What does it mean to live as gorgeous as summer flowers and to die as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves?

1. Meaning: Life is as gorgeous and vigorous as flowers blooming in summer; death is as quiet as autumn leaves, let alone feeling sad and fearful.

2. Source: "Birds" by Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore

Original text:

Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.

Translation: Let life be as gorgeous as summer flowers, and let death be as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves.

3. Meaning: Summer flowers, be kind to life, cherish life, live a meaningful and valuable life, instead of living in a hazy way;

Autumn leaves, when facing death, face death. Return life to nature and let life pass away quietly and peacefully.

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Taiwanese writer Luo Lan once wrote in the essay "Summer Suite":

"Summer Flowers" Unlike spring flowers, summer flowers have a strong vitality. If spring flowers bloom because of the warmth of the wind, then summer flowers are inspired by the sun."

"Life is like summer. "Flower" is precisely because summer flowers have a gorgeous and prosperous life. They bloom in the season when the sun is fullest, like running, jumping and flying spirits of life, to interpret the splendor of life.

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Baidu Encyclopedia - Life is as gorgeous as summer flowers, death is as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves