This poem was originally from Tai Weng's Birds, and there is another sentence in front of it: "Life is as gorgeous as summer flowers." Together, the two sentences are a kind of gratitude for life and an admiration for the beauty of nature. How can a gorgeous person who has never experienced "life is like summer flowers" appreciate the beauty of "death is like autumn leaves"? "Death is like autumn leaves" is a kind of satisfaction to life, a kind of gratitude to life, and an open-mindedness derived from gratitude and satisfaction.
"Death is as beautiful as autumn leaves" is not a negative attitude towards life, but a kind of gratitude. Thanks to creation for choosing us from all the possibilities in Qian Qian, it gives us life and wisdom. Grateful that we are noble humans, not gibbons, orangutans or anything else. Grateful creation has taught us to make a fire, cook and everything we have.