It means to grow old and grow stronger, not to grow old together, to grow stronger and poorer, and not to fall into the sky.

Although you are old, you should be more ambitious. How to change your mood when you are old? Although the situation is difficult, we should be more ethical and never give up our lofty aspirations.

Source: Preface to Wang Tengting by Wang Bo, a writer in the Tang Dynasty.

Preface to Wang Tengting is a parallel prose written by Wang Bo, a writer in Tang Dynasty, in the second year of Shang and Yuan Dynasties (675). The article was written for the banquet based on the terrain and talent of Hongzhou. Write about the magnificence of the Wang Teng Pavilion, with broad vision and bright autumn colors; Then, from banquet entertainment to life experience, express the feelings of life experience; Then the writer's experience and confession should be encouraged by himself, and finally end with poetry and self-deprecating words.

The full text reveals the author's ambition and resentment. Except for a few function words, the whole article is double. Syntax consists of four sentences and six sentences, arranged neatly; Almost a whole story, more natural and appropriate, elegant and skilled.

Background of extended data creation

During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, Yan Mou, the governor of Hongzhou, rebuilt the pavilion, and hosted a banquet in Wang Tengting on the ninth day of February last year (675) to entertain the ministers and guests. The author went south to visit relatives and passed by here. He also attended the ceremony, improvised poems and wrote this preface.

The whole article uses antithetical sentences, which have both literal and phonological meanings. For example, "the sky is vast and the universe is infinite; I am full of sorrow and I know a lot. " "QuGuYi in changsha, not ownerless; Loud in the sea, is it lack of time? " "Sunset and lonely Qi Fei, autumn waters and sky are the same color" and so on. One sentence is flat and even, and the upper and lower sentences are flat and even.

This emphasis on melody does not affect the expression of meaning, and the sentences written are cadence, musical and poetic. This preface, such as Treasure of One Thing, Cai Jun's Insanity, Purple Electric Green Frost, Jade Bird Huanglong, Suiyuan Bamboo, Shui Ye Zhu Hua, etc., is typical of paying attention to diction. In this way, the article is colorful and pleasing to the eye.

Brief introduction of the author

Wang Bo (650-676) was born in Longmen, Jiangzhou (now Hejin, Shanxi). Wen Zi, grandson of Wang Tong, a scholar at the end of Sui Dynasty, was a poet in Tang Dynasty. At the age of fourteen, he was named as a "sojourner" and "Chao Saburo".

Offended by his composition, he lived in Sichuan and was exiled. Later, Zhou joined the army, committed a capital crime, was pardoned and dismissed. In 27 years, he drowned because he crossed the South China Sea to visit his father. He is as famous as Yang Jiong, Lu and Liu, and is called "four outstanding men in the early Tang Dynasty".

References:

Wang Teng Pavilion-Preface of Baidu Encyclopedia