Like meteors and lightning: fleeting and
swift.(流星飛電)
Chinese Taoism believes in a special
connection between the human body and the universe. Through specific Taoist
practices, some people can undergo unique transformations of their body and
mind.
If they succeed, they can achieve
immortality.
Li Bai, a renowned Tang Dynasty poet from
China, embraced these Taoist concepts. Later generations considered his poems
to be those of someone who had achieved immortality, possessing a philosophical
realm beyond our own.
Tu Long, a playwright from the Ming
dynasty, wrote a play about Li Bai's life. One poem from the play reads as
follows:
'The brilliance, glory, wealth and power we
experience in life are like meteors and lightning: fleeting and swift, usually
vanishing in a very short time.'
The things we find beautiful often slip
away as quickly as an arrow shot from a bow or a ball rolling down a hill;
before we've even felt satisfied, they're gone.
I realised the brevity of life and wanted
to become immortal. So I left home to search far and wide for the abode of the
immortals.
In my imagination, this place would have a
green bamboo forest and a clear spring. There, I could hear the wind rustling
through the pine trees and be surrounded by a mysterious mist.
Looking up, I could see dragons and
phoenixes soaring in the clouds, and looking down, white cranes moving slowly
across the fields.
It would be wonderful to become immortal! I
could drift on the vast ocean in my leisure time and visit the magnificent
houses where the immortals resided when I felt like resting.
This idiom literally translates as 'as fast
as a shooting star or lightning'.
It is used to describe extreme speed.
Dear friend,What are your thoughts or
feelings after hearing this story?
Do you believe that people can elevate
their souls through spiritual practice? What do you think the ideal life is?
I hope this story gives you some new
insights.
流星飛電(Like meteors and lightning: fleeting
and swift.)
中國的道家相信人體跟宇宙之間有一種特殊的關聯性，有些人可以通過一些特殊的道教的修煉方式來讓自已的身體與心靈發生特殊的轉化。
若一個有福氣的人通過這種修練方式並且成功之後，這個人就可以達到長生不老的境界。
中國的唐王朝有一個著名的詩人，他的名字叫做李白。他認同且相信道家的這些觀念，他寫的詩，被後代的人們認為像是一個已經達到長生不老的境界的人一樣，有著超越我們所生活的這個世界的思想境界。
明王朝有一個名字叫做(屠隆)的劇作家，以李白的一生為藍本創作了一齣戲劇，這齣戲劇中，有一首詩的內容如下。
我們人生中所會經歷到的光輝、榮耀、財富與權力，是像是流星與閃電一樣的飛速，這些東西通常會在很短的時間內就消逝。
我們覺得美好的那些事物，往往就像是一隻射出的箭與滾下山坡的圓球一樣，在我們尚未覺得滿足的時候，這些東西就已經離我們遠去
我覺察到人生短暫這一點，我想要成為不朽，所於我離開我的家，到處去找尋那些仙人所居住的地方。
在我的想像中，那個地方應該可以看到一片綠色的竹林與一窪清澈的泉水，待在那個地方可以聽到風吹過松樹的沙沙的聲音，周圍有著神祕的霧氣。
抬頭時可以看到龍與鳳在雲朵中飛翔，低下頭可以看到有著白鶴在田野中慢慢前進。
如果我可以成為一個仙人該有多好，那麼我就能夠在空閒的時候躺在廣闊的大海上漂流，在我覺得想休息的時候就到那些仙人所居住的華麗的房屋中遊玩。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是像是流星與閃電一樣的飛速。
這句成語被用來形容一種非常快速的狀態。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的感受或有怎樣的想法呢。
你認為人可以藉由修行提升自己的靈魂高度嗎?你認為最理想的生活應該是怎樣的呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為明-屠隆-綵毫記-第五齣-湘娥訪道