I don't argue with others. People argue with me that I despise this sentence. Whose poem is it?

This is the poem Life and Death by the English poet Walter Landor (1775- 1864).

Born into a noble family, Rand had a strong personality, loved nature, children and art, and pursued simplicity and rhythm of language. He was contemporary with Wordsworth, the poet laureate at that time. But Rand was not a poet of great fame and status in his time.

This short poem of his describes his mentality in his later years: loving nature, loving art, not fighting with others and keeping warm with the fire of life. This was written by the poet 1850, when he was 75 years old and had seen everything in life.

There are many translated versions of this poem, but Mr. Jiang Yang's translation should be the most vivid.

Mr Jiang Yang's translation is as follows:

I don't argue with anyone,

I don't care who I fight with;

I love nature,

Secondly, art;

My hands are burning the fire of life to keep warm;

The fire went out,

I'm ready to go, too.

The original text is as follows:

Life and death

I don't fight with anyone;

Because no one is worth fighting for;

I love nature,

Next to nature is art.

I warmed my hands before the fire of life;

It will sink,

I'm ready to leave.

Jiang Yang likes this poem by the English poet Rand very much, and its translation is widely circulated.

One reason is that Jiang Yang used it as a preface and postscript to Jiang Yang's prose in his later years. Another reason is that this poem shows a pursuit of self-esteem and self-sufficiency, which coincides with Jiang Yang's life attitude of hiding in the noise of the world and being indifferent to fame and fortune. Taken together, it increases the appreciation of this translated work.

Extended data:

In Laozi's Tao Te Ching, there is also a similar expression to this sentence, that is, the husband does not dispute, so the world can't compete with him.

The whole sentence is: "I don't see myself, so I know;" Self-evident, so obvious; Do not cut yourself, have merit; Not complacent; So long; The husband does not dispute, and the world cannot compete with it. "

The general idea is: if you don't show yourself, you can stand out; Not self-righteous, but can be recognized; It is better to make contributions than to brag about taking credit; Don't be conceited, this is the long-term solution. No one in the world can argue with him because he doesn't argue with others.

This passage fully embodies Laozi's philosophical thought of "weakness conquers strength". Laozi's so-called "indisputable" is not to give up everything, but to be invincible by striving. The ideological system of "being confused is hard to change" and "losing is a blessing" spread in later generations has something to do with Lao Tzu's so-called "indisputable virtue"

Laozi's "indisputable" is not to passively make people do nothing, but to say that everything has its own laws of existence and development. When you master the law of the birth and death of everything-that is, when you have the wisdom to size up the situation, you don't have to argue at this time. As long as you do things according to the law of the development of things, the decision is in your hands.

Being too strong is the first killer to destroy the heart. It is indisputable that you should not fight for it because of your own desires and clinging to your own heart.

People with real strength and ability don't need to argue with others, do things in a down-to-earth manner according to the law of things, and get what they deserve.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Life and Death