A poem describing disappointment with family.

Author: Tao Yuanming

Dynasty: Wei and Jin Dynasties

Life without a base is like the dust of the road.

Life blowing in the wind, the body has gone through hardships, and it is not what it used to be.

When the world is brothers, why do brothers of their own brothers want to date each other?

When you meet a pleasure, you should be happy, and you should invite your neighbors to drink.

Once the youth is gone, it will never come again, and you will never see the arrival of the next day.

It's time for people to encourage themselves when they reach middle age. Time goes by and waits for no one.

Life is like floating dust, with no foundation. Living in the wind. At this time, I have experienced all the difficulties in the world, and everything is different.

I think so, too. Everyone is regarded as his brother. Why can only be your own brother's blind date? When you meet happy things, you should eat, drink and be merry in time. If you have wine, you should invite the person next to you to drink it.

Once you are young, you can't come back, and you can't see it for two days. You should encourage yourself when you are young. Time flies and time waits for no one.

Extended data:

Tao Yuanming wrote twelve miscellaneous poems. This is the first song. This poem was written in 4 14 AD, eight years after he resigned and returned to the field.

Although Tao Yuanming was ambitious, he was born around Jin, Song and Yi Dynasties. At that time, politics was dark and wars were frequent. There is no peace in this country and the people live in poverty.

Forced to make a living, he can only be an official several times and retire several times. I have lived in contradiction all my life. Finally, at the age of 40, he resigned and returned to the field to stop being an official. His experience made him feel that life was very slim. Although all his poems are broad-minded and indifferent, there is a kind of despair in his heart.