Thus the Song poet Yang Wanli thought the view of the narcissus as a gold wine cup and silver stand was unbearably crude and sullied the "spirit of the water," as the flower's Chinese name shuixian means.
南宋詩人楊萬里就說：「世以水仙為金盞銀台，蓋單葉者，其中真有一酒盞，深黃而色金……」他以為這穿金戴銀、還佩酒盞的看法，俗不可耐，簡直汙辱了水中仙子。