Did you know? Particularly ancient philosophical thinking, when viewed today, doesn't seem behind the times at all, on the contrary, it's really significant.

Why has a shopaholic like yourself become philosophical?

It seems like hardships make one more mature. What you said makes sense, and can turn an ordinary guy into a philosopher in an instant. So what was your revelation?

This logic, this critical thinking. Thanks wifey, your Marxist dialectical materialism teacher and I must both be crying tears of joy.

Hmm, I have to give props to our philosopher teacher, it's like this, a face and figure will decide if I understand their way of thinking, and her way of thinking decides if I will reject her face and body in one go. You are perfect, wifey!

The reason I say this line of poetry is representative of Symbolism, is because in a concrete but subtle way, it shows that which many philosophers have been unable to explain clearly; It shows the essences of the two opposing forms of humanity, but, at the same time, it shows the harmony between the essences of these two opposing forms.

During the Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties era, the seven sages of the bamboo grove, who were representative literary figures of that time, often congregated at Lanting, or Orchid Pavilion, in Shaoxing. They would set their cups of wine in the upper reaches of a channel of water as a game, and whoever it floated down beside would have to drink the wine or compose a poem. In the year 353, the ninth year of Emperor Mu of Jin's Yonghe era, Wang Xizhi wrote the 'Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion' while in the throes of drunkenness, creating an unparalleled piece of Chinese calligraphy. During the Ming and Qing dynasties Shaoxing became even richer in culture. In around one hundred years, renowned scholars and philosophers such as Wang Yangming, Wang Ji, Ji Ben, and Xu Wei came on to the scene one after another.

That's so creative, the style of the unrestrained school is more optimistic and sanguine, so this ci poem reflects this spirit. Su Shi incorporates the joys and sorrows of the world into the search for a philosophical theory of life in the universe. Although there are partings and sorrow, there is also hope and longing for life.

The emotion is really reflected in the scene. The depth of the philosophical thoughts suggest that the literati of ancient China really were quite profound and lofty.

Huh! Your philosophical way of life sounds really quite boring. When I've taken the photos of the dawn light, don't get jealous!