Who gives grass such a tenacious life force?

Lush grass on the plains,

in one year, withers and thrives once each.

Wildfire does not burn it completely;

when spring winds blow, it lives again.

Afar, fragrance occupies ancient roads;

a fine jade-green stretches to a ruined city.

Once more I see off a nobleman;

the lush grasses full of the emotion of departure. (Source: www.eastasiastudent.net)

It’s a poem by Bai Juyi, which I learnt in elementary school. At that time, through my teacher’s explanation, I understood: The point of this poem is that the life force of weeds is very strong and tenacious. Even though burned up by a fire in autumn, it will grow exuberantly again from the charred roots when next spring comes. The poem figuratively describes the tenacious and inextinguishable life force. Especially when reading the verse “Wildfire does not burn it completely; when spring winds blow, it lives again,” we are very envious that grass can have such a tenacious life force. I always use this word to encourage myself that only tenacious efforts can lead me to success.

In the previous period, I saw that many netizens were participating in a hot discussion about a post. I followed them and found that they were discussing about a line of verse “Wildfire does not burn it completely; when spring winds blow, it lives again.” Someone asked, “Why does the grass have such a tenacious life force? Why can it live again when spring winds blow, after being burned up by wildfire? Where does it receive such a tenacious life force from?” At that time, no one could give an answer. These questions also aroused my thought: Right! Grass, though unremarkable, actually has such a tenacious life force. Who gives them such a tenacious life force? Read more: http://www.rainbowtoken.com/the-life...-of-grass.html