" is A seven-character quatrain written by the Northern Song Dynasty writer Su Shi was used to ridicule his friend Zhang Xian for marrying an 18-year-old concubine when he was 80 years old.
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Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty and achieved high achievements in poetry, lyrics, prose, calligraphy, and painting. His writing is bold and unbridled; his poems have broad themes, are fresh and bold, are good at using exaggerated metaphors, and have a unique style. Together with Huang Tingjian, they are called "Su Huang"; Xin; his prose writings are grand and bold. Together with Ouyang Xiu, he is called "Ou Su" and is one of the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties". Su Shi is also good at calligraphy and is one of the "Four Masters of the Song Dynasty". He is good at painting, especially ink. Bamboo, strange rocks, dead wood, etc. There are "Dongpo Seven Collections", "Dongpo Yi Zhuan", "Dongpo Yuefu" and so on.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - A tree of pear blossoms and begonia<. /p>