人们总惯于用女性来比拟花,可是,对文殊兰却取用了男子的形象。广东梅县叫它“十八学士”。“十八”,意思是一个花葶上长花十八朵之多。其实,花数何止十八?多的竟可达到二十四朵呢! People are always accustomed to using women to compare flowers, however, but to Manjuslan has taken the image of men. Mei County, Guangdong called it “eighteen bachelor.” “Eighteen,” meaning a flower on a long flower as many as eighteen. In fact, the number of flowers more than eighteen can actually reach twenty-four!