Tang Dynasty: Yuan Zhen
In autumn, the bushes, like Taoist priests, are more and more inclined around the fence. ?
It's not that chrysanthemums are favored among flowers, but that this flower is even more flowerless.
Translation:
Clusters of autumn chrysanthemums surround the house and look like the home of the poet Tao Yuanming. Looking at chrysanthemums around the fence, the sun will set before you know it.
It's not because chrysanthemums are favored among flowers, but because they can't see better flowers after blooming.
2. plum blossom
Song Dynasty: Wang Anshi
There are some plums in the corner, and cold ling opens them alone.
I knew from a distance that it wasn't snow, because there was a smell coming.
Translation:
Several plum blossoms in the corner are blooming alone in the cold.
Why do you know from a distance that Bai Meihua is not snow? Because there is a faint plum blossom fragrance.
3. Operator Yongmei.
Song dynasty: Lu you
Outside the bridge, the plum blossoms are lonely, no matter what. Twilight arrival, plum blossom is helpless, exhausted, and has to withstand the wind and rain. ?
Plum blossoms don't want to compete for blooming, and the envy and rejection of flowers don't care. Even after autumn, when it is ground into dirt and turned into dust, plum blossoms still emit fragrance as usual.
Translation:
There is a broken bridge outside the post station, and the plum blossoms bloom alone, and no one asks. Twilight arrival, plum blossom is helpless, sad enough, but destroyed by wind and rain.
Plum blossoms don't want to try their best to compete for favor, and they don't care about the jealousy and rejection of flowers. Even if it withers, grinds into mud and turns to dust, plum blossoms still exude a faint fragrance as always.
4. Mo Mei
Yuan Dynasty: Wang Mian
The first tree in my Xiyan Lake is light ink.
Don't praise the good color, as long as it is clear and full of dried Kun.
Translation:
There is a plum tree in the West Wild Goose Lake near my home, and the blooming plum blossoms are all covered with faint ink marks.
Don't need others to praise its beautiful color, just need the fragrance of plum blossoms to diffuse between heaven and earth.
5. Xuemei No.1
Song Dynasty: Lu Meipo
For the sake of spring, Xue Mei refused to surrender, and the poet put down his manuscript fee to comment on this chapter.
The snow in Mei Xu Xun is three points white, but the snow has lost a kind of plum fragrance.
Translation:
Both plum blossom and snowflake think that they have occupied all the spring scenery, and no one will give up. It is difficult for poets to write critical articles.
To be fair, plum blossoms make snowflakes crystal white, but snowflakes lose to plum blossoms.