The length of each person's life is determined by the creator(修短隨化)
The most famous calligraphy work in running
script in Chinese history is a preface written by a famous calligrapher (Wang
Xizhi) of the Jin Dynasty.
In the spring of AD 353, at the age of 50,
he and 40 other celebrities of the time gathered in a pavilion in what is now
Kuaiji Mountain in Zhejiang Province. The name of this pavilion is (Lanting).
Why do they gather here? This is because
there was a custom in ancient China.
On this day of the year, everyone goes to
the river and everyone washes their bodies in water soaked in herbs.
People at that time believed that by doing
so, they could eliminate misfortunes and gain blessings.
After they finished the ceremony, everyone
sat by the river, and everyone began to drink and eat.
A total of 41 people participated in this
open-air luncheon.
In total they composed 37 poems that
afternoon.
A good friend who attended this event
suggested.
We should put these poems today into a
collection of poems.
Everyone agrees with this idea..
After this collection of poems is
completed, a preface is required
All those who participated in this event
asked (Wang Xizhi) to write a preface to this collection of poems.
He happily accepted everyone's request.
This activity started in the morning, and
by the time (Wang Xizhi) wrote this preface, it is conservatively estimated
that it has lasted at least ten hours.
Everyone was a little drunk, and Wang Xizhi
was no exception.
Drinking alcohol amplifies perceptions,
making it easier to feel happy or sad.
The seventh paragraph of this preface reads
as follows.
Those things that made us happy in the past
are gone in a blink of an eye.
Those things are like ancient relics, and
sometimes we see these relics that cause us to be sad.
None of us can control the length of our
life, we can only obey the arrangement of the creator, and each of us will
eventually have the day when our life ends and we die.
An ancient wise man once said that death is
the most serious problem that each of us has to face in life.
I feel sad when I think of a word from this
wise man.
This idiom means that the length of each
person's life is determined by the creator
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
If you had a choice, how would you like to
die? Have you heard those words of wisdom?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
修短隨化(The length of each person's life is
determined by the creator)
中國歷史上最著名的一篇行書書法作品是一篇序，作者是晉王朝的著名書法家(王羲之)。
西元353年的春天，50歲的他與其他40位當時的名士在現在的浙江省會稽山的一座亭子中聚會。這座亭子的名字叫做(蘭亭)。
他們為何會聚集在這裡呢?這是因為古代中國有一個風俗。
在每年的這一天，所有人都要到河邊、所有人都會用浸泡了香草的水沖洗全身。
當時的人們認為這樣做，就可以消除災禍並且獲得福氣。
他們舉辦完這個儀式之後，所有人便坐在河邊，大家開始喝酒吃飯。
在這場露天午宴中，參加的人共有41個人。
在那個下午他們總共創作了37首詩。
參加這場活動的一個好朋友建議。
我們應該把今天的這些詩集成一本詩集。
大家都很認同這個主意.。
這本詩集完成後，需要有一篇序
所有參加這場活動的人便請(王羲之)為這本詩集寫一篇序。
他很開心地接受了眾人的請求。
這場活動從上午開始，到(王羲之)寫這篇序言的時候，保守估計至少已經超過十個小時。
大家都有點喝醉了，王羲之也不例外。
喝酒會放大人們的感知，讓人們更容易感到快樂或是悲傷。
這篇序的第七段如下。
過去那些另我們感到高興的那些事情，轉眼之間就消失了。
那些事情就如同古代的遺跡，我們有時候看見這些遺跡時就會引發我們的感傷。
我們每個人都無法掌控我們的生命長短，我們都只能聽從造物主的安排，我們每個人最終都會有生命結束死亡的那一天。
一位古代的智者說過一句話，死亡是我們每個人的人生中所要面對的最嚴肅的問題。
當我想到這位智者說的一句話時，我就感覺悲傷。
這一句成語的意思每個人的生命的長短都是由造物主決定的
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
如果可以選擇，你希望怎樣死去嗎?你聽過那些智慧的話語呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為蘭亭集序
