Translation of Li Yu's Leisure Novel Li

There is more than one thing about the lotus. Please let me describe it in detail.

All kinds of flowers are in the right time (eye-catching), only on the day when they bloom. Before and after that, it belongs to the time when people pass by it without asking. Lotus is not like this: from the day he came out of the water, he decorated the water waves with green; When its stems and leaves grow out, it will be taller and more beautiful day by day. When there is wind, it makes a fluttering expression, and when there is no wind, it also presents a light and feminine charm. Therefore, when the flowers are still blooming, we should enjoy endless happiness first. When the bud blooms, its posture is so delicate that it almost drops, and it blooms one by one. From summer to autumn, this is the nature of flowers and the enjoyment that people deserve. When the flowers fade, you can also tell the master that there is nothing wrong with you; Then a lotus flower is born under the flower base and bears fruit in the canopy. Each branch stands alone, just like an unopened flower, standing with the green leaves (on the water). Its good skills will not be completed until the Millennium Festival in first frost. These are all the aspects that it is suitable for viewing.

Suitable for nose (place), and then there is the fragrance of lotus leaf and the unique aroma of lotus; In summer (with it), the heat in summer will be reduced because of it; Enjoy the cool, the cold is caused by it.

As for its delicious place, lotus seeds and lotus roots can be put on a plate and put on the table together, which makes people smell fragrant.

Only the dead leaves beaten by frost are ugly, as if they had become abandoned waste; But take it down and store it, and it can be used to wrap things next year.

In this way, there is no moment when the lotus is not suitable for viewing, and there is no part that is not used for daily use. (it) has the essence of five grains without taking the name of five grains, and gathers the strengths of many flowers and removes their shortcomings. Is the benefit of planting greater than it?

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