Classical Chinese essays about plum blossoms

1. Ancient essays about plum blossoms

Notes on Sick Plum Blossoms

Gong Zizhen

Original text

The Dragon of Jiangning Pan, Deng Wei in Suzhou, and Xixi in Hangzhou all produce plum trees. Or say: "Plum blossoms are beautiful when they are curved, but they are shapeless when they are straight; they are beautiful when they are straight, but they have no scenery when they are straight; they are beautiful when they are sparse, but they are shapeless when they are dense." Solid. These literati and painters know what they mean, but they can't give a big order to rope the plum blossoms in the world; nor can they make the people of the world cut straight, delete the secrets, hoe them straight, and use the young and diseased plums as a business in order to get money. . The song of plum blossoms and sparseness is not something that stupid people seeking money can do with their intelligence. There are those who use the idiosyncratic habit of literati and painters to express their opinions on plum blossoms, pruning their straight branches, nurturing their side branches, pruning their dense branches, hoeing their young branches, hoing their straight branches, suppressing their vitality, in order to obtain a high price. However, the plum blossoms in Jiangsu and Zhejiang All are sick. Such is the severity of the disaster for literati and painters!

I purchased three hundred pots, all of them were sick and none of them were finished. After weeping for three days, he vowed to cure him: let him go, destroy his basin, bury everything in the ground, and untie his brown bonds; within five years, he would be healed. I am not a literati and painter, but I am willing to accept criticism and find a place for diseased plum blossoms to be stored.

Woohoo! I am able to have more free days and more free fields, so that I can store diseased plums in Jiangning, Hangzhou, and Suzhou, so I can use my spare time to cure them!

Translation

Longpanli in Jiangning, Dengweishan in Suzhou, and Xixi in Hangzhou all produce plums. Some people say: "Plum blossoms are beautiful because of their curved branches, and they have no grace when they are straight; they are beautiful when their branches are slanted, and they have no scenery when they are upright; they are beautiful when their branches are sparse, and they have no posture when they are dense." Actually, these are Literati and painters understand its meaning in their hearts, but they cannot publicly declare it or loudly call for using this standard to measure the plum blossoms in the world; nor can they make the plum growers in the world cut off the straight ones, delete the dense ones, hoe down the straight ones, and remove the straight ones. Mei made grotesque shapes and pathological changes, and used this as a career to make money. The slanting, sparse, and curved branches of the plum trees are not something that stupid people who only care about making money can do with their wisdom and ability. Someone clearly told the plum sellers the hidden secrets of the literati and painters' unique preference, (making them) cut off the straight ones, cultivate the lateral branches, delete the dense ones, kill their young branches, hoe off the straight ones, and block the branches. Suppressing its vitality and seeking high prices like this: As a result, the plum trees in Jiangsu and Zhejiang became sick and disabled. The disaster caused by literati and painters has reached this level!

I bought three hundred pots of plums, all of which were sick and disabled, and none of them was intact. I had been crying for them for three days, so I vowed to cure them: I let them go, followed their nature, destroyed the pots, planted all the plums in the ground, untied the brown ropes that tied them; Years are the limit, and they must be restored to their true nature and maintained in a healthy state. I am not a literati or painter, so I am willing to be insulted and set up a sick plum museum to store them.

Alas! How can I have a lot of free time and a lot of free fields to store a large number of diseased plums from Jiangning, Hangzhou, and Suzhou, and spend my whole life treating them? 2. An ancient text describing plum blossoms

The sparse shadows lie across the clear and shallow water, and the faint fragrance floats in the moonlit dusk.

After the snow, the garden has only half a tree, and the waterside fence has only horizontal branches.

The sparse shadows are moving in the lake water, and a low branch is inserted diagonally from the eaves.

The stamens are cut into pieces of pink silk, and the pedicles are decorated with red wax that has just dried.

There are pieces of smoke vying for silence across the distance, and the half-sticky remaining snow is overwhelming.

When I look at plum blossoms, I see:

A piece of rotten silver and a thousand weights of broken jade. The gentle breeze blows, but the fragrance of Jiawu is still inferior; the plain light reflects the beautiful sun, and the beautiful makeup of Xizi should not be as good. Chuoyue dry can make ice and frost, and jagged shadow is suitable for wind and moon. The poet's poems and chants are all possible, but when will the rhyme and guest's cup and plate rest?

