Chapter 22 Chapter 12 On Old Age—The Natural Rhythm of Life

One of the rhythms of nature governs our bodies from childhood, youth, old age, decay, and even death.There is also a kind of beauty in entering old age safely and easily.Among the words I often quote, there is a line that I often say, which is "the song of autumn". I once wrote about the mood of entering the old state under peace and ease.Here's what I had to say about Early Fall Spirit. There comes a time in our lives, as individuals and as a nation, when we are filled with the spirit of early autumn, when green and gold mingle, sorrow and joy mix, hope and memory Alternate.There comes a time in our lives when the innocence of youth is a memory, and the echoes of summer's exuberance are still faintly audible in the air; How to struggle and work hard, but how to enjoy the precious moments you have; not how to waste energy, but how to store this energy for winter use.At this time, I feel that I have reached a certain place, settled down, and achieved what I want in my heart.At this time, I feel that I have gained something. Compared with the grandeur and luxuriance of the past, it is precious and small. Some can last for a long time.

I love spring, but I am too young.I love summer, but too proud.So I love autumn best because its leaves are golden, ripe, rich, but a little sad and a harbinger of death.Its golden richness signifies not the pure ignorance of spring, nor the mighty power of summer, but the mellowness and amiable wisdom of old age.In the autumn of life, I feel satisfied knowing the limit of life.Knowing the limit of life, under the rich experience, there is the tuning of the color, its richness can never be reached, its green means life and strength, its orange means golden satisfaction, and its purple means obedience and death .The moonlight shines on the autumn trees, and their faces are pale and contemplative; the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the autumn trees, and they are still laughing and laughing.The morning breeze sweeps across the mountains, making the trembling leaves fall to the ground easily and happily. No one knows whether the song of falling leaves is a song of laughter or tears of parting.Because it is a spiritual song of early autumn, there is tranquility, wisdom, and a mature spirit, smiling to sorrow, and praising the refreshing breeze of joy.The praise for the spirit of early autumn is Xin Qiji's "Ugly Slave":

teenagers don't know how to feel sad fall in love fall in love express sorrow for new words Now I know all the sorrow say goodbye say goodbye But it's a cool autumn I consider myself very lucky to have lived to such an old age.Many great people of my generation have already entered the ghost record.No matter what people say, people who live to eighty or ninety are, after all, a minority.Hu Shizhi, Mei Yiqi, Jiang Menglin, and Gu Mengyu have all left.Stalin, Hitler, Churchill, de Gaulle, are gone too.What does that matter?As for me, I will try my best to preserve my health and live at least another ten years.This precious life is so beautiful that it cannot be expressed in words, and everyone would like to live forever.But when we think about it calmly, we immediately know that life is like a candle before the wind.In terms of life, everyone is equal, regardless of rich or poor, regardless of high or low, which makes up for the lack of democratic ideals.Our children and grandchildren have also grown up.They all had their days, each lived his own life, spent his own life, in changed circumstances, in a world forever changing.Perhaps millions more will die in World War III before the world's overpopulation explodes.Compared with such upheavals, the world is still peaceful and prosperous now.

To prevent that disaster from coming, people must have foresight and make proper arrangements in advance. When everyone looks back on his life, he may feel that what he has done in his life has been successful, and he may think that it is not good enough.When old age comes, no matter what, he already has the right to rest, to live in leisure, to enjoy family happiness with his children and grandchildren, and to enjoy the fruits of the best among people in a close family. I am lucky to have these children, who are filial and dear, and who are all smart and solve problems and fulfill their duties well.Grandchildren, nephews, and nieces can be said to be "children and grandchildren around the knees". I also think that I have a lot of face to have such children.Politics is not too important to me.There are fewer and fewer friends, and many are already dead.Even those who are most irreversible to us cannot be with us forever.What we have done in life will remain behind us.The reputation of the world is nothing more than wind and horse, and it has nothing to do with it.In any case, the tension has been lifted and the energy to take on the big responsibilities has waned.Even if I compile another Chinese-English dictionary, no one will pay me for the manuscript.The completion of the "Contemporary Chinese-English Dictionary" is not more important than lowering blood pressure, nor is it comparable to a stable electrocardiogram.I was really busy working on that Chinese-English dictionary.

As soon as I wrote the last line of that huge volume of millions of words, that last line became a trace of my steps.At that time I had a preliminary heart attack and the doctor told me to rest for two months.