Mei Zhu LAN ju, four gentlemen
(1) Mei
Snow dance is long and cold, and Qian Shan is wrapped in winter.
Plum branches bloom in the wind, beautiful as a fairy, competing for beauty.
(2) orchids
Mountains and rivers give birth to valleys, and the sky is blue and purple.
The quality is fresh, pure and elegant, and I am dust.
(3) Chrysanthemum
In September, Dongli Sanjing Road is exposed with dense branches and leaves.
Inadvertently, I know the spring breeze, and I am proud of the cold.
(4) Bamboo
Looking straight at the sky, the summer is proud and cold, and the green branches and leaves are clustered high.
In spring, the ground is strong and the body is unbreakable.
China people's praise for the four gentlemen in Mei Ju and Hua Zhong has a long history, and naturally they have reached a * * * understanding. It is elegant and lofty, and it is not a coquettish state; Washing people's dirty intestines and clearing their bones makes people's mind and demeanor attractive in noble character and deeply loved by Bosch people.
"Lansheng is in the valley, and no one is fragrant." It is said that Confucius called it the king's fragrance. I have never tasted the delicate fragrance of orchids, so its fragrance is naturally refreshing. However, its narcissistic metaphor should be a high standard for saints and scholars; The name "Beauty Vanilla" more or less reveals the sadness and depression of people with lofty ideals who are not known to the world.
However, bamboo was very common when I was a child. Although it is located in a chilly place in the north, it is also a few tall and lofty plants, not without quiet and quiet. As for the genus of bamboo fragrance and bamboo smile, I really don't know much about it. It is Zheng Banqiao's "Ink Bamboo Map" in Qing Dynasty. It is full of only a few leaves, strong and upright, full of moral integrity and lofty sentiments, but it makes me understand the symbolic significance of bamboo's firmness and nobility.
When it comes to chrysanthemums in Ao Shuang, of course, it depends on Tao Yuanming's preference. "Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely seeing Nanshan" is leisurely and enjoyable. However, I think the chrysanthemums picked by Tao Yuanming are not planted by gardeners, but ordinary wild chrysanthemums; Indifferent to Tsinghua, Shuang Ling is complacent, but he is just being romantic, which is naturally disdained by modern chrysanthemum connoisseurs.
I've only seen one plum, who cuts ice and snow, is cold-resistant and proud. Dark yellow, open mouth, almost crystal clear, there are some small flowers between the old stem and the young branches; The film is chic, full of Leng Xiang, clear and noble, which makes people refined and has a wife's heart. What's at stake here is not those who seek fame and gain, nor those who are unwilling to be lonely.
The four gentlemen of Mei Lan and Zhu Ju, with their elegant and indifferent characteristics, have been loved by the world for thousands of years and become a cultural symbol of personality, although this is due to their own nature; But it is also related to the appreciation and admiration of literati and recluse gentlemen in past dynasties. The origin of the name Four Gentlemen, I think, probably comes from ancient sages and gentlemen. They often take Mei Lan and Zhu Ju as their own conditions, and Mei Lan and Zhu Ju are enough to describe their virtues. Based on this inherent moral metaphor, the name "Four Gentlemen" is indeed appropriate.