The following are the inspirational quotes about plum blossoms:
1. How can you get the fragrant fragrance of plum blossoms without going through a bone-chilling cold? ——Tang Dynasty, Zen Master Huang He's "Ode to a Discourse in the Hall"
Translation: If we didn't experience the biting cold in winter, how could the plum blossoms have the fragrant fragrance?
2. Wearing this body in the ice and snow forest is not like peaches and plums mixed with fragrant dust. ——"White Plum" by Wang Mian in the Yuan Dynasty
Translation: White plum grows in the woods with ice and snow. It is not mixed with peach and plum blossoms and falls into the dust of the world.
3. The snow blows and the wind becomes more awe-inspiring, and the integrity of flowers is the strongest. ——"Falling Plum Blossoms" by Lu You in the Song Dynasty
Translation: The windier and snowier the weather, the more blooming they are, and the flowers have the noblest and most steadfast integrity.
4. It is scattered into mud and crushed into dust, but only the fragrance remains the same. ——Song Dynasty, Lu You's "Bu Suanzi·Yong Mei"
Translation: Even if the flower pieces fall and are crushed into dust, there is still an eternal fragrance left in the world.
5. Don’t let anyone praise you for your good color, just leave the pure energy to fill the universe. ——Wang Mian's "Mo Mei" in the Yuan Dynasty
Translation: There is no need for others to praise its beautiful color, as long as the fragrance of plum blossoms permeates the world.