Bu Suanzi·Yong Mei

Dynasty: Song Dynasty

Author: Lu You

Original text:

Yiwaiduan Beside the bridge, there is no one left alone. It is already dusk and I am sad alone, and it is even more windy and rainy.

I have no intention of fighting for spring, but I will let everyone be jealous. It fell into mud and was crushed into dust, but only the fragrance remained the same.

Translation:

Beside the broken bridge outside the inn, the plum blossoms bloomed lonely and lonely, no one cared about them. Dusk falls, and the plum blossoms are helpless. They are already sad enough, but they are also destroyed by wind and rain. Meihua doesn't want to spend all her time competing for beauty and favor, and doesn't care about Baihua's jealousy and rejection. Even though they have withered, been crushed into soil, and turned into dust, the plum blossoms still emit wisps of fragrance as usual.

Bamboo and Stone

[Author] Zheng Xie

[Full Text]

I will not let go of the green mountains, and my roots will be in the broken rocks.

Even though you have endured countless blows, you are still strong, regardless of the winds from east to west, north and south.

Translation:

The bamboo grasps the green mountain and does not relax at all. Its roots are firmly rooted in the rock crevices. After thousands of tortures and blows, it is still so strong. Whether it is the southeast wind in the scorching summer or the northwest wind in the harsh winter, it can withstand it and remains strong and strong.

"Stand strong despite countless hardships, regardless of the winds from east to west, north and south" is a kind of tenacious vitality and an indomitable willpower

"Everything is accomplished in pieces" Mud is crushed into dust, but only the fragrance remains the same." Although the plum blossoms have withered, been trampled into soil, and been ground into dust. "Only the fragrance remains the same." Its "unique" fragrance is always "the same". It still does not succumb to the threat of loneliness, ownerlessness, and wind and rain. It just does its best and will not change at all. Even if it has withered and turned into "dust", it still has the "scent as before".