What does it mean to live like summer flowers and die like autumn water?

Zheng Zhenduo translated "Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves". Why do you say "life is like summer flowers"? Roland, a writer in Taiwan Province Province, once wrote in his essay "Summer Suite": "Summer flowers are different from spring flowers, and they have strong vitality. If spring flowers bloom because of the warmth of the wind, then summer flowers are inspired by the sun. " It is said that "life is like summer flowers" precisely because summer flowers have gorgeous and prosperous life, which blooms in the sunniest season, such as the spirit of life running, jumping and flying, thus interpreting the brilliance of life. Of course, another meaning of "life is like summer flowers" may be to reveal the shortness and haste of life. Pu Shu expressed his understanding of this point in his song Life is Like Summer Flowers: "As short as a surprise/as gorgeous as summer flowers/I am a blink of an eye/a flame across the horizon". Summer flowers, flames, a glimpse, not the same beauty, but equally short, life is equally short. Xi Murong's other poem "Beautiful Mood" also deeply regrets: "Life is a speeding train ... all moments are hasty and vague/unless you can stop/look back from a distance". But time never stops for someone, youth is like poetry, and years are like songs. When life goes through vicissitudes, the sweetness of the past becomes a memory, and life will soon come to an end. Man can't stop the decline of life just as man can't stop the withering of flowers. Thus, there is another poem by Tagore, "Death is as beautiful as autumn leaves". Qu Yuan, a great poet in ancient China, expounded the beauty of autumn leaves incisively and vividly. Yu Guangzhong, a writer in Taiwan Province, once described autumn caused by wind as follows: "Around autumn, there is a Turkish jade sky above and a Prussian blue sky below. When the wind blows, the leaves of the maple forest roll over the fragrant sunshine, as if knocking over a box of agates. " Comparing the terrible death to the quiet autumn leaves shows the generous feelings of the poet Tagore. Since beauty can't be preserved after all, it can't be just regret, but should be cherished. "Butterflies count/are not months/but moments/butterflies have plenty of time", which reflects the poet's open-minded and peaceful attitude towards life. "Death is as beautiful as autumn leaves" is not as tragic as Mount Tai, nor as trivial as "light as a feather", but it has an understanding of the laws of nature and the mysteries of life, and a wise man's accurate positioning of the vast universe. It is a common cultural psychology to describe life with summer flowers and death with autumn leaves. Life is like summer flowers and death is like autumn leaves. It is to explain life with poetry, and also to turn life into a beautiful poem. People who can understand poetry and life in this way undoubtedly have great wisdom and courage.