Plum Blossoms

The plum blossoms reflect the moon at dusk, and the dark spots are fragrant and white with snow. They smile and concentrate, occupying the first spring in the south of the Yangtze River. The fragrant jade is placed low by the water, and I lean on the bamboo because I am afraid of the cold spring. Worrying about the east wind, thousands of colors are easy to lose. ——Right tune "Stealing the Fragrant Magnolia"

Appreciating plum blossoms:

I saw only an old dry branch, about two feet high, with a branch next to it, two feet long. Among them, the branches are different, some are like crickets, some are like dead earthworms, some are solitary and cut like pens, some are densely clustered like a forest, the crimson calyx is covered with frost, and the beautiful flowers are covered with snow. I really don’t know how many lifetimes it takes to cultivate it. 3. Look for poems or famous sayings about plum blossoms, ancient Chinese prose

Little Plum Blossoms in the Mountain Garden, Lin Hejing, Tang Dynasty.

The sparse shadows are slanting across the clear and shallow water, and the faint fragrance is floating in the moonlight at dusk. The frost bird steals its eyes when it wants to come down, and the pink butterfly seems to know how to unite and break its soul.

Fortunately, we can have sex with each other by chanting slightly, but we don’t need to be good at carving out golden bottles. Plum Blossoms by Wang Anshi There are several plum trees in the corner, Ling Han blooms alone.

I don’t know that there is not enough snow, but there is a hidden fragrance. Playing chess with Xue Zhaoming and losing a plum blossom poem Wang Anshi Huafa looks for spring and is happy to see plum blossoms. One of them is piled with snow near the road.

Recalling Plum Blossoms by Li Shangyin Determined to stay at the end of the world, leaning towards the beauty of things.

Winter plum blossoms are the most detestable. They grow like last year’s flowers. In mid-November, plum blossoms can be seen in Fufengjie. Li Shangyin. The pavilions on the road are beautiful and fragrant at odd times.

Su'e is only with the moon, and the young girl does not spare the frost. The gift is far away and the empty hand is full, but the injury is suitable and the heart is broken.

For whom is Cheng Zao Xiu? Not Waiting for the Fragrance of the Year, Plum Blossom Quatrains (Part 1 -) Lu You I heard the plum blossoms blooming in the morning breeze, and the snow piles were all over the four mountains. How can one transform into hundreds of billions, one plum blossom tree and one blooming man?

Plum Blossom Quatrains (Part 2) The branches in the valley are more northerly, and the flowers bloom late every year. Gaobiao Yiyun, do you know that it is the time when the ice and snow accumulate?

Plum Blossom Quatrains (Part 3) The snow blows and the wind blows louder and louder, The integrity of the flowers is the strongest. When time passes, it will drift away, and I will beg for mercy from Mr. Dong even more shamefully.

Early Plum Blossoms Southern Dynasty·Xie Xie It blooms early to welcome the spring, and does not mind the cold alone. Afraid of falling flowers, no one cares to look at them.

Jiangmei by Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty The plum blossoms are broken before the wax, and there are more plum blossoms after the new year. I know that spring is good, but what is the worst thing to worry about? The snow and trees are of the same color, and the river wind is also ripples.

The hometown is invisible, Wu Xiu is gloomy and craggy. Early Plum Blossoms by Qi Ji of the Tang Dynasty Ten thousand trees are about to break due to the cold, but their solitary roots grow warm.

In the deep snow in Qiancun, a branch bloomed last night. The wind carries the delicate fragrance, and the birds take a look at the beautiful scenery.

As expected next year, Yingchundai will be released first. Miscellaneous Poems by Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty You come from your hometown, so you should know the things in your hometown.

Leaning in front of the window tomorrow, have the winter plum blossoms bloomed yet? Miscellaneous Ode by Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty I have seen the plum blossoms blooming in the winter, and heard the singing of birds again. My heart is focused on the spring grass, and I am afraid of the growth on the jade steps.

Recalling Plum Blossoms by Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty, I am determined to live at the end of the world, relying on the beauty of things. Winter plum blossoms are the most detestable. They grow like last year's flowers.

Plum Blossoms on the River by Wang Shi of the Tang Dynasty Suddenly I saw a plum tree blooming along the Han River. I don’t know that spring is coming early, so I suspect it’s a bead maker.

