During the Southern Song Dynasty, a monk, who was not well-known in the Southern Song Dynasty literary circles at that time, wrote a poem on the first day of early spring in February.
Ancient wood yin middle short canopy,
The cane helped me cross the east side of the bridge.
Wet apricot blossom rain,
Blowing noodles do not chill willow wind.
The next day, when the sun rose, these four poems were quickly passed out, which immediately caused a sensation, the four poems were beautiful and elegant, Gree was leisurely, the language was quiet, and the style was elegant. In particular, the last two sentences reached a height that had never been seen before, making the entire Southern Song Dynasty literary circle crazy.
This monk's name is Zhinan, history has no memory of him, even the name of Zhinan is his name after his ordination, his original name is unknown, but because of the occasional four poems that were very admired by the readers and officials at that time, they recorded these four poems, and this monk, also because of this short poem, recorded his name in the history of Song Dynasty poetry.
