Flowers can be folded straight, don't wait until there are no flowers. What do you mean?

When a flower can be folded, it must be folded straight, and don't wait for it to be empty. It means, when a flower can be folded, just fold it. Don't just fold an empty branch when the flower withers. From Zoysia by Du Qiuniang in Tang Dynasty.

Spend a better time than a teenager, and spend a better youth than Mo. It is both beautiful and sincere, with strong singing flavor and expressive charm.

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Du Qiuniang's The Witch

I advise you not to cherish noble Yi, and I advise you to cherish youth. Spare a job: you must accept it.

When the flowers should be folded, we should fold them quickly, and don't wait for the flowers to wither before folding one. (Flowers bloom: there are flowers)

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I advise you not to care too much about the pursuit of fame and fortune, but to cherish the best time for teenagers to study.

Fold the flowers when they can, and don't wait for the flowers to wither before folding an empty branch.

Appreciation: The meaning of this poem is easy to understand, and it can be summarized by the word "cherish time". This is a well-known truth. But it makes readers feel that their desires are simple and strong, which makes people feel extremely shocked and irresistible. Every sentence in the whole poem seems to repeatedly emphasize "don't be negative for the good times". Every sentence has some subtle changes, repetition is not wordy, and the cycle is not urgent or slow, forming a beautiful and light melody.

Creation background

Lyrics The author of this lyric has been unable to verify, and the specific creation time is unknown. This is a popular lyric in the middle Tang Dynasty. It is said that Li Kun, the envoy of Zhenhai in Yuan Dynasty, loved this word very much, and often ordered my concubine Du Qiuniang to sing at banquets (see Du Mu's Poems of Du Qiuniang and his own notes). Some anthologies of Tang poetry are titled Du Qiuniang's works or Li Yong's works, which is inaccurate.