Zhao Mengfu, a famous calligrapher and painter in the Yuan Dynasty (same pronunciation, can’t find the word, so he used it instead), when he was old, he wrote a poem called "Oldness Poem": "The oldness is getting worse day by day. The black flowers are not the same as the snow on the beard. Every time I cross my eyebrows, I look for picks before eating meat. My right arm is cramped and my heart is filled with tears. Dear Riyan." The whole poem is self-deprecating and humorous.
Wei Ji, the Minister of Civil Affairs in the Ming Dynasty, also wrote a poem about old age: "Gradually, I feel old and sick, my shoulders are sore and my spine is hunchbacked. I am deaf, my eyes are dark, my teeth are decayed, my legs are weak, my waist is aching, and my nose and tears are abundant." When the wind blows, the hemorrhoids and hernias can't be cured. What's more, the alcohol-related illness is a little bit worse, and what a three-year-old child looks like. "This poem describes the sick state of old age in a popular way, but it is also self-deprecating.
Xu Jie, a professor at Fudan University and a literary theorist, once wrote an intriguing poem "Snot": "I regret that when I was young, I used to laugh at the old man. It was so unhygienic that the mucus flowed out of my nose. I didn't even wipe it. I don’t even lick it. I talk about it all the time, but I don’t know how to be ashamed. It’s just because I don’t feel it, it’s just because I don’t want to pee it. Things don't happen without a reason. Don't laugh too early, you have to prepare for the future. Leave your opinions in advance, so you don't have to worry about it in the future. "This is a tearful poem. It is very thought-provoking. He uses his own personal experience of the elderly when he was young to compare and write. It is lively, humorous and amazing.
I am also an elderly person, and sometimes I feel sad about my old age. In fact, birth, aging, illness and death are the natural laws of life. Who can live forever? After reading the poems by famous people who ridiculed their old age, I not only appreciated their optimistic attitude towards aging, but also gained a calm attitude towards aging. I think this might have some benefits. I don’t know how to write poems, so I just want to imitate others and write a few jingles to poke fun at my old age: The childlike old lady is over eighty, her eyes are white and her teeth are falling out, her steps are staggering and her back is hunched, and she enjoys blogging.