"Tingmei Ode" written by Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty. Early flowers often suffer from cold, and numerous flowers are often bitter and sour. Why is it that on a spring day, you are sitting in the dark mood? Yaotao is smiling at each other, and the wandering prostitute is willing to look back! When you ask about adjusting the golden tripod, you realize that it is difficult to make the right taste.

Plum Blossom by Cui Daorong of the Tang Dynasty. The calyx contains snow at the beginning, so it is difficult to draw it alone. There is a unique charm in the fragrance, and it is extremely clear and does not know the cold.

Hengdi and Chouting, oblique skills depend on the disease. The headwind is like a solution, and it is easy not to destroy.

Plum Blossoms by Yu Xin of the Tang Dynasty In the middle of the twelfth lunar month of that year, the plum blossoms were already in bloom. If you don’t believe this Spring Festival Gala, come and watch it in the snow.

The trees are moving and the ice is falling, and the branches are high and cold. If I had known I couldn't find him, I would have regretted wearing the clothes.

Looking for Plum Blossoms in the Snow by Xiao Gang of the Tang Dynasty I was surprised that the plum blossoms were late, so I rushed to see them in the snow. The lower branches are visible at low levels, but the upper branches are far away and difficult to see.

We are both ashamed to show our wrists, and give in to each other because our waists are weak. You should also cut and pick the beard, and learn two or three techniques.

Plum Blossoms by Jiang Weihan of the Tang Dynasty There is a plum tree in front of Baiyu Hall, and today I suddenly saw several flowers blooming. Several doors are closed, how can one get in the spring scenery? Plum Blossom, Song Dynasty·Chen Liang. The sparse technique is horizontal, the jade is thin, and the small calyx is dotted with pearl.

One flower suddenly blooms first, and all flowers bloom later. If you want to convey the message of spring, don’t be afraid of being buried in the snow.

The jade flute has been suspended for three times, Dong Junzheng advocated. Winter Miscellany Zhang Lei of the Song Dynasty The body of the empty mountain is about to grow old, but the old age will return.

The willows grow every year when I am worried, and the plum blossoms are everywhere when I am sad. The green vegetables have short nails, and the red wax-spotted flowers bloom.

No matter how there is ice and snow, the east wind returns day and night. Zai Yang Gongji Plum Blossoms by Su Shi of the Song Dynasty Mo Xiangshuang's resentment in the morning has not yet begun, and he will destroy each other day and night.

A new flower contains wind and dew, just like the west chamber waiting for the moon to come. Presenting Plum Blossoms on the Ridge by Su Shi of the Song Dynasty. When the plum blossoms are in full bloom, the white flowers will bloom. No one will come after passing by.

Don’t taste the green plums while cooking wine, but watch the drizzle ripen the yellow plums. Ink Plum by Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty In a dream, the clear river is drunk with the fragrance of ink, and the branches are thin and frosty with cold pistils.

Now there is no need to ask about white and black, and it is the makeup of the world. Inscribed on Yang Buzhi's painting, Lou Yao, Song Dynasty. It is often seen that plum blossoms are written like gods, while pines and bamboos are even more realistic.

Hundreds of flowers are all friends, but Suihan only sees these three people. Snowy Plum by Lu Meipo, Song Dynasty. Plum without snow is not spiritual, and snow without plum is vulgar.

At dusk, the sky is full of snow, which is very fragrant when combined with plum blossoms. Snow Plum, Lu Meipo, Song Dynasty. The plum and snow refused to fall in spring, so the poet put down his pen and commented on it.

The plum blossoms are a little less white than the snow, but the snow is less fragrant than the plum blossoms. From Zhang Zhongmou to Qilaimei Huang Tingjian of the Song Dynasty Wild plum blossoms grow behind Wenjun Temple, and the fragrant honey dyes them into a palace-like yellow color.

Don’t fold it to cover your old eyes. If you want to know the beauty of spring, go to the pond. Sleeping Tiredly on a Snow Boat, Song Dynasty, Yang Wanli. The open window of the small pavilion is half-closed, and he is falling asleep while reading a book.

I was annoyed by the plum blossoms for no reason, so I blew the incense to break my dream. Cold Night, Song Dynasty·Du Lei On a cold night, guests come to drink tea and wine, and the soup in the bamboo stove begins to boil and becomes red.

