He who is ruthless is a fool, and he who sheds tears is also a hero. Half of the ocean is like a river, and a reed is as far away as the river... (Please explain it sentence by sentence, thank you!!)

He who is ruthless is a fool, but he who sheds tears is also a hero. Half a day across the sea, a reed spreads across the Yangtze River.

This sentence is a poem by Du Fu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. It means: Those who are ruthless are incompetent boys, and those who are tearful are also heroes. Half a red sun shines on the sea, and a reed floats to the east of the river.

In the first sentence, "all ruthless people are Shuzi", Shuzi refers to the boy, which is a metaphor for incompetent and ruthless people. This sentence means that in this world, incompetent people always account for the majority. They have no emotions, no sympathy, no sense of responsibility, and just live in a muddle.

The second sentence "There are tears but also heroes." Heroes refer to those people who are sentimental, enthusiastic, courageous, and loving. Even if they experience grief and suffering, they will not be knocked down and remain Be able to stick to your beliefs and fight for your ideals. This sentence means that even if there are tears, they will not be drowned by the tears. They can still stand up and move on.

The third sentence "Half a Canghai Sun" refers to the sun setting slowly on the vast sea. This sentence means that time waits for no one, day by day passes by, years are not forgiving, the sun and the moon fly by, and a lifetime passes in the blink of an eye.

The last sentence "Yiwei Dajiangdong", Yiwei refers to a reed, and Dajiangdong refers to the east of the Yangtze River. This sentence means that life is like a reed, drifting in the vast sea of ????people. I don’t know where to go. I can only drift eastward with the current.

The whole poem expresses the poet's perception of life: life is short and long, with beauty and pain, success and failure, ruthlessness and love. No matter what kind of life we ??are in, we must stick to our beliefs, never give up hope, and never give up moving forward.