Precautions:
1, the cloud covers the sun: refers to the traitor who is in power and buries the sage. "There is a cloud between me and the skylight" in Tang Li Bai's "Nanjing on the Phoenix Terrace" (meaning that clouds always cover the sun, implying that traitors are in power) is used in the opposite direction, indicating that this situation is only temporary and reflects an optimistic attitude.
2. Cross-flow of the sea: From the book of Ni Chuanzhi-"Cross-flow of the sea, everywhere is uneasy" (the world is turbulent now, and there is anxiety everywhere). Crossing the sea is a true portrayal of social unrest in the Jin Dynasty, which is often used to describe political turmoil and social unrest.
Extended data:
Appreciation of words
This sentence is expounded from the two dimensions of external environment and self-cultivation. Keeping your initial heart, no matter what the external environment is, is ultimately in line with heaven.
The first sentence uses the phrase "There is a cloud between me and the sky" in Li Taibai's On Climbing Nanjing to the Phoenix Terrace, but contrary to its meaning, it reflects a positive and optimistic attitude. Lu Jia's "Shen Xinyu Micro-essay": "Evil ministers cover up the good, just like a cloud." A treacherous court official blinds a sage like a cloud covering the sun and the moon. The sun is a pun, because the sun was regarded as a symbol of emperors in ancient times. )
The second sentence has the meaning of the first sentence. It's only a matter of time before the dark clouds clear and the light comes back. There will be a "cloud covering the sun" at any time in history, but it will not last long.
The last two sentences explain the way of self-cultivation from the perspective of "self-cultivation" People can't control the changes in the external environment. The external environment will sometimes rise and fall, and sometimes things will change, but they can keep their original heart-kindness, kindness is heaven, and kind people will eventually be rewarded.