Lin saw no choice but to hang a notice on the wooden gate of his plum orchard, reading: "Do not ask me to hurt the trees by breaking off branches. You may look as much as you like. I do not meet or see off guests.
他只好在梅園柴扉上寫道：「休叫折損，盡許人看；不迎不送，恕我癡頑」。