What does it mean that "people live all their lives, plants fall in autumn, like a dream, and the years are drifting away"?

These words are straightforward and widely used in modern languages.

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1 "People live for a lifetime, and the grass grows for an autumn" evolved from "People live for a lifetime, and the grass grows for an autumn", which is from the glory. "Glorifying and Offering Articles" is an enlightening bibliography of Taoist children compiled by China in the Ming Dynasty. Also known as "ancient sages" and "ancient and modern sages". The original sentence is as follows: "I have recently learned the tortoise method, so I have to be timid." Fear of the law and delight in the DPRK, deceive the heart and worry day by day. Grass grows in autumn as long as it lives. After the fifteenth day of the month, there will be less light, and people will have a rest in middle age. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, so don't be their cattle and horses. "What do you mean? In other words, people live all their lives, just as plants only grow until autumn. By quoting, we know that life is short.

2. "Like a dream" is the abbreviation of "Everything has a way, like a dream, like a bubble, like dew, like electricity, so it should be viewed", which comes from the Diamond Sutra. It is said that everything in the world is as illusory as a dream, as short and beautiful as a bubble, and as fleeting as the morning dew. This sentence is the most famous one among many classics.

3. "Time is drifting away" is a wonderful use, which means drifting away. Since Qu Yuan, the ancient literati in China have been in a state of sad autumn. Seeing the vegetation withering in autumn and drifting with the tide can mostly cause the sadness of people who look at things, and it is inevitable that they will have the same wandering mentality. Excerpts from the more famous Song Yu's Nine Knowledge, including: "Sadness, autumn is also angry! A bleak, withered vegetation, decline. If you travel far, you will go back when you see the water. "