Opening a volume of "The Moon Shined on Me Then" also opened up the past events. I saw the fallen flowers, originally covered by the years, in the Zen silence of yesterday. Time is like a magpie bridge, allowing me to see the moonlight and sunshine from another life again. I have sealed the gorgeous spring scenery of those years with pen and ink, only to recall it when I grow old. People will grow old like withered grass and willows, but this volume of writing seems to have been smeared with gouache and rouge, lasting forever.
I was once a top ranked player, of course, that was a long time ago. If it weren't for being involved in the world, I would be living a different life now. Looking back on the past years, it is like having a dream. Sometimes I was covered with rain of flowers in the south of the Yangtze River, and sometimes I saw a smoke of gunpowder outside the Great Wall. At this time, I saw the spring flowers in the fence yard, and at that time I saw the autumn moon on the balcony. There is bloodshed in the rivers and lakes, intrigues in officialdom, romance in love, thrills in the battlefield, and deep secrecy in the court. Everything seems like yesterday.
Thirty years later, while taking a leisurely stroll around the lake, I was surprised to see white lotuses in bud, dragonflies leaving their lotuses, and the scent of the lotus reflected in the wind. There is no shocking touch at first sight, but there is a lingering feeling of knowing each other in a previous life. When I returned, although I was very old and my beauty was no longer young, I had shared a unique and cherishable life. I have no memory of how many confidantes I have had in my life. All I can remember is the romance of my life and a graceful and vivid volume of "The Moon Shined on Me Then".
The breeze blows and dances on the lotus leaves, which only makes everyone jealous. In a blink of an eye, summer has gone and autumn has withered, the time has been spent, and the road to the end of the world is unknown. I remembered the summer thirty years ago. It was also on such a day that I stepped into the world for the first time.