"Time flies like a white horse passing through a gap" means that time passes little by little, and it is fleeting before you know it, just like a white horse galloping past in front of a gap and disappearing in the blink of an eye. . Describe time passing very quickly.
1. Source
Time flies from "Miscellaneous Poems No. 5" by Tao Yuanming of Jin Dynasty. "Time flies, time flies, and this heart is gone."
Time flies, time flies. As time went by, the ambition of the year gradually left me, and the poetic mood also turned into depression. It is a desolate and deep style. This poem by Tao Yuanming contains the joy of youth, the worries of middle and old age, and the fear of cherishing every inch of shade. The waves of poetry also go from flying to sinking, and finally rise upward. The whole poem embodies the basic characteristics of Tao's poetry that is simple and profound. This characteristic is actually one of the pinnacles of Chinese poetry's artistic attainments.
The white horse passing through the gap comes from "Zhuangzi's Journey to the North" "The gap between heaven and earth in life is like a white horse passing by suddenly." Later, this allusion was used to describe the short life or the rapid passage of time.
The white horse passing through the gap , time flies so fast, life between heaven and earth is as fleeting as watching a horse running past in a small hole. You see, each little life falls to the ground: after a while, they all disappear and die one after another. Life and death make living creatures and even human beings very sad.
2. Insights on life
In ancient times, "Long Ran" could be written as "Ran". Or "Ran", "菏" is the prefix for grass, which means "菑" is a kind of grass, and "Ran" represents the lush appearance of grass and trees, and "荏 dye" means that the color of grass is dyed all over the earth. The word "荏" represents a plant we often eat now called perilla, also known as white perilla. Perilla is an annual herb. In this year, its four seasons are very distinct and it grows crazily in spring. , full of vitality in early summer, the purple flowers in Manchuria have finished producing seeds, and they quickly age and wither in winter.
In our traditional culture, there has always been a tradition of using things to express emotions and express aspirations. Their changes in the four seasons cannot help but lament the passage of time. Therefore, when people see the changes of perilla in the four seasons, they will lament the passage of time.
Zhuangzi. He clarified his attitude towards life and death in "Zhibei Journey": Human beings live between heaven and earth, like a horse galloping across the gap, and everything in the world, including people, passes by in the blink of an eye. No one is born vigorously, and no one dies despondently. Living things grieve for this, and emotional humans grieve for this. Rather than doing so, it is better to untie the shackles caused by nature and rotate with things. Wherever the soul goes, it will follow. This is the ultimate destination of people and all things.
In fact, this statement of Zhuangzi has several meanings. Transient is just a moment of the change of the road. The change of the road is like a galloping horse, and life is like a flying horse passing by. Life and death are the natural process of the change of the road and the natural process of biological change. It is the same for everyone. One thing that can be avoided is that everyone has life and death; in view of this, people should be freed from the sadness and sorrow of death, follow the natural changes of living things, be not happy in life, not sad in death, and should not be concerned about life and death. , and always maintain inner peace.
If you achieve this, you will have reached the ultimate truth, returned to the great road, and your life will have reached perfection; those who have achieved the true truth and returned to the great road will not distinguish between life and death. There is no life, no distinction between the tangible and the intangible, the coming and going of life and death are regarded as one, and the tangible and the intangible are regarded as one. Because of this, there is no need for words and arguments.
Summary: It is precisely because of time. Time flies by, so we must realize the preciousness of time and cherish every moment so that time does not slip away in vain.