enjoy while one can

enjoy while one can

"Today you have wine, today you are drunk" is a well-known sentence, which comes from Luo Yin's "self dispatch" in Tang Dynasty: "when you get it, you sing loudly, when you lose it, you will stop. When you worry about it, you will hate it. Today we have wine, today we are drunk, tomorrow we are worried, tomorrow we are worried. " This expresses the author's optimistic and open mind.

This sentence often refers to people muddling along, only thinking about the present and not thinking about tomorrow's sorrow. It reveals the negative emotion of being happy in time in life. But in the late Tang Dynasty, when the politics were corrupt, how could it not be a kind of frankness? And the poet ordered his poem to say "self dispatch", which means self relief?

"It's a day to be bitter and a day to be happy. Why not be happy?" Luo Yin's official career is bumpy, and he won ten scholarships, but not the first one. This poem was written by Luo Yin with emotion and self mockery, but it is also a pity that later generations compare him to muddle along.

original text

In Tang Dynasty, Luo Yin sang loudly when he got something, and stopped when he lost something. He was worried and hated for a long time. Today we have wine, today we are drunk, tomorrow we are worried.

Word notes

① De: you can point to it. Loss: loss. (2) leisurely: leisurely. Today: today.

Vernacular translation

I'll sing happily when I get something. I'm not sad when I lose something. I can't change anything when I'm sad all day. If you have wine today, get drunk. If you have worry tomorrow, wait until tomorrow.

interpretation

Literal meaning

Drink today, get drunk today, worry tomorrow, worry tomorrow. 1. Describe a person who muddles along and only cares about the enjoyment in front of him. 2. It's used to persuade people to be free and easy, but not too worried. Describe people as straightforward.

Other meanings

In journey to the west, the heavenly soldiers and generals are approaching shuilian cave, and the monkeys are in a panic. However, the monkey king says, "today we have wine. Today we are drunk. Don't worry about right and wrong in front of the door." This sentence is enough to reflect Wukong's optimism and conceit.

Examples of usage

Some people are passive in life, willing to sink, often say that he is "today's wine, today's drunk" answer you. some people rise and fall, but when they feel helpless, they are also self mocking that they are drunk today. some people are under pressure, and they are worried. If they are persuaded by others, it is also the persuasion of "having wine and getting drunk today". there are different opinions on this sentence, so the user should consider it.

Creative background

Luo Yin, who lived in the late Tang Dynasty with extreme political corruption and his career was rough, turned his progress into anger because he did not rank in the first place after ten promotions. He often exposed the ugliness of reality, criticized the corruption of politics and expressed his anger.

Appreciation of famous sentences

"Today there is wine, today drunk", the poet here tells the world: when frustration can not be resolved, you can be drunk to relieve. As a matter of fact, it has existed since ancient times to use wine to relieve worries. Cao Cao said, "only Du Kang can relieve worries.". But this kind of words from the poet's mouth will have a different taste. If you really have wine to relieve worries all the time, it's OK to be drunk all your life. However, the poet is a poor scholar. He can't drink every day. The repetition of the two "today" shows that the so-called relief is only temporary relief. It seems that in the face of the world's endless troubles and frustrations, the poet has no way to solve them.