狐眠敗砌兎走荒臺 盡是當年歌舞之地 露冷黃花烟迷衰草 悉屬舊時爭戰之場 盛衰何常? 强弱安在? 念此令人心灰 (後 69)
The fox sleeps on the collapsed stone steps, and the rabbit runs through the ruined palace grounds. These are all places where people used to sing and dance in the old days. The dew cools down on the chrysanthemum, and the mist spreads over the withered grass. This was once the battlefield of the old days. How can the growth and decline last forever, and where is the strength and weakness? Thinking about this, a person's mind cools down like ashes. [Book2 69]
If really understanding that neither happiness nor unhappiness is permanent, there will never remains such thing as emotional scars.
Vegetable Root Discourse
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