The complete poem of "Sit and watch the clouds roll and relax" is: Don't be surprised by favor or disgrace, just watch the flowers blooming and falling in front of the court; you have no intention of leaving or leaving, just follow the clouds rolling and relaxing in the sky.
It means: When doing things for others, you can treat favors and disgraces as normal as the blossoming and falling of flowers, so that you will not be surprised; only if you treat the change of positions like clouds and clouds, you will not be surprised.
"Being unfazed by favors and disgrace, watching the flowers blooming and falling in front of the court; leaving or leaving unintentionally, following the clouds rolling in the sky" is a state that originates from traditional Chinese Taoist thought.
This sentence originally came from a couplet written by Hong Yingming in the Ming Dynasty and was recorded in Cai Gen Tan. Hong Yingming was a scholar of the Ming Dynasty and was proficient in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. In his early years, he was keen on fame. In his later years, he entered Taoism and summarized a book "Cai Gen Tan" in couplets. Later, Chen Meigong also included it in "Youchuang Xiaoji".
A 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, not caring 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" are like hiding in a small building to form a unified whole, regardless of the meaning of spring, summer, autumn and winter. The three words "Looking at the sky" also show the broad sentiments of magnifying the vision and not seeing the same things as others; a sentence of "Yun Juan Yun Shu" There is also the lofty realm of a man who can bend and stretch. It is very similar to Fan Zhongyan's idea of ??not being happy with things and not being sad with oneself, and it is quite similar to the broad-minded and romantic figures of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
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