The moon in front of the window is the same as usual, but the plum blossoms are different. Ancient Plum Blossoms by Xiao Dezao of the Song Dynasty The concubine Xiang stands in danger on the back of a frozen dragon, and the cold moon hangs on the coral branches.

The ugliness can be astonishingly charming, but only Xiaohan knows how to break the soul. Ping Mei by Zhang Daoqia of the Song Dynasty. A few spring branches in a bottle of cold water, the fragrance does not fade when the stream flows.

No one can see the horizontal and slanting bamboo bottom, and don’t know it with the faint clouds and the pale moon. Red Plum Blossoms by Su Dongpo Every year, red plum blossoms are blooming, and they are about to bloom again by the river bank.

Cherish the sentimental Guan Yiling, send the spring with straightness and roots. Early Plum Blossoms by Liu Zongyuan Early plum blossoms bloom on tall trees, reflecting the blue sky.

The late morning breeze carries the night fragrance, and the heavy frost nourishes the dawn. If you want to give me a gift from thousands of miles away, you will be separated by mountains and rivers.

There is no need to comfort distant guests when Han Ying is in ruins. Newly Planted Plum Blossoms By Bai Juyi Seven newly planted plum blossoms are planted by the pond. I will check them when they are about to bloom.

Don’t be afraid of the peach and plum envy of Changzhou. This year will be a good year for you. Mo Mei Zhao Bingwen The painter does not paint the face with powder, but he is afraid that others will think I am straight.

It’s impossible not to know each other when we meet, Xia Fu has always cared for jade figures. Baimei Yuan Wang Mian This body is worn in the ice and snow forest, not like peaches and plums mixed with fragrant dust.

Suddenly the fragrance spreads all night long, spreading like spring throughout the universe. Mo Mei, Yuan Dynasty, Wang Mian The trees beside the inkstone washing pond in my house have blooming flowers with faint ink marks.

Don’t let people praise you for your good color, just leave the pure energy to fill the universe. Plum Blossom by Wang Mian of the Yuan Dynasty In March, the east wind blows away the snow, and the mountains of Hunan are as green as water.

No one sees the sound of Qiang Guan, and countless plum blossoms fall on the wild bridge. Appreciating Red Plum Blossoms at the Beginning of Spring Yuan·Yuanhuai Last night the east wind turned and the snow on the willows disappeared in the streets.

When dawn comes, a tree is like a cluster of apricots, opening towards the isolated village across a small bridge. It seems that the chemical industry dislikes the thinness of pink, so the color is used to help the flowers become more delicate.

There is no need to distinguish between green branches and green leaves. We win the championship among thousands of flowers. Recalling the Plum Blossoms by Duan Keji of the Yuan Dynasty The Immortal from Gushe, with her ice-skinned skin, accompanied me to the West Lake in the past.

Don’t forget that the spring breeze has changed several times, and the standard is now gone. Plum Blossoms of the West Lake by Feng Zizhen, Yuan Dynasty. There is a jade forest beside Su Laodi, and the wind and moon on the six bridges are close friends.

Let others compete for the peaches and plums, and do not care about prosperity. Yuanyangmei by Feng Zizhen of the Yuan Dynasty has two flowers on parallel pedicles, so it is suitable to be photographed near the cold pond.

I only worry that the corners of the painting will be blown away, and the shadows will fly apart, which is the most hurtful thing. Inscribed painting of plum blossoms by Tao Zongyi of the Yuan Dynasty. The moon shines brightly in the lonely mountain at the scholar's house, and the cold light of the lake soaks the jade horizontally.

It seems to be a seal with vertical and horizontal pens and iron wires. 4. Classical Chinese articles praising plum blossoms

Longpan in Jiangning, Deng Wei in Suzhou, and Xixi in Hangzhou all produce plum blossoms. Or say: "Plum blossoms are beautiful when they are curved, but they are shapeless when they are straight; they are beautiful when they are straight, but they have no scenery when they are straight; they are beautiful when they are sparse, but they are shapeless when they are dense." Solid. These literati and painters know what they mean, but they cannot issue an edict to rope all the plum blossoms in the world; nor can they ask the people of the world to cut straight, delete secrets, hoe straight, and use young and diseased plums as a business in order to earn money. . The song of plum blossoms and sparseness is not something that stupid people seeking money can do with their intelligence. There are those who use the idiosyncratic habit of literati and painters to express their opinions on plum blossoms, pruning their straight branches, nurturing their side branches, pruning their dense branches, plowing their young branches, plowing their straight branches, and suppressing their vitality, in order to obtain a high price. However, the plum blossoms in Jiangsu and Zhejiang All are sick. Such is the severity of the disaster for literati and painters!

