Spring Breeze Yuan Mei
The spring breeze is like a distinguished guest, it becomes prosperous as soon as it arrives.
Come to sweep away the snow from thousands of mountains and leave behind the flowers from all over the world.
Translation
The spring breeze is like a distinguished guest,
The place it visits immediately becomes prosperous.
When the spring breeze blows, it melts the snow on thousands of mountains.
After it blows, it leaves behind the fragrance of flowers from all over the world.
About the author
Yuan Mei (1716-1797) was a poet and essayist of the Qing Dynasty. His courtesy name was Zicai, his nickname was Jianzhai, and in his later years he was called Cangshan layman, Suiyuan master, and Suiyuan old man. Han nationality, from Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang). He became a Jinshi in the fourth year of Qianlong's reign and served successively as magistrate of Lishui, Jiangning and other counties. He had political achievements and returned home at the age of forty. Build a garden at the foot of Xiaocang Mountain in Jiangning and chant in it. He recruited many poetry disciples, especially female disciples. Yuan Mei was one of the representative poets during the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods, and together with Zhao Yi and Jiang Shiquan, he was known as the "Three Great Masters of Qianlong".