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This sentence is taken from Poems on Porcelain in Tongguan Kiln in Tang Dynasty, and the author is unknown.
Excerpts from the original text
You gave birth to me before, and I was old when I gave birth to you. You resent my late birth, and I hate your early birth.
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When you were born, I was not born. When I was born, you were old. You resent me for being born too late, and I resent you for being born too early. This is a sad mood of meeting each other after a brief encounter, but having no chance.
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Although this sentence is only four short sentences, it expresses deep thoughts and regrets. By repeatedly emphasizing "the time to be born, the time to be born, and the time to be old", the author profoundly describes the time and space distance and the insurmountable fatalism gap between them. At the same time, through "you complain that I was born late, and I hate that you were born early", I express my guilt and regret for not meeting earlier.
Creation background
This poem is a poem on the porcelain of Tongguan kiln in Changsha in Tang Dynasty, and its author is unknown. The poems of Changsha Tongguan Kiln are mostly five-character poems, and this seven-character poem is especially precious in Tongguan Kiln and has become one of the representative works. The painting style of Tongguan kiln porcelain is dominated by flowers, birds, animals and landscape figures. The decoration of poetry and calligraphy is also the unique feature of Tongguan kiln porcelain, which fully shows the life scenes and thoughts and feelings of the middle and lower classes at that time.
To annotate ...
Jun: Speaking of each other,
Unborn: Not yet born,
Health: born,
Old: old,
Complain: blame,
Late: late,
Hate: regret,
Morning: Meet early.
Enlightenment of life
For the fate and opportunities in life, we need to cherish and wait, because when fate comes, we can meet those who are destined to appear in our lives. At the same time, we also need to cherish time, seize opportunities, and don't let time pass in vain without realizing our goals and wishes.
In my life, there are some missed fates and opportunities. There have been some people in my life, but because of the wrong time or other reasons, we have no chance to be together. But I believe that these people have inspired and guided my life and brought me good memories. At the same time, I also believe that fate does not have to meet at the same time. We just need to believe in our own efforts and wait for our own moment. Therefore, we need to be grateful and cherish everyone and everything we meet in life, seize the opportunity and live a good life.