Why is wintersweet written by Zhang Yi included in the highest realm of "one product and nine lives"?

Chimonanthus praecox was called Huangmei before Yuan You, but it was changed to Chimonanthus praecox by the celebrity effect of Su Shi and Huang Tingjian. Su Shi once wrote that Chimonanthus praecox "tastes like plum, like a female worker twisting [ni m 4 n] wax, so it is called Chimonanthus praecox", and wrote a poem about Chimonanthus praecox: "It is also a matter for bees to pick flowers as yellow wax and use wax as flowers." Huang is Sue's student. The teacher wants to name the species. Of course, students must donate porcelain. Huang Tingjian wrote "Two Poems of Chimonanthus praecox" with the inscription: "There is a kind of flower in Luo Jing that smells like plum blossoms, but it can't be crystal clear. It is made by twisting wax by female workers, so people in Luo Jing call it Chimonanthus praecox. "

Huang Tingjian and his teacher obviously observed the female workers in detail on weekdays, but Huang obviously didn't observe wintersweet carefully. If wintersweet is forced to bloom, it must be the same as his teacher's eye disease.

Song wrote Plum Spectrum, although it also included Chimonanthus praecox, but clearly stated: "This is not Chimonanthus praecox, because its fragrance is similar to that of Plum at the same time, and its color is like honey spleen, so it is named Chimonanthus praecox." Later, it was said that Chimonanthus praecox was "extremely fragrant, close to fragrance, not expensive in shape at first, and difficult to sing." Valley and Zhenzhai are just five-character poems. "

That is to say, wintersweet is fragrant, but at first many great poets thought it was ugly, so ugly that they disdained to write long poems for it with popular poems, just writing a five-character quatrain.

Chimonanthus praecox is not beautiful, but it is still highly respected by Song people. Zhang [y]' s Flower Classic even lists it as the highest realm of "one product and nine lives", which is the same as orchids and peonies. The reason may be that the ancient winter was too withered and there were no flowers to see. Do you think there is a plum blossom that "cold ling blooms alone"? Actually, this is a misunderstanding. Plum blossoms are only slightly hardy and bloom earlier. In fact, it likes a warm climate, with an average temperature of 6 ~ 7℃ before flowering, which is not available in many northern regions.

Chimonanthus praecox can bloom in October of the lunar calendar as early as February. It can not only give people bright and warm colors in winter, but also intoxicate people with its fragrance. Plum blossoms have withered, but they can still relay. Chimonanthus praecox is the earliest and the latest in a year, connecting the preceding with the following.