A Dream for a Lifetime

It is said that there are eight sufferings in life: birth, old age, illness, death, not being able to get what you want, meeting resentments and hatreds, being separated from love, and the five yin excesses. If "birth" is not painful, why do babies cry when they are born? If it is said that "old age" is not painful, phlegm and fire are always present, making it difficult to walk. If it is said that "sickness" is not painful, why do people in the world pray for good health and no one prays for illness? If "death" is not painful, why do relatives shed tears to say goodbye and how many people wear red and colorful foreheads to celebrate? If "love" is not bitter, then why throughout the ages, it is difficult for lovers to get married, half of life is spent in separation; seeking but not getting, tossing and turning, hard to calm down, bitter; resentment in the heart, hatred for a long time, hate to meet again, bitter; there is no pure land in the world, but everyone has their own suffering, they are all mourning guests in the mortal world, don't laugh at who is the poor one. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.