In The Dream of the Red Chamber, when Lin Daiyu holds a funeral for the flowers, as she buries them she laments at how throughout the year the wind's saber and the frost's sword keep up a merciless onslaught, so how long can the bright beauty and fresh splendor of the flowers last?
紅樓夢裡，林黛玉葬花，一邊埋花、一邊感嘆這一年三百六十日，風刀霜劍嚴相逼，花兒能明媚鮮豔幾時？