Jordan Jia and the Lost Manuscripts Chapter 48

Sheng Ruzi's "Shu Zhai Lao Xue Cong Tan" Volume 2 records Lu Fangweng: "According to the public collection, Mr. Chen in the south of the city made a living by selling flowers, and all the money he earned was used to give to the wine shop. He could not drink alone, and would force anyone he met to get drunk with him. 

One day, I visited him and found that he lived in a dilapidated house, his wife and children were hungry and cold, and this old man was already very drunk! He must be a hermit. I wrote a poem for him: "Have you not seen the old man selling flowers in the south of Kuaiji City, who uses flowers as food like a bee; he sells a purple plant in the morning and a red plant in the evening; the house is broken and the blue sky can be seen, and the rice in the pot is always empty. 

He sells flowers to pay the wine shop, and sells flowers when the wine is gone; how can the flowers bloom in spring, and my drunkenness will never end; I don't know that the white hemp is being served in front of the emperor's palace, nor do I know that the sand embankment is being built in front of the prime minister's door; when guests come to talk to me, I can't answer, but only see the drunken hair covering my face and white ■■'". 

Roman Zhou's note: Dunmin's poem to Quentin Snow: The poet stayed in the monk's house and sold paintings to pay the wine shop. He used the story in Fangweng's poem to portray Quentin Snow, and every word is appropriate. The poems of the Dun brothers may seem simple at first glance, but they are profound and cannot be explained to the ignorant.

Twenty-nine Swords and Wine