Full text: A gift for Ye Fan. Lu Kai folded flowers to meet the courier and was sent to the leading family. There is no better gift in Jiangnan, and flowers will send spring.
Interpretation: When a courier goes to the north, he will break the plum blossom and let him bring it to his friends in Longshan. There is no better gift in Jiangnan. Let's send a plum blossom to spring. The first two sentences of this poem say that poets and friends are far apart and it is difficult to get together, so they can only exchange greetings through messengers.
Poetry appreciation:
This sentence comes from a poem that Lu Kai gave to Ye Fan in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. This poem was written when Lu Kai led his troops south to conquer Meiling. The full text is as follows. Lu Kai, the author of Ye Fan's Poems, was sent as a leader in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
There is no better gift in Jiangnan, and flowers will send spring. The vernacular translation is as follows: When you meet a courier going to the north, you will fold plum blossoms and let him bring them to friends in Longshan. There is no better gift in Jiangnan. Let's send a plum blossom to spring.