FRAGILE LIFE
The pine tree: The pine tree on the cliff represents money, property, reputation, status, etc. While these things are considered the hallmarks of a successful life, in the face of death they are powerless and without meaning. This insight was realized by the illustrious Chinese emperors Qin Shi Huang and Han Gaozu: when their end came, they could not help but sigh, " Ah, lif is but a dream within a dream!" Thus, they quietly left the world. Can we cling to our money, property, reputation, and status, as well as greet death with a smile on our face? That is impossible, because when death comes none of it can come with us. The Vine: The vine is metaphor for the habitual ways we unconsciously cling to life. If we are young or middle-aged, we automatically assume that we have twenty,thirty even forty more years of life. But should we have this much time or even more, what of it? Think about it: Like a dream, the past 20 or 30 years have gone by in the time it...
