The elk and the deer go up the mountain together, and the lotus roots are in the mud together. ——Cao Ye's "Dai Luo Fuchiao Envoy"

The mud is interpreted as white lotus root, and yellow jade flowers bloom when excrement breaks down. ——Huang Tingjian's "Two Poems on Jade Narcissus in Second Rhyme"

My despicable heart needs to be bathed in the snow, and the lotus root is in the mud. ——Huang Tingjian, "Stay a few more times"

Water is diverted to irrigate the bamboos, and lotus roots are planted in the Pu pond. Don't fish for the legs of frogs and toads, instead of sending them to fight. ——Lu Tong's "Giving a Boy to Carrying a Grandson"

The lingering hatred of Bai Zhuoxiang remains. Thousands of threads, lotus roots and bananas. ——Li Shi's "A Jian of Plum Blossoms"

She cherished the silk and refused to weave palace shoes, so the Huayue Immortal was banished. He Bo borrowed mud to seal his jade wrist, and the wind god turned over the waves to make his cheeks fragrant. ——Huang Tingjian's "Lotus Root Flowers Out of the Pond"

Hand in hand at Lotus Root Flower Lake, we hit the road, and there was a sudden drizzle of yellow plum blossoms. ——Zhu Shuzhen's "Qingpingle"

I often remember that the sun is setting in the creek pavilion, I am so drunk that I don't know the way back, I return to the boat late after my excitement, and I stray into the depths of lotus flowers. ——Li Qingzhao's "Like a Dream"

The white lotus roots are planted in the middle of Wuzhong, but I don't like the flowers blooming in the south of the Yangtze River. ——Bai Juyi's "Growing White Lotus"

Originally, the lotus root was offered to Wuzhou, but now it is the parasitic lotus in Yishui. ——Bai Juyi's "Re-titled White Lotus in the Autumn of the Sixth Year"