This poem describes that the poet happened to pass by the pool on a sunny autumn day after the rain and saw the lonely "lotus" blooming in the "cold wave", which caused some feelings and comforted the lotus. Lotus blooms in summer, and withers gradually in autumn. So no one came to see it, and it stayed alone in the pool. Next, the poet advised Furong not to get tired of autumn-don't complain about the ruthlessness of autumn, because "if you complain more in the spring breeze". Spring, spring breeze and spring rain, autumn in Britain is colorful, and it is inevitable that lotus flowers will bloom in spring. Isn't there more sadness? This is obviously a tortuous expression of the poet's life feelings. The poet's official career is not smooth, and he feels the anguish of being left out. But the poet comforted himself. If he becomes an official, will things be all right? Your career is sinister, and you may encounter greater disasters.

Comfort hibiscus on the pool after the rain

Author: Xu Ben

The new brilliance on the pool has passed occasionally;

Lotus loneliness shines cold waves.

Don't get tired of the feeling of autumn;

If you complain more in the spring breeze.

About the author:

Xu Ben (1335- 1380) was born in Piling, South Zhili (now Changzhou, Jiangsu). Later, he moved to the north of Pingjiang (now Suzhou, Jiangsu) and became a painter and poet in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. One of the four outstanding figures in Wuzhong and one of the ten gifted scholars in the early Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Shicheng resisted Yuan and recruited him as his subordinate. After Zhang Shicheng's death, Waben and Changyu took refuge in Xing Wu (now Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province). In the seventh year of Hongwu (1374), he was recommended to go to the DPRK, and in the spring of Hongwu's ninth year (1376), he was appointed as the ambassador of Jin and Ji. He has served as an imperial envoy, a minister of punishments, a member of the Guangxi Senate, and a political envoy of Henan Zuo Bu. In the 11th year of Hongwu (1378), the army conquered Tao Min, crossed the border with the army, and was rewarded with lost time and imprisoned. In the 13th year of Hongwu (1380), he was executed for "being an evil teacher".