Love Poems of Lotus under Zhengyangmen Gate

The love of chrysanthemum flowers is rarely heard after Tao; Lotus love, who is the giver; The love of peony is suitable for many people, and they only love mud.

This sentence comes from Zhou Dunyi's "Love Lotus Theory" in the Song Dynasty.

Original description:

Want to call chrysanthemum, the hermit of flowers; Peony, blooming with wealth; Lotus, the gentleman of flowers. Hey! The love between chrysanthemums and flowers is rarely heard after Tao. Who gave the lotus love? Peony love is suitable for many people.

Translation:

I think chrysanthemum is a hermit in flowers; Peony is a rich person in flowers; Lotus is a noble flower. Alas! Tao Yuanming seldom heard about the love of chrysanthemum after that. Who else likes lotus as much as I do? Of course, there are many people who love peony!

Appreciate:

Starting with "getting out of the mud without staining", the article depicts the bearing and style of lotus flowers with strong colors, which places the author's affirmation and pursuit of ideal personality, and also reflects the author's contempt for the secular mentality of pursuing wealth and fame and his pursuit of a clean and honest life.

At the end of the article, the author laments that there are few real hermits, few noble gentlemen and many vulgar people who are greedy for wealth, which makes the article more thoughtful.