性質宜沙地，
栽培屬夏畦。
熟登甘似芋，
生薦脆如梨。
老病消凝滯，
奇功直品題。
故園長尺許，
青葉更堪齏。
By nature, [it] prefers sandy soil,
When planted, [it] goes into the summer plot.
When presented cooked, [it’s] sweet like taro;
When served raw, [it’s] as crunchy as a pear.
[My] old problem of stagnation [1] gets resolved:
[Its] extraordinary contribution must be praised.
Growing over a foot long in the old garden,
[Its] green leaves are also material for pickles.
* From Chen Menglei 陳夢雷 (1650-1741) ed., Gujin tushu jicheng 古今圖書集成 (Shanghai: Zhonghua shuju, 1934 [reprint]), scroll 70; see here.
[1] Traditional Chinese Medicine talks about qi stagnation when a person’s energy does not flow smoothly in the body, often due to emotional disturbances.
Life sketch by Fachang 法常 (d. 1269)
Image credit: National Palace Museum, Taipei
The daikon radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) that grew wild in my garden
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