The first two sentences of this poem give people a sense of detachment and openness. "Snail's horn" describes the narrowness of space. Although life seems vast, from the perspective of the whole universe, the space that people can rotate is like rotating on a "snail's horn". Life is just a few decades, plunged into the long river of history, as short as "Shi Huo", expressing the poet's open mind.
Second, the source
Five poems about wine by Bai Juyi, a poet in Tang Dynasty.
Three. translate
Life is like being trapped in a snail's horn. Why argue about meaningless things?
A person's life is like the tinkling light from the collision of stones, which passes in a blink of an eye.
There is no need to worry about temporary wealth in life, and a relaxed and happy life.
People who don't usually laugh are idiots.
Extended data
First, the creative background
This poem is from Bai Juyi's "Duijiu" series, and there are five poems about Duijiu. Bai Juyi's poetic style is realistic, easy to understand and tends to emphasize allegory.
Two. Brief introduction of the author
Bai Juyi, born in 772 AD, was a great realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty. His ancestral home was Taiyuan, and his great-grandfather moved to Xiaao when he was born in Xinzheng, Henan. Bai Juyi's poems have a wide range of themes, diverse forms and plain language. Bai Juyi died in Luoyang and was buried in Xiangshan. His representative works include Song of Eternal Sorrow, Charcoal Man, Pipa Travel and so on.
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