1. "Paeony" - Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty
The majestic and crazy fragrance has not been seen before, the red lights are shining and the green cage is shining.
Jue Lai Du was frightened by Qing, what level was he in the Immortal Palace?
Translation: Peony flowers are blooming. The huge flowers and strong fragrance are unprecedented. The bright red flowers are like lanterns, and the leaves are carefully cared for under the flower supports to set off them. When I woke up, I was alone in front of the blooming peonies. I felt surprised and confused, and I was in the palace of the gods in the sky.
2. "Yangzhou Slow·Huaizuo Famous Capital" - Jiang Kui of the Song Dynasty
Read the red medicine beside the bridge, and you will know who you are born for every year.
Translation: Thinking about the red peony flowers and leaves blooming every year by the bridge, I wonder who appreciates it every year and for whom it was born?
3. "Feeling the Peony Blossoms and sending them to the Lord" - Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty
There are red peony flowers in front of the steps today, some of them are old and some are new.
When you are young, you don’t know how to compare colors. When you are behind, you realize that it is like an illusory body.
The monk has been to many places and wants to ask the Master about the remaining flowers.
Translation: Among the red peonies in front of the steps today, how many of them are about to age and how many of them have just bloomed? When they are blooming, they still don’t understand, and they still want to compare with other flowers to see who is more beautiful. When they wither, they realize that this body is just an illusion. How far away is this from enlightenment? I want to take the broken flowers and ask the eminent monk for advice.
4. "Peony Song" - Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty
There are beautiful flowers blooming in the father-in-law's courtyard, and no ordinary tree competes for the spring beauty.
The green stems and red stamens are blessed with heavenly power. This favor does not belong to the Huang Zhong family.
Warm, ripe and delicious, it looks like a gentleman with a smile and no words.
The frost knife cuts your heavenly daughter toil, why should you bow your head and learn from peaches and plums?
Translation: There are beautiful flowers blooming in my father-in-law’s garden, but there are no ordinary flowers and trees competing with them for the splendor of spring. The thin green stems and red stamens are given by God. This kind of favor is not something that the Huang Zhong family can give. The warm and mature fresh fragrance floats, as if imitating the smile of a gentleman and saying nothing. It is the frost and snow pruning the work of the goddess that makes you so beautiful. Why should you bow your head and imitate those peach and plum flowers?
5. "Red Peony" - Yuan Zhen of the Tang Dynasty
The peony blooms in red silk, and the fence is woven with green thread.
The golden stamens are curled up in the silken fabrics, and the high flames serve as the furnace fire.
The jian is carved with red clouds, and the opening is wrapped in red clouds.
The smoke is light as glass leaves, and the wind is as soft as coral flowers.
Translation: Peony blooms like red silk, and the flowers and leaves weave a green fence on the fence below. The golden stamens seem to be woven with complicated gold threads, and the fiery red petals are like the rising flames in the stove. The petals look like they are cut and carved from red clouds. When opened, the flowers look like they are wrapped in red clouds. The beautiful leaves like glass are like smoke, and the wind blows the coral-like flowers.