Li Qingzhao wrote a famous line about chrysanthemums in "Drunk Flower Yin": After dusk when I drink wine in Dongli, there is a faint fragrance filling my sleeves. There is no way that I am not in ecstasy. The west wind blows behind the curtain, and people are thinner than yellow flowers.

Appreciation:

The next film describes the scene of appreciating chrysanthemums. The author adds his own strong emotional color to the description of natural scenery, so that the objective environment and the inner emotions of the characters are blended and intertwined. Especially in the last three sentences, yellow flowers are used to describe people's haggardness, and thinness is used to imply the depth of lovesickness. They are implicit and deep, and their words are exhaustive but their meanings are endless. They have always been widely recited.

The next part describes the scene of enjoying chrysanthemums and drinking wine on the Double Ninth Festival. Drinking wine and appreciating chrysanthemums is a major program of the Double Ninth Festival. Probably to suit the occasion, Li Qingzhao sat in the house for a whole day. It was not until evening that he summoned up his energy and came to drink wine at Dongli. However, this did not relieve her sorrow, but instead caused greater emotional waves in her heart. The Double Ninth Festival is the Chrysanthemum Festival. The chrysanthemums are in full bloom and beautiful. She drinks wine and admires the chrysanthemums, which makes her whole body covered with the fragrance of the flowers. However, she couldn't help but feel sad. No matter how beautiful and fragrant the chrysanthemums were, they couldn't be given to relatives far away. The sentence "There is a faint fragrance filling the sleeves" is adapted from the sentence "The fragrance fills the sleeves, but the road is far away" from "Nineteen Ancient Poems". "Secret fragrance" usually refers to plum blossoms. "The sparse shadows are slanting across the water, the water is clear and shallow, and the faint fragrance floats in the moonlight at dusk." This is the famous poem of the Northern Song Dynasty poet Lin Bu about plum blossoms. Here, "hidden fragrance" refers to chrysanthemum. The chrysanthemum has not fallen through the frost, but blooms proudly. The weathercock is similar to the plum blossom, implying the poet's noble mind and refined taste. At the same time, it also revealed the deep regret that "the sleeves are full of fragrance, but the road is far away". This is a metaphor for her unresolved longing for her husband. She couldn't help herself and no longer had the desire to drink wine and admire the chrysanthemums, so she hurried back to her boudoir. The sentence "There is no way to destroy one's soul" refers to the strong wind that came in the evening, and the howling west wind lifted the curtains, making people feel a chill. Thinking of the chrysanthemum that I held the wine against just now, the chrysanthemum petals are long and slender, the branches are thin, and the wind is proud of the frost. People feel sad about the autumn farewell and have no way to relieve their sorrow. At this time, I suddenly feel that people are inferior to chrysanthemums. It ends with "people are thinner than yellow flowers", with many examples and rich implications.

Original text

Drunken Flower Yin·Misty Thick Clouds and Sad Clouds Forever Day

Dynasty: Song Dynasty

Author: Li Qingzhao

Original text:

The mist is thick and the clouds are heavy, and the day is long, and the auspicious brain disappears the golden beast. It’s the Double Ninth Festival and the Double Ninth Festival. Jade pillows and gauze kitchens make it cool in the middle of the night.

After dusk when I drink wine in Dongli, there is a faint fragrance filling my sleeves. There is no way that I am not in ecstasy. The west wind blows behind the curtain, and people are thinner than yellow flowers.

Vernacular translation

The mist is thick, the clouds are thick, the days are sad, and the dipterocarp incense lingers in the golden beast incense burner. It's the Double Ninth Festival again, and I'm lying in a gauze tent with jade pillows, and the cool air in the middle of the night has just soaked my whole body.

Drinking by the east fence until dusk, the faint fragrance of yellow chrysanthemum filled my sleeves. Don't say that Qingqiu is not depressing. The west wind rolls up the bead curtain, and the people inside the curtain are even thinner than the yellow flowers.