The plum blossoms are less white than the snow, but the snow is less fragrant than the plum blossoms. ——Lu Meipo's "Snowy Plum Part 1"
How can you get the fragrance of plum blossoms without a bone-chilling cold? —— Zen Master Huang He's "Ode to a Discourse in the Hall"
I recently planted chrysanthemums on the fence, but they have not yet bloomed in autumn. —— Jiao Ran's "Looking for Lu Hongjian but not meeting him"
In the morning, I came back to clean up the wasteland and filth, and returned home with a hoe in the moonlight. ——Tao Yuanming, "Returning to the Garden and Living in the Fields·Part 3"
The flowing light can easily throw people away, turning cherries red and bananas green. ——Jiang Jie's "A Cut of Plum Blossoms: Boat Crossing the Wujiang River"
The peach red contains the rain, and the willow green contains the morning smoke.
——Wang Wei's "Seven Pastoral Music No. 6"