Original text: The flowers of water, land, grass and trees, the lovely ones are very rich. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Jin Tao Yuan Ming Du Ai Ju. Since Li Tanglai, the world has loved peonies. To love the lotus out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons, straight through the outside, not vines and branches, fragrant far and clear, pavilion net planting, can be seen from a distance and can not be blasphemed.

It is called chrysanthemum, the hermit of flowers, peony, the rich and noble of flowers, and lotus, the gentleman of flowers. The love of chrysanthemum is rarely heard of after pottery. The love of the lotus, who is the giver? The love of the peony is suitable for everyone!

I don't know when it began, but I admired Lotus's elegant and steadfast character. To love the lotus out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons, straight through the outside, not vines and branches, fragrant far and clear, pavilion net planting, can be seen from a distance and can not be blasphemed. I think this passage profoundly expresses the author Zhou Dunyi's self-love and noble character. Jin Tao Yuanming only loves chrysanthemum, and chrysanthemum is known as the gentleman in the hearts of literati since ancient times. But after being favored by Tao Yuanming, chrysanthemums were called the hermit of flowers. Tao Yuanming in "He Guo Master Book": Fangju opens Lin Yao, and the green pine crown rock column. With this chaste and beautiful posture, Zhuo is a masterpiece under the frost. It reflects his yearning for a quiet and comfortable life. He leisurely picks chrysanthemums under the east fence, and gives chrysanthemums a unique otherworldly hermit style with the attitude of an idyllic poet and a hermit, and chrysanthemums have had the spirituality of a hermit since then. Since the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains to the emperor's relatives and relatives to the dawn of the common people have regarded peony as the national flower. The grace and luxury of peony, the national color is fragrant, and the reputation is famous at home and abroad. Why does Zhou Dunyi love lotus so much? He even compares himself to a gentleman who comes out of the mud without staining the lotus flower, and is clear and rippled but not demonic. Regarding Zhou Dunyi's lotus-like character, there is one thing that I remember deeply, Song Qingli was transferred to the Nan'an Army Division to join the army in the fourth year, and in the second year, a prisoner in Nan'an committed a crime and died unjustly. Many officials felt that the handling was unfair, but they did not dare to speak out because of Wang Kui's power. Only Zhou Dunyi argued with reason, but Wang Kui did not pay attention to it, Zhou Dunyi abandoned the official and left, and said very angrily: So Shang Shihu? Wang Kui finally came to his senses, gave up his original intentions, and finally the prisoner was spared the death penalty. From this little thing alone, it can be seen that Zhou Dunyi is not flattering, tends to be inflammatory, and handles everything impartially. Not afraid of power, not greedy for wealth, and upright character. As he said, the lotus is as noble as a lotus. In the end, I think that the lotus flower is the cleanest and the muddy is the turbidest. But silt can grow lotus, and it is also good soil. The Buddha said that why should we only take the purity of the wonderful lotus, and not the turbidity of the mud? I do not necessarily have to use dialectics to demonstrate. In fact, there is no distinction between good and bad in the natural world, and everything is in time, limited by its laws, and ultimately it is about creation.