Young scholar Ch'ang Ta-yung,a native of Loyang,had long heard of the beauty of the peonies in Ts'ao chou and traveled more than a thousand miles to see them.It was February when he arrived in the city.The flowers were not yet in bloom,so he stayed in the house of a local gentleman.In the garden,he wandered about in front of a peony plant all day long and composed poems praising its beauty.
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