May, proud but not vulgar. In the Ming Dynasty, Li Yu once talked about the helplessness of enjoying plums: "The wind sends incense, and the incense comes to the cold; Snow helps flowers, and snow freezes flowers. "
Orchids are quiet but not sick. Being in the deep mountains, I am tired of the noise of the city, and I am not inferior to silence; Living in a secluded valley, I like the bright moon and cool breeze, and I won't look bad because the valley is empty.
Bamboo is light, but it is not clumsy. Su Dongpo said in the Song Dynasty: "Eating without meat is better than living without bamboo."
Chrysanthemum, beautiful but not charming. Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, you can see Nanshan leisurely. This is the feeling of Tao Yuanming, a writer and poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He retired to Shan Ye and fled to the countryside to be an official.