Exactly like Tu Fu of the West River; Of the best flower, begonia, he sang the least.

却似西川杜工部，海棠虽好不吟诗。

Tu Fu was like Milton, a devout philosopher and a good old man, writing in a profusion of apt, learned, and archaic metaphors.

杜甫则酷似弥尔顿，既是虔敬的哲人，又是仁厚的长者，学富而文工，以古朴之笔墨，写丰厚之情思。