Stick #83

The Insatiable Human Heart

Fair

Poem

How few are the idle hours in mortal days,

Life's matters pile like mountain ranges high;

With wealth secured, yet frets for noble heirs,

Unseeing blooms must fade as time goes by.

凡麈身歷幾時閒

世事渾如叠叠山

既富尚憂無貴子

不知花放又花殘

Interpretation

In this mortal world, we rarely find true leisure—life's affairs accumulate like towering mountains. Even with wealth secured, one still worries about lacking distinguished heirs, blind to how flowers bloom only to wither. This sign reveals the transient nature of worldly splendor: neither riches, fame, nor family endure. Clinging to these brings no peace, only exhaustion as life swiftly fades. Those who draw this sign should embrace simplicity—no gain, no loss. Worry not, for nothing here is truly urgent.

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