What's behind Tokugawa Ieyasu's poems?
Fifty years of life, like a dream, is also like an illusion. There is life and death, so what can a strong man do? This poem is a famous sentence of Nobunobu Tokugawa Ieyasu. I remember this poem vividly because it appears in many places in the book. Nobunaga Oda takes this poem as his motto. Before each expedition, he would sing and dance to the melody of this poem. Life is only a short fifty years. In fact, in that turbulent era, human life was very fragile. After Tokugawa Ieyasu was born, he didn't know whether he would live to be five years old. Because when he was a baby, he had to leave his parents and go to another city as a hostage. I vaguely remember that after Nobunaga finished reading a strong man's words, Tokugawa Ieyasu also read a poem at his request. I almost forgot the first two sentences, only remember the last two sentences: only this life is for the Buddha. The main idea of the first two sentences is that people came into this world involuntarily. Leaving this world is also fate. So, give your life's fate to the Buddha, wait for God's arrangement, and don't worry about the uncontrollable fate. Their feelings are diametrically opposed. Tokugawa Ieyasu was unable to control his own destiny since he was a child, and even dragged out an ignoble existence in another city. Therefore, Tokugawa Ieyasu has a very indifferent view of life, and in the later days, he still believes in God's arrangement. I also accept their attitude towards life. When I read nobunaga's poems, I feel full of strength and passion. When reading Tokugawa Ieyasu's poems, I feel very calm and can accept all the unknown fate. Now, I have a special feeling for these two sentences. I hope everyone can face their destiny calmly. It may or may not be good. But fifty years have passed. Do your best, just like dreaming. In the dream, fifty years is just one night. If life is as short as one night, you will touch your dream. All the waiting is for the last blow.