When we open the plants section in the encyclopedic 18th-century Gu Jin Tushu Jicheng (Collection of Graphs and Writings of Ancient and Modern Times) and carefully reread those familiar quotations, it becomes apparent that in fact the black plum grows only in certain regions.
翻開《古今圖書集成》草木典，重新細讀那些家喻戶曉的詩文典故，梅花的地域性其實有跡可尋。