Two nights of mandarin duck quilt, pear tree pressing begonia. "
"One pear tree and one begonia" originated from Su Dongpo's teasing of Zhang Xian (990- 1078) in Song Dynasty. It is said that Zhang Xian married a 18-year-old little wife at the age of 80 and wrote a poem in excitement:
"I'm eighty-eight, green is a beauty, and my hair is white.
It's the same as Qing's upside down, except that there is a flower in the middle. "
Su Dongpo quipped after knowing this:
"Eighteen brides and eighty lang, with grey hair and red makeup.
Two nights of mandarin duck quilt, pear tree pressing begonia. "
Pear flower refers to a white-haired husband, and Haitang refers to a young woman with a good face. A pear flower presses Haitang's endless heart! Interestingly, Zhang Xian lived to be 88 years old, and only lived for 8 years after marrying a concubine of 18 years old. Surprisingly, Yu Ji gave birth to two men and two women for him in eight years. Mr. Zhang has ten sons and two daughters all his life. There is a gap of sixty years between the eldest son and the youngest daughter. When Zhang Xian died, my concubine cried her eyes out, and a few years later she died of depression.