The Significance of Lu Xun's Orchid Poems

Lu Xun's "Singing Orchids"

Pepper burns laurel, beautiful and old,

Leaning alone on a secluded rock reveals the heart.

Don't cherish Fang Xin's heritage,

Drunk hometown means quiet and true. Pepper leaves burn, cassia twig breaks, and beauty grows old. A man spreads his white thoughts to the dark rocks.

How can I be a person who is passionate about jade and leaves ambition behind? A hometown full of thorns is like being drunk.