Knowing that even a joyful gathering will scatter and we all will pass, from where comes the heart that holds this meeting and this moment dear, and would set them down in writing?
Death and life are great matters indeed — how could one not be moved to sorrow? The reason the ancients were stirred to feeling runs into one with mine.
First asked by Wang Xizhi
This question split how to meet impermanence. Wang Xizhi, while honestly grieving the fleetingness of a joyful gathering, in fact dismissed as "empty…
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