In the morning, the leaves of orchids are covered with dew and shining. The breeze blows the leaves of the orchid, and its figure is oblique, as if dancing, very beautiful. Ordinary people (or vulgar people) do not understand this truth. It is better to look at orchids than to look at their leaves.

2. Song of Orchid Leaves by Zhang Yu, a scholar in Ming Dynasty.

Tears and dew are messy, including wind shadows.

The layman can understand this, and look at Ye Sheng and flowers.

This poem is also used for stamp issuing:

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Zhang Yu (1335- 1385) lived in that turbulent era in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, with a bumpy life and a tragic ending. He lives in Suzhou (known as Wujiang in ancient times) and is a great talent in the south of the Yangtze River. He, together with Gao Qi, Yang Ji and Xu Ben, is called the "Four Masters of Wuzhong". These four men served under Zhang Shicheng, one of the leaders of the Red Scarf Army at the end of Yuan Dynasty.

Zhang Shicheng became king in 1353, with the title of Zhou. 1356 made Suzhou its capital, and 1367 was destroyed by Zhu Yuanzhang. After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he recruited talents. At this time, "Four Masters of Wuzhong" was called into the palace as an official, and Zhang Yu became a small official in charge of etiquette.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a tyrant. After he proclaimed himself emperor, he killed almost all the founding heroes in order to ensure that Zhujiajiang Mountain was not usurped. At the same time, Daxing Wenzi Prison killed many courtiers and literati who were not pleasing to the eye. Because of their history of serving Zhu Yuanzhang's enemies, the four outstanding people in Wuzhong were killed or persecuted to death by Zhu Yuanzhang for other reasons.

Of the four people, Gao Qi died the earliest and the worst, and was beheaded. Zhang Yu was demoted to Guangdong because she was involved in other cases, and was recalled on the way. Knowing that the end of his return was inevitable, he jumped into Longjiang and committed suicide.

Changyu loves orchids very much, and wrote many poems praising orchids, comparing herself with noble and quiet orchids. There is a group of five poems about orchids, which describe the fragrance, leaves, flowers, roots and buds of orchids respectively. This is his eternal swan song written on the basis of summing up the previous expression techniques.