38. Without a deep understanding of the world, who can see through the implications of life and death, old and sick?

人不得道，生死老病四字關，誰能透過？獨美人名將，老病之狀，尤為可憐。

【今文解譯】

生老病死是人生四大關卡，人若不徹悟其道，又怎能看得透？尤其是那些名滿天下的美女和戰將，他們的老境和病狀尤其令人唏噓。

【English Translation】

Without a deep understanding of the way of the world, how can one see through the implications of life and death, old and sick? As a matter of fact, the beauties with no peril and the generals with no enemy, when old and sick, are most pitiful.

真放肆不在飲酒高歌