Liu Yuxi compared himself to a sunken ship and a sick tree. Although he is disappointed, he is quite philosophical. On the side of the sunken ship, Qian Fan is competing; Before a sick tree, everything is spring. He excavated these two sentences from Bai Juyi's poems, but encouraged Bai Juyi not to grieve for his loneliness and waste, showing his open mind about the changes of the world and the rise and fall of his official career.
. The word "sinking a boat" vividly describes and profoundly reflects the law of the change and development of things, so it has become a famous sentence widely read. Now it is often quoted and given new meanings, which indicates that new things will definitely replace old things.