What was the name of lotus in ancient times?

In ancient times, the names of lotus were: lotus, lotus, lotus, hibiscus, gentleman flower and so on.

Lotus belongs to the family Nelumbo, which is the general name of two plants of the genus Nelumbo. Also known as lotus, water hibiscus and so on. It is a perennial aquatic herb flower of lotus. Underground stems are long and thick, with long nodes and round leaves. Flowering from June to September, it is solitary at the top of the pedicel. There are many petals embedded in the receptacle hole, which are red, pink, white and purple, or have colored lines and edges. Nuts are oval and seeds are oval.

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The ancients called it lotus:

In Zhou Dunyi's Love Lotus, lotus is called lotus: lotus leaves are muddy but not touching, clear but not demon, straight through, not crawling, fragrant and clear, graceful and not ridiculous from a distance.

Lotus:

Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica explains: "Lotus stems carry leaves and leaves carry flowers, hence the name." Hibiscus: Also known as Hibiscus. The Chinese dictionary Erya explains: "Lotus contains Pupu." Another book, Shuo Wen Jie Zi, said, "It's not lotus, it's hibiscus."

Gentleman's flower: Lotus is generally used to describe people with noble moral character and free from vulgarity, so it is called gentleman's flower.

Similarly, in Zhou Dunyi's "Love Lotus", he wrote: If you want to call chrysanthemums, the flowers are quiet; Peony, blooming with wealth; Lotus, the gentleman of flowers. Therefore, lotus is called gentleman flower.