This sentence comes from "Youchuang Xiaoji", also known as "Zuigutang Jiansao", compiled by Chen Jiru of the Ming Dynasty, and the author was Hong Yingming of the Ming Dynasty.
The original sentence should be: "Don't be surprised by favor or disgrace, just watch the flowers blooming and falling in front of the court. I have no intention of leaving or leaving, just follow the clouds rolling in the sky."
This sentence was originally a pair of The couplet was written by Hong Yingming in the Ming Dynasty and was collected by Chen Jiru in "Youchuang Xiaoji".
The meaning of this sentence is: Only when you treat favors and disgraces as normal as the blossoming and falling of flowers can you not be surprised when doing things; only when you treat the change of positions like clouds and clouds, can you be careless.
Extended information:
Chen Jiru (1558-1639), whose courtesy name was Zhongchun, also known as Meigong and Miggong, was a native of Huating, Songjiang. Zhusheng lived in seclusion in the sun of Kunshan, and later built a house in Dongsheshan. Dumen wrote. He was good at poetry, writing, calligraphy, and painting, and he was famous for a while. He was repeatedly summoned by imperial edicts, but he was always criticized. What he wrote "sometimes picked up trivial words and unusual things, and translated them into books, and people from far and near competed to buy and write them." In addition to "Xiao Chuang You Ji", there are also "Records of Seeing and Hearing", "Liuhe Hechun", "Chen Meigong's Remaining Poems", "Hu Hui", "Mei Gong's Miscellaneous Works" and so on.
This couplet contains only a few words, but it profoundly expresses the attitude towards things, fame and fortune in life: not happy with gains, not worried about losses, not surprised by favors and disgrace, and careless about leaving or leaving. , Only in this way can you feel peaceful, indifferent and natural.
The three words "looking at the front of the court" have the meaning of "hiding in the small building to unite, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter", while the three words "looking at the sky" also show the magnified vision, not The broad sentiment of seeing others as well as others; the phrase "clouds roll and the clouds relax" has the lofty state of a man who can bend and stretch. It is similar to Fan Zhongyan's "Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself", and it is also quite similar to the broad-minded and romantic figures of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia - Notes on Youchuang