友人要仿《红楼梦》里的“海棠社”“桃花社”而建诗社,让我命名。我几乎是不假思索地说:“就叫‘落梅’!”她一怔,说这不太颓败了么,小心诗社兴盛不起来呢。我却是另有所想的。梅是冷僻出奇、孤高自许的东西。作为花,它不在春天时争奇斗艳;却偏爱在冬季里斗雪傲霜。一脸的傲气,从不愿意让自 Friends should imitate the “A Dream of Red Mansions” and “Peach Blossom Club” and build a poetry club. Let me name it. I almost said without hesitation: “I’m called ’Lime!’” She said, “Isn’t it too bad,” she said, noting that the poetry will not thrive. I did not think otherwise. Mei is a strange and lonely thing. As a flower, it does not compete brilliantly in spring; it prefers fighting in the winter. A look of arrogance, never willing to let