"Singing over wine, the shape of life" is a famous saying. With fine wine and singing and dancing, time in life is limited. The "geometry of life" mentioned here means that life time is limited, and people are not asked to "enjoy themselves in time", but to make achievements in a timely manner. Later it was also used to refer to carpe diem.

From Cao Cao's "Dan Ge Xing".

Original text:

Singing while drinking, what is life!

Like morning dew, it will be more painful every day.

Generosity should be treated with generosity, and worries will be unforgettable.

How to relieve worries? Only Du Kang.

Qingqing Zijin, my heart is leisurely.

But for the sake of your Majesty, I still ponder it.

Yo yo, the deer roars, eating apples in the wild.

I have a guest who plays the drum, harp and sheng.

It’s as bright as the moon, when can you wipe it off?

Worry comes from it and cannot be cut off.

The more unfamiliar you are, the more you cross the border, the more useless you are.

Qi Kuo Tan?, thinking about old kindness.

The moon and stars are sparse, and the black magpie flies south.

Walking around the tree three times, where is the branch to lean on?

The mountains never get too high and the sea never gets too deep.

The Duke of Zhou vomits food, and the world returns to its heart.

Translation:

Singing while drinking, life is short and the days and months fly by.

Just like the morning dew, it is fleeting and there are too many lost days!

The singing at the banquet was passionate and generous, and melancholy filled my heart for a long time.

What can you do to relieve your depression? Only binge drinking can provide relief.

Those students wearing green collars, you make me yearn for you day and night.

It’s just because of you that I still recite it in pain.

Under the sunshine, the deer chirped happily and ate leisurely on the green slope.

Once talented people from all over the world come to my house, I will play the harp and sheng to entertain the guests.

When will I be able to pick up the bright moon hanging in the sky?

The sorrow and anger I have stored up in my heart suddenly spurt out and form a long river.

Guests from far away came to visit me one by one along the field roads.

They reunited after a long absence to talk and feast, vying to tell the story of their past friendship.

The moonlight was bright and the stars were sparse, and a group of nesting magpies flew south.

They flew around the tree three times without folding their wings. Where can they find shelter?

The mountains are majestic only if they do not abandon the earth and rocks, and the sea is majestic only if it does not abandon the trickle of water.

I wish to be as courteous to the virtuous and virtuous as the Duke of Zhou, and wish that the heroes of the world would sincerely submit to me.

Extended information:

"Two Short Songs" are two poems written by Cao Cao, a statesman and writer in the late Han Dynasty, based on ancient Yuefu inscriptions. The first poem uses the singing of a banquet to express the poet's thirst for talents and his ambition to unify the world in a calm and frustrated style; the second poem praises the historical events of King Wen of Zhou, Duke Huan of Qi, and Duke Wen of Jin for adhering to ministerial integrity. , stating that he only had the ambition to help the Han Dynasty, and had no intention of being independent on behalf of the Han Dynasty. The two poems are a perfect combination, solemn and elegant, profound in content, and full of emotion. Their political content and significance are completely melted into the rich lyrical artistic conception, fully demonstrating Cao Cao's personality, education, ambitions and ideals, and fully demonstrating his profound and elegant poetry. Taste.

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia-Dangexing