No one is good for a thousand days, and a flower is not as good as a hundred days.
From Chapter 43 of "Water Margin" by Shi Naian of Yuan Dynasty
Appreciating life, it is impossible for everything to go as planned, and it is difficult to have a thousand good days. Just like a flower, it cannot bloom for a hundred days. Not only will it not wither, but it will still be as red and bright as before.
The original poem advises people not to be too arrogant when they are proud of themselves in the moment, but to plan for the future as soon as possible.
The original poem contains only these two sentences.
The poem "Children and Daughters Reunion" written by the Yuan Dynasty contains four lines: "No one is good for a thousand days, and a flower is not as red as a hundred days."
If you don't plan it in the early days, it will be all in vain later.
Destined to meet each other thousands of miles away, but not opposite to each other
From Chapter 34 of "Water Margin" by Shi Naian of Yuan Dynasty
Appreciate these two. This poem talks about people's meeting and acquaintance, and fate plays a very important role.
If we are really destined to each other, we will have a chance to meet each other even if we are thousands of miles apart; if we are not destined to meet each other, we will not meet each other even if we meet across the street. We are acquaintances.
There are only these two sentences in the original poem.
There are four sentences in the seventh chapter of "Jin Ping Mei": "The matchmaker is always diligent, and Meng Ji loves to marry a rich family." Weng.
We are destined to meet each other thousands of miles away, but if we are not destined to meet each other, we will not meet each other.
The red sun is scorching like fire, and the fields and rice are half withered.
Sourced from Yuan·Shi Naian's "Water Margin" Chapter 15·Bitter Song
Appreciate the bright red sun, as hot as a burning flame, the rice in the field Half of the seedlings have been roasted and turned yellow.
These two lines of poems describe the ruthless heat of the summer sun, which not only dries up the seedlings, but also evaporates the tears of the farmers.
The original poem can well reflect the sufferings of the people's livelihood and satirize the inequality between rich and poor at that time.
Original poem The red sun is scorching like fire, and the fields and rice are half withered.
The farmer's heart is like boiling water, and the princes and princes are shaking their fans.
The farmer's heart is like boiling water, and the princes and princes are shaking their fans.
Sourced from Chapter 15 of Yuan Shi Naian's "Water Margin"·Bitter Song
The seedlings in the appreciation field were withered and scorched by the scorching sun.
The farmers were as anxious as soup being cooked; but the princes, princes and grandsons, who played all day long and had nothing to do with production, were still hanging around leisurely with fans.
These two lines of poems are a satire on the wealthy children who idle around all day long and do not care at all about the suffering of the people.