No wonder Li Yu, author of the Qing dynasty book Sojourn in Leisure, said that it is only necessary that the lotus flowers bloom, and then all the dedicated care that a person put into them would be repaid.
難怪清代《閒情偶寄》作者李漁說，荷花只要開花，就足夠報償那細心照顧它的主人了。更何況花瓣落後，蒂下生蓬，蓬中結蓮子，與蓮藕並列瓷盤，讓人頰齒留香。