In a time of chaos, this talented man of letters wrote a moving poem-- "The Plum Flower Seizes Spring from Winter's Grasp": "New year in the south, a day of blizzards; I go to Lingfeng for news of spring plum flowers; Fallen petals and sepals lie buried in the snow, I laugh and say, your colors are still not bright enough!
這樣的風流才子，也在亂世中寫過一首令人動容的《梅雪爭春》：「南方新年裡有一天大雪，我到靈烽去探春梅的消息；殘落的梅萼瓣瓣在雪裡醃，我笑說這顏色還欠三分豔！