What does it mean to know that a dead life is a false birthday and the destruction of Peng Qi is a mistake?

As we all know, the cycle of life and death is just an illusory concept, and some people's reputation is just a hollow name, such as the death of King Qi Pengcheng, which is not worth remembering.

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This sentence is from Preface to Lanting Collection by Wang Xizhi, an ancient calligrapher in China.

Excerpts from the original text

Knowing that a dead life is a false birthday and the destruction of Peng Qi is a mistake.

Look at the present in the future or look at the past today.

Sad husband! Therefore, as soon as people go public, they record what they say. Although the world is different, they are happy and they are one.

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I know that life and death are illusory, and the story of Peng's grief in Qi is just fiction.

Future generations look at the present as we look at the past.

I cried! So I listed the deeds of people at that time and recorded their stories. Although times have changed and things are colorful, the feelings that arouse the soul are the same.

Make an appreciative comment

This sentence conveys the author's views on life and death and time. He believes that life and death are illusory, that a person's life is only a short experience, and that time is only a passing thing, not a real existence. He believes that looking at the past now, like looking at the present in the future, is just a cognitive way and angle of human beings. At the same time, he is also expressing the common feelings and ways of thinking of human beings, that is, despite the changes of the times, the feelings of human beings and souls are the same.

Creation background

This sentence is a part of Preface to Lanting Collection written by Wang Xizhi and his friends in an elegant collection in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He wrote an article about the scene of the party and his feelings, which was later called Preface to Lanting Collection. This article is a classic of China's ancient literature, which integrates narration, scenery description, lyricism and discussion.

To annotate ...

Solid knowledge: indicates that you know or know clearly.

Life and death: Life and death refer to human life.

Fake birth: unreal and unreal.

The Mourning of Peng Qi: A story of the State of Qi, which is often used as a metaphor for fictional things in later generations.

Look at the past now: it means looking at the past now.

Although the world is different: although times have changed, things are colorful.

Life revelation?

This sentence expresses Wang Xizhi's outlook on life, thinking that life is illusory and fame and fortune are too important. On the contrary, what really matters is people's inner realm and spiritual pursuit.

From this sentence, we can get a revelation from life, that is, life is short and everything in the world is illusory. Don't be too obsessed with external factors such as power, fame and status, but pay attention to the inner spiritual world and pursuit. Only in this way can we truly realize the life value of live high without regret. At the same time, we should also learn to appreciate the beauty in life, cherish the people and things around us, and don't give up and regret easily.