I bought three hundred pots, all of them were sick and none of them were finished. After weeping for three days, he vowed to cure him: let him go, destroy his basin, bury everything in the ground, and untie his brown bonds; within five years, he would be healed. I am not a literati and painter, but I am willing to accept criticism and find a place for diseased plum blossoms to be stored.

Woohoo! I am able to have more free days and more free fields, so that I can store diseased plum blossoms in Jiangning, Hangzhou and Suzhou, so I can use my spare time to cure the plum blossoms!

Translation

Longpanli in Jiangning, Dengweishan in Suzhou, and Xixi in Hangzhou all produce plums. Some people say: "Plum blossoms are beautiful because of their curved branches, and they have no grace when they are straight; they are beautiful when their branches are slanted, and they have no scenery when they are upright; they are beautiful when their branches are sparse, and they have no posture when they are dense." Actually, these are Literati and painters understand its meaning in their hearts, but they cannot publicly declare it or loudly call for using this standard to measure the plum blossoms in the world; nor can they make the plum growers in the world cut off the straight ones, delete the dense ones, hoe down the straight ones, and remove the straight ones. Mei made grotesque shapes and pathological diseases, and used this as a career to make money. The slanting, sparse, and curved branches of the plum trees are not something that stupid people who only care about making money can do with their wisdom and ability. Someone clearly told the plum sellers the hidden secrets of the literati and painters' unique preference, (making them) cut off the straight ones, cultivate the lateral branches, delete the dense ones, kill their young branches, hoe off the straight ones, and block the branches. Suppressing its vitality and seeking high prices like this: As a result, the plum trees in Jiangsu and Zhejiang became sick and disabled. The disaster caused by literati and painters has reached this level!

I bought three hundred pots of plums, all of which were sick and disabled, and none of them was intact. I had been crying for them for three days, so I vowed to cure them: I let them go, followed their nature, destroyed the pots, planted all the plums in the ground, untied the brown ropes that tied them; Years are the limit, and they must be restored to their true nature and maintained in a healthy state. I am not a literati or painter, so I am willing to be insulted and set up a sick plum museum to store them.

Alas! How can I have a lot of free time and a lot of free fields to store a large number of diseased plums from Jiangning, Hangzhou, and Suzhou, and spend my whole life treating them? 29 5. Poems or ancient prose about plum blossoms

Small Plum Blossoms in the Mountain Garden·Part One

Dynasty: Song Dynasty

Author: Lin Bu

Public The fragrance is swaying and the beauty is alone, occupying the small garden with all the charm.

The sparse shadows are slanting across the clear and shallow water, and the faint fragrance is floating in the moonlight at dusk.

The frost bird steals its eyes when it wants to come down, while the white butterfly knows how to unite and part its soul.

Fortunately, we can have sex with each other with a slight chant, and we don’t need a sandalwood board or a gold statue.

Plum Blossom / Plum

Dynasty: Song Dynasty

Author: Wang Anshi

There are several plum blossoms in the corner, and Ling Han blooms alone.

I know it’s not snow from a distance, because there is a faint fragrance coming.

White Plum

Dynasty: Yuan Dynasty

Author: 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.

Bu Suanzi·Yong Mei

Dynasty: Song Dynasty

Author: Lu You

Outside the post station, beside the broken bridge, there is a lonely road with no owner. It is already dusk and I am sad alone, and it is even more windy and rainy.

There is no intention to fight for spring, but for a while, everyone is jealous. It fell into mud and was crushed into dust, but only the fragrance remained the same.

Falling Plum Blossoms

Dynasty: Song Dynasty

Author: Lu You

The snow blows and the wind becomes more and more awe-inspiring, and the integrity of the flowers is the strongest.

When time passes, it will drift away, and I will beg for mercy from Mr. Dong even more shamefully.

If you are drunk and break off one or two broken plum blossoms, you might as well have the peach and plum blossoms come into their own.

