This poem about moss was written by Yuan Mei.

moss

Author: Yuan Mei (Qing)

Life is not everywhere, youth is just coming.

Although moss is as small as rice, it also blooms like peony.

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In the shade where the warm sunshine in spring can't shine, life germinates as usual, and the moss still grows green.

Although moss is as small as rice grains, it still blooms like that noble peony.

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Day: the sun.

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Moss is a low-level plant, mostly parasitic in dark and humid places, but it also has its own life instinct and intention, and will not lose the courage to grow hair because of the harsh environment. The poet can see this and sing it, which is very eye-catching!

"Sunlight is everywhere" is such a place that is not suitable for the growth of life, but the moss grows green and shows youth. Where does this youth come from? "Just arrived", well, it didn't come from anywhere, but was created by the vigorous moss itself! It is with strong vitality that it breaks through the obstacles of the environment and glows with youthful brilliance.

Moss will also bloom. Of course, it's sad. Flowers are as small as rice grains, but aren't they just small flowers? As long as we can develop, seed and multiply, it is a victory in life. Therefore, "learning from peony" is both modesty and pride! Yes, the moss flower is so small and humble that it can't be compared with the beautiful peony, but the peony is appreciated and carefully cultivated, and the moss flower strives for the same opening right as the flower by its own life-this world does not exist only for a few geniuses and heroes!