Explanation:
Looking back, I can't see any traces of ancient sages, nor can I see any modern people imitating ancient sages. I'm really out of place. At the thought of that long and noble day, that long and vast world, I was sad alone and couldn't help crying my skirt!
Once the youth is gone, it will never come again, and you will never see the arrival of the next day. It's time for people to encourage themselves when they reach middle age. Time goes by and waits for no one. -Tao Yuanming's Miscellaneous Poems in Eastern Jin Dynasty
Explanation:
Once youth is gone, it is impossible to come back and never see the next day. We should encourage ourselves in our prime. Time goes by and waits for no one.
The streamer easily dumped people, turning cherries into red and plantains into green. -Jie Jiang's "A Prune" at the end of the Song Dynasty
Explanation:
Light is easy to pass away and people can't catch up. Cherry is red, ripe, banana is green again, spring goes and summer comes.
Ten years ago, I respected the former guests, the moon was white and the wind was clear, and I was sad and withered. Time flies when people are old. Although the temple changed its mind, it is better to wear gold as much as possible. Old songs are terrible. It's like being drunk in the past. -Ouyang Xiu's "Picking Mulberries" in the Northern Song Dynasty
Explanation:
Ten years ago, I was a guest at the banquet. The spring breeze is proud and the future is bright. Nowadays, friends have left one after another, and sadness and illness make people rot. Thinking of the past, I feel how time flies. Although my sideburns have turned white, my heart has not changed. Now I still raise my glass before the banquet. It's an ugly old song. I feel familiar in my heart, just like when I'm drunk.
The yellow crane never revisited earth, there have been no long white clouds for thousands of years. -The Yellow Crane Tower by Cui Hao in the Tang Dynasty.
Explanation:
The long history and beautiful legend of the Yellow Crane Tower are repeated before our eyes, but in the end, things are different and the crane is empty.