Where does pampas grass and silk come from:

You are like a rock, and I am like pampas grass. The pampas grass is like silk, and the rock has no transfer.

———— ***Song Dynasty*** Yan Jidao

About Yan Jidao:

Yan Jidao***1038 - 1110 AD, a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. The courtesy name is Shuyuan, the nickname is Xiaoshan, Han nationality, and the Shahe village in Wengang, Linchuan, Fuzhou is now a native of Jinxian County, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. Yan Shu’s seventh son.

He successively served as the supervisor of Xutian Town of Yingchang Prefecture, the general judge of Qianning Army, and the judge of Kaifeng Prefecture. He is aloof and arrogant, and his family is in decline in middle age. Together with his father Yan Shu, he is known as "Er Yan". His style of writing is similar to that of his father, but his attainments exceed him. Specializing in romance, his novels are particularly famous for their clear and beautiful language and deep emotions. Express emotions directly. He writes more about love life and is an important writer of the Graceful School. There is "Xiaoshan Ci" left in the world.

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Other famous sayings about Yan Jidao:

If you ask where lovesickness rests, meeting each other means lovesickness is clear.

———— ******Song ***Yan Jidao***

Human feelings are like willow catkins, melodious and drifting away in the spring breeze.

———— ******Song ***Yan Jidao***

The king is like a rock, and the concubine is like pampas grass. The pampas grass is like silk, and the rock has no transfer.

———— ******Song***Yan Jidao***

Love is without words, so don’t waste your tears on the flower paper.

———— ******Song***Yan Jidao***