This sentence comes from an untitled poem "Ode to the Opening Class" by the famous monk Huang Bailing in the Tang Dynasty.

Original text:

Dusting is very tiring, so do it tightly with the end of the rope.

How can plum blossom fragrance be without biting cold?

Translation:

Removing dust and labor is unusual, so we must make great efforts to do it. Without the biting cold, there would be no fragrant plum blossoms.

Literary appreciation:

In the poem, plum blossoms are open to the wind and snow, emitting fragrance, which is a metaphor for struggling to explore the situation of epiphany, thus expressing the poet's idea of urging the world to do things with plum blossoms.

These are two aphorisms that greet first frost with plum blossoms, and inspire people to overcome difficulties and aspire to achieve something. As for plum blossom, Song Fan Chengda's Preface to Plum Orchestration said: "Plum, a stunner in the world, dare to disagree without asking for wisdom and ignorance." The "stunner" here refers to a particularly rare flower, that is to say, plum is a plant with higher quality than others.

It can be seen that the author symbolizes a spirit with plum blossom, which itself contains some philosophies; If we give causal hints to the "biting cold" and "fragrant smell" it experienced, "plum blossom" as a carrier will have another profound truth.