By the Five Dynasties period, in the 10th century AD, the Book of Flowers by Zhang Yi not only ranked the plum higher than any other flower, but was even particular about the person watering them: no-one but a hermit or an emaciated monk was worthy of the job.
到了五代人張翊著《花經》，不但給梅花一品九命的尊貴身份，連澆水的人也有講究，如非隱士瘦僧，還不得榮膺此職。