1. "Ink Plum Blossom"
Yuan Dynasty: Wang Mian
The trees at the head of the pond where I wash inkstones all have flowers blooming with faint ink marks.
Don’t let others praise you for your good color, just flow pure Qi and fill the universe.
This is a poem about painting. The poet praises the virtue of plum blossoms, which do not ask for praise from others, but only wish to leave fragrance to the world. In fact, they use the plum blossoms to express their own attitude towards life and their noble sentiments of not flattering the world.
2. "Snowy Plum Part 1"
Song Dynasty: Lu Meipo
The plum blossoms and snow refused to fall in spring, so Sao Renge paid for the review.
The plum blossoms are less white than the snow, but the snow is less fragrant than the plum blossoms.
Many poets in ancient and modern times often write about snow and plum blossoms together. Xue Yinmei revealed the message of spring, and Main Xue showed even more noble character. After reading the complete poem, we seem to see that the author wrote this poem with extraneous meaning: taking advantage of the snowy plum blossoms' struggle for spring, we are warned that we all have our own strengths and weaknesses, and we must be self-aware. It is right to take advantage of others and make up for one's own shortcomings. This poem is both emotional and rational, and is worth chanting.
3. "White Plum"
Yuan Dynasty: Wang Mian
Wearing this body in the ice and snow forest, it is different from peaches and plums mixed with fragrant dust.
Suddenly, the fragrance spreads all night long, spreading like spring throughout the universe.
The first two sentences describe the character of plum blossoms that are pure and pure, proud of frost and snow, and do not compete with other flowers. The last two sentences use plum blossoms to describe people, describe their own interests, ideals and ambitions, and eulogize the heroic behavior and spirit of sacrifice that benefit the general public. This article expresses the poet's own aspirations and character through the chanting and description of plum blossoms.
4. "Snowy Plum Part 2"
Song Dynasty: Lu Meipo
Plums without snow are not spiritual, and snow without poetry is vulgar.
The poem at dusk is full of snow all over the sky, and it is very spring when combined with plum blossoms.
Reading the complete poem, we can seem to see that the author wrote this poem with extraneous meaning: taking advantage of the snowy plum blossoms competing for spring, we are warned that we all have our own strengths and weaknesses, and we must be self-aware. Taking advantage of others' strengths and making up for one's own shortcomings is the truth. This poem is both emotional and rational, and is worth chanting.
5. "Recalling Plum Blossoms"
Tang Dynasty: Li Shangyin
Dingying at the end of the world, relying on the beauty of things.
Winter plums are the most hated, often used as last year’s flowers.
Five-character quatrains should be composed naturally and coherently, and should not be deliberately carved or have twists and turns. This poem "Recalling Plum Blossoms" has "extremely twists and turns in its meaning" (Ji Yun's comment), but it does not give people a sense of being loose, fragmented, or sculpted and unreal. The key is that the twists and turns are inseparable from the poet's life experience. In this way, we can subtly turn inward, see unity in the twists and turns, see unity in the multiplicity, and reach the state of being without traces.