Who is trying to bring spring back to life in this frozen land? 6. Who knows those classical Chinese articles about plum blossoms

Notes on Plum Blossoms

Gong Zizhen

Dragon Pan in Jiangning, Wei Deng in Suzhou, Xixi in Hangzhou, All produce plums. Or say: "Plum blossoms are beautiful when they are curved, but they are shapeless when they are straight; they are beautiful when they are straight, but they have no scenery when they are straight; they are beautiful when they are sparse, but they are shapeless when they are dense." Solid. These literati and painters know what they mean, but they can't give a big order to rope the plum blossoms in the world; nor can they make the people of the world cut straight, delete the secrets, hoe them straight, and use the young and diseased plums as a business in order to get money. . The song of plum blossoms and sparseness is not something that stupid people seeking money can do with their intelligence. There are those who use the idiosyncratic habit of literati and painters to express their opinions on plum blossoms, pruning their straight branches, nurturing their side branches, pruning their dense branches, hoeing their young branches, hoing their straight branches, suppressing their vitality, in order to obtain a high price. However, the plum blossoms in Jiangsu and Zhejiang All are sick. Such is the severity of the disaster for literati and painters!

I bought three hundred pots, all of them were sick and none of them were finished.

After weeping for three days, he vowed to cure him: let him go, destroy his basin, bury everything in the ground, and untie his brown bonds; within five years, he would be healed. I am not a scholar or painter, but I am willing to accept criticism and find a place for diseased plum blossoms to be stored.

Woohoo! I am able to have more free days and more free fields, so that I can store diseased plum blossoms in Jiangning, Hangzhou and Suzhou, so I can use my spare time to cure the plum blossoms!

Notes on Chaoshan Plum Blossoms

[Qing Dynasty] Lin Shu and Xia Rongbo said in the same voice that they were lovers of ancient times and hid in Qixi. Yu, Chen Jishi and Gao Xiaotong bought a boat to visit. Make an appointment to search for plum blossoms in Chaoshan Mountain. From the stream, a small boat is carried along the Asase to the north of Chaoshan. Plum blossoms have been seen along the coast. In Li Xu, follow Lu to Xianghai Tower and watch Song Mei. The body of the plum is half withered, standing on the side of the water; the ancient trunk is bent, the moss is covering the body, and the teeth are like scales. Over time, the color of the moss changes to bronze. There are more than ten trees beside it, and Rong Bo said that they all know their origins. The scenery is desolate and gloomy, and I will return soon. Uncle Rong guided me to the temple of Tang Yuqian, where the flowers were in full bloom: they were crisscrossing each other, the same color as jade and snow; they walked up and down along the path of plum blossoms. Far from the foothills of the forest, close to Yanpi Tuo; the valley is filled with dense forest and dense forest. After a few miles, we started to leave Meiwo. We were surrounded by shady pines. We heard the sound of the stream below and saw that the remaining boats had stopped and climbed up. I walked on foot, and the boatman used water to travel along the stream. The road was suitable and worthy. It was late and I still returned to Qixi. Late in the Ming Dynasty, we used a small boat to go out to the south of the mountain. There were more flowers than in the north of the mountain. The ancient trees in the wild water are dim and sluggish, and the paths diverge into eight or nine paths and end when they reach the plum blossoms. Go to Qianyuan Temple and observe the so-called water cave. The water in the pool is crystal clear, with strange rocks rising up from the water, and the water clinging to the wall. The stone is shaped like a clearing, and is green and pale. The stone veins are directly connected to dry holes. The view of Drought Cave is to the right. More than thirty levels up to the entrance of the cave, in the deep darkness, there is the sound of feng shui swaying. The brothers Chenji Lake and Diliao were traveling together. They entered the cave with a gun, but came out unexpectedly. On the right side of the pool, there are three characters "Haiyundong" engraved, which were written by Zhao Qing of the Song Dynasty. Looking for the stone statues of Ding Youxuan and his son, they have peeled off, but the poems are still faintly readable. I appreciate Uncle Rong's rice. I held my cup and sighed, thinking that the plum blossoms I had seen in my life were not so numerous and in full bloom. Rong Boyan said: "After the snow falls in winter, the flowers become more beautiful than those in Xixi River." However, the remaining two arrivals in Xixi River have lost their plum blossom season. Now I have written "Chaoshan Plum Blossoms" and sent one to Rong Bo and the other to my friend Chen Shouci in Fuzhou. Shouci is also a plum lover.