Shu Ting’s poems attach importance to the expression of personal feelings and show concern for individual value. Although this was not in line with the mainstream ideology of the times, Shu Ting’s poetry did not carry out direct confrontation and rebellion, but radiated the external world through the observation of inner feelings. In this creative process, the poet uses rich images and makes these images multi-directional through metaphor. Based on this, interpreting the images in Shu Ting’s poetry from the perspective of conceptual metaphor can help readers go deep into the text and have a deeper understanding of the internal meaning of Shu Ting’s poetry. From the perspective of conceptual metaphor theory, this paper makes a cognitive interpretation of the flower image in Shu Ting’s poetry from three aspects: flower is human, flower is spirit and flower is life experience. While supplementing previous studies, it provides a new perspective for the in-depth interpretation of the flower image in Shu Ting’s poetry. In Shu Ting’s poetry, a plump flower image is constructed through conceptual metaphor, the cognitive domain of flower image is expanded, the internal tension of flower image is enhanced, and it presents people’s inner demands in the context of the new era on the basis of classical significance, which has modern significance. By analyzing the conceptual metaphor of flower images in Shu Ting’s poetry, we can deeply understand the multiple aesthetic connotation of Shu Ting‘s poetry.

Under the new social background of the close relationship between intellectuals and businessman in the Ming Dynasty, “Sanyan and Erpai” broke the role design paradigm of opposition between intellectuals and businessman and shaped it in the works the new role of the integration of intellectuals and businessman. The design of this role is a true reflection of the convection phenomenon of social scholars and merchants at that time, and has new characteristics of the times. Different from ordinary intellectuals and ordinary businessmen, they have all experienced the choice of seeking official positions and doing business at the same time in their lives. They have the same skills in terms of mannerism, business spirit, and management wisdom. Different characteristics of the general merchant roles portrayed in literary works. In the late Ming Dynasty, the dual social characteristics of respecting Confucianism and respecting officials at the same time attaching importance to the commodity economy were the social roots of the author's design of this role. This role was also of practical significance on the stage of the real society at that time.