The snow pressed the bamboo head low, and it wanted to make itself muddy. Once the sun rises, it is still in harmony with the sky.

Interpretation: The snow bends the bamboo, but no matter how low it is, it doesn't touch the ground. As long as there is a red sun, the snow melts, the waist is still straight and the sky is flying.

From: Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, "Singing Bamboo".

Moral: when you are oppressed, you will never give up your principles, and you will stand up as long as you have the opportunity. This poem is full of heroism and amazing. Although Zhu Yuanzhang is a lout, he doesn't have much poetic skills. This poem is fierce, domineering and full of charm.

The Cultural Implication of Bamboo

Bamboo has rich meanings in China culture. Its "strength" represents the strong backbone of the literati, its emptiness represents the gentleman's open mind, and its laziness represents the literati's chic and refined. So most of the houses of literati are planted with bamboo.

The chic style of Wei and Jin Dynasties, bamboo, Ji Kang, Ruan Ji and other seven people, with their free and easy Wei and Jin demeanor, left a unique voice of the seven sages of bamboo forest.

Zheng Banqiao is good at drawing bamboo, and shows the integrity of bamboo with a brush. Zheng Banqiao was convicted for the people when he was an official, and his official career was not smooth, but he still adhered to honesty. This is his most famous painting poem "Bamboo Stone". In this poem and painting, the unruly Zheng Banqiao makes bamboo grow tall and straight in the broken rocks, and the indomitable state that is not afraid of sharpening is vividly on the paper.