What is life? What is fate?
Life, simply put, refers to the entire span of a person's existence from birth to death. This existence might be