The osmanthus in autumn has been said to "Overcome the west wind and surpass all other fragrances." But the heroes and heroines who once overcame a country, those osmanthus sons and orchid grandsons, have disappeared with the west wind.
人稱秋桂「彈壓西風擅眾芳」，而當年彈壓山川、昭章雲漢的強人烈女、桂子蘭孫，一時竟與西風俱去，花果飄零。