What is the passage of time?

vicissitudes of life

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comes from Jin Gehong's Fairy Biography Ma Gu: "Ma Gu said that since she took over as a waiter, she has seen that the East China Sea is a mulberry field."

it means that the sea becomes farmland; Farmland becomes the sea. It is a metaphor that things in the world have changed greatly, or changed rapidly, and it is also described as a long-term change.

Source

Jin Ge Hong's "Fairy Biography of Magu": "Magu speaks from the clouds; Since the waiter; I have seen that the East China Sea is a mulberry field. "

Tang Chu Guangxi's poem "Giving Eight Aunts to the East" says: "If you go alone, the sea will become a mulberry field." Ming Liu Ji's poem "I regret the rest of the spring and recite the rules": "Sometimes, when things change, Hai Ruo is not dry, and there should be no sorrow."

The word "the sea" appeared in many famous works two hundred years ago. In it is hard to go, Li Bai, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote: "I will mount a long wind some day and break the heavy waves, and set my cloudy sail straight and bridge the deep, deep sea."

the famous poet Su Shi in the Song Dynasty wrote "Fu on the Former Red Cliff" that "flying in heaven and earth is a drop in the ocean".

the word "sangtian" comes from Taoist vocabulary, which is called a place name in ancient times, also known as a constellation.

Allusions

Once upon a time, there were two immortals, one named Wang Yuan and the other named Ma Gu. Once, they met at Cai Jing's house to drink.

On the appointed day, Wang Yuan, surrounded by a group of trumpeters and attendants riding in Kirin, sat in the car with five dragons and went to Cai Jing's house. But seeing him wearing a traveling hat, hanging colorful ribbons and wearing a tiger-shaped quiver, he looked majestic.

After Wang Yuan and his party landed in the courtyard of Cai Jing's house, all the people who surrounded him disappeared for a while. Then, Wang Yuan and members of the Cai family exchanged greetings, and then sat there alone waiting for the arrival of Ma Gu.

Wang Yuan waited for a long time but didn't see Ma Gu coming, so he waved to the air and ordered the messenger to invite her. No one in Cai Jing's family knows which fairy Magu is in the sky, so they are waiting for it.

After a while, the messenger reported to Wang Yuan in the air: "Ma Gu asked me to pay my respects to you first. She said that she had not seen her husband for more than 5 years. At the moment, she is being ordered to inspect Penglai Fairy Island, and will come to meet her husband in a moment. "

Wang Yuan nodded slightly and waited patiently. Before long, Ma Gu landed from the air. Her entourage is only half that of Wang Yuan. Cai Jingjia's people just saw that Ma Gu looked like a beautiful girl in her late teens. She has waist-length hair, and her clothes are made of some unknown material, with beautiful patterns embroidered on them, which are dazzling.

After Ma Gu and Wang Yuan exchanged courtesies, Wang Yuan ordered a banquet. The utensils on the table are all made of gold and jade, precious and exquisite; The dishes in it are mostly exotic flowers and fruits, and the aroma is fragrant. All these things have never been seen by Cai Jing's family.

During the dinner, Ma Gu said to Wang Yuan, "Since I received my destiny, I have witnessed the East China Sea turn into a mulberry field three times. When I arrived in Penglai just now, I saw that the sea water was half as shallow as the previous period. Is it going to become land again? "

Wang Yuan sighed, "Yes, saints say that the water in the sea is falling. Soon, there will be dust again. "

After the banquet, Wang Yuan and Ma Gu each called for a carriage and went to heaven.