"Chickens, pigs, fish and garlic are eaten whenever they come; birth, old age, sickness and death are all eaten at the right time."

This sentence comes from "The Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty" and was written by Pei Du (Dong of Jin) in the late Tang Dynasty. Famous saying

Chicken, pig, fish and garlic does not refer specifically to these four things, but refers to food in general, which means: eat whatever is available. Birth, old age, illness and death are the natural laws of life and cannot be reversed. When the time comes - when it is time to die (the same goes for birth, old age and illness), just let nature take its course. This sentence seems slightly negative literally, but if you consider the situation of the person who said this sentence, it is not difficult to understand.

Pei Du: (765-839), a famous prime minister in the Tang Dynasty, with the courtesy name Zhongli, Han nationality, and a native of Wenxi, Hedong (now northeast of Wenxi, Shanxi). An outstanding politician in the late Tang Dynasty.

Pei Du lived for more than seventy years after the Anshi Rebellion. At that time, the class contradictions in the Tang Dynasty and the contradictions within the ruling class became increasingly complex and intensified. In addition, the court officials formed cliques, each with eunuchs within and vassal towns outside. They excluded and strangled each other, making the politics of the late Tang Dynasty even more chaotic and dark. In order to maintain the unity of the Tang Dynasty, Pei Du insisted on fighting against the separatist forces of the vassal towns; in order to rectify the imperial court, he insisted on fighting against the domineering eunuchs and treacherous ministers who corrupted the country.

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