"I can't help but be cold and arrogant, and I can't get the fragrance of plum blossoms" comes from Huang Lian Jackson's Ode to the Opening Class. This poem is blooming with plum blossoms against the wind and snow, emitting a fragrance, which is a metaphor for the situation of Zen after hard exploration and epiphany, thus expressing the poet's idea of persuading the world to do things with plum blossoms.
1. Original
Ode to the opening class
Huang Dashi Berry
Dusting is very tiring, so do it tightly with the end of the rope.
How can plum blossom fragrance be without biting cold?
2. 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.
Step 3 enjoy
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. The author is a generation of Buddhist Zen monks. He used this poem to express his determination to persevere and practice results, and to tell the correct attitude that people should adopt when dealing with all difficulties. This is also the main reason why these two poems are very famous and often quoted, and they have changed from Zen poems to secular famous sayings.
4. Author's resume
Huang Boluo (? 850), a native of Fujian (now Fujian), became a monk in Huangbai when he was young. Inspired by others, I visited the Baizhang Zen master and realized the Tao. After living in Da 'anji, Hongzhou (now Nanchang, Jiangxi), the participants gathered. Wan Ling, Peixiu Town, is building a large Zen Garden. Please tell me something about it. Because Yun Xi loved his hometown, Huangbai Mountain, he named his Zen Garden after it, and the world called it Huangbai Yun Xi. "Five Lights Meeting Yuan" has a record of Xuanzong's seeking dharma for Shami in Tang Dynasty. Yi Xuan, the founder of Zen Lin Ji School, came out of the door. I hope my fate is broken. After the silence, during the middle-aged and old-aged period of Xuanzong in Tang Dynasty, Prime Minister Pei Xiu collected and sorted his quotations into A Brief Introduction to Zen Master Huang Baishan and A Record of Zen Master Wan Ling Huang Baishan, which were spread to the world respectively.