This is a Classical Chinese Literature piece that I will like to share with anyone who enjoys literature. The author "emphasizes how lotus could still look beautiful and smell alluring despite the fact that it must push its way through the silt and mud"~used to refer to the noble characteristic of certain people, able to uphold their morals and values despite being in an environment of bad influence .
A Tale of Lotus Lover by Zhou Dunyi (1017 - 1073)
There are too many lovely flowers in the world.
Tao Yuan Ming in Jin Dynasty loved only chrysanthemum.
People usually were interested in peony since Tang Dynasty.
However, I do like lotus which is clean even being in the muddy pond.
It is so pure, delicate and bright.
The lotus is consistent, continue and coherent deep inside.
It appears to be straight, proper and honest.
It gives a fantastically good smell and people could even sense its excellent smell far away.
It has no unnecessary branches.
It can be only appreciated distantly but not touched blasphemously.
I am convinced that the chrysanthemum is a recluse while the peony is a rich and the lotus is undoubtedly the sovereign.
We seldom find someone loves chrysanthemum like Tao.
Who show the enthusiasm in the lotus in the same way as I do?
Then who likes peony? Almost everybody!
Translation taken from http://www.kakasite.com/xpan/2002_07/13.htm
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