Said by: Mo Mei by Wang Mian in Yuan Dynasty.
Original text:
The first tree in my family, Xiyan Lake, is full of flowers and light ink marks.
Don't boast about the good color, just let the air be full of dried Kun.
Translation:
There is a plum tree in Xiyan Lake near my home. Plum blossoms in full bloom seem to be stained with a touch of ink. It doesn't need others to praise how beautiful the color is, just need to diffuse the fragrance between heaven and earth.
Extended data
"Mo Mei" is an inscribed poem, and "Mo Mei" means plum blossom stained with ink.
"There are trees next to my home in Xiyan Lake, and the flowers have light ink marks", which clearly refers to the plum blossoms painted in ink. "West Wild Goose Lake" is the allusion of Wang Xizhi, a book sage. He said that "all the books in the pool are black". "Xiyan Lake Tree", that is, the tree planted in Xiyan Lake, is the image of the plum tree. "Flowers with light ink marks" is a concrete description of the painted plum blossom shape.
"Don't praise the good color, just keep your breath dry." This is a metaphor used by Mo Mei to express the author's own spiritual interest. This kind of interest is detached from things, indifferent to oneself, and always maintaining lofty and innocent spiritual integrity and moral conduct.
Compared with the real plum blossom, the ink plum is certainly not as bright and colorful as the real plum blossom, but it has ink fragrance. The author seized this feature of the ink plum to express his ambition. The poem "Don't praise the good color, just keep your breath fresh and dry" can be used to express a person's pursuit of paying attention to inner moral cultivation in real life or article writing, rather than a hollow reputation.