Bearing witness to great historical turbulence, when lives were but mere blades of grass, the Chinese when faced with the misfortune of death could only "grieve over the shortness of life, envy the never-ending Yangtze," and shrug it off.
只不過看多了歷史動盪、命如草芥，中國人對於生死變故也只能「哀吾生之須臾，羨長江之無窮」，而以灑落胸懷來面對了。