Source: A seven-character quatrain "Zi Weihua" by Du Mu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty.
The whole poem is as follows:
Autumn dew in Xiao Ying is a new branch, which does not occupy most of the spring in the garden.
What happened to peaches and plums? They laugh at sunny people in the wind.
Sentence annotation
1, last spring: early spring.
2. Sunny people: refers to flowers that bloom in sunny spring.
3. Tao Yan: Sima Qian's Biography of General Li in Historical Records: "Tao Li does not say anything, but does it himself." It means that peaches and plums don't talk, don't brag, people come to appreciate and walk out of the path under the peach and plum trees.
Extended data
Creation background
Du Mu, a calligrapher in China, experienced six dynasties from Tang Xianzong to Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and was called "Du Weizi, the Scheerer of Wei Zi". At that time, it was in the period of fierce struggle between Niu and Li. The poet was placed in complicated struggles and disputes, and he didn't go with the flow. He is upright and upright, just like Ziweihua, so it seems that this article is not purely for enjoyment.
"Peaches and plums are speechless, and the next step is self-made" comes from Sima Qian's Biography of General Li in Historical Records, which means that peaches and plums are bright and beautiful, attracting people to watch and make them step out of the path under the tree. Du Mu used this allusion in this poem, but he didn't think about it. Instead, he used peach blossom and plum blossom to compare the beauty and long flowering period of Wei Zi, which was very innovative.
This poem can make people fully feel Wei Zi's elegant and noble character and unique character. Because of the novelty of imagination, it expanded the tension and dramatic effect of poetry and made people think deeply, so Du Mu got the nickname "Du Weizi".
Baidu Encyclopedia-Ziweihua (Du Mu's seven-character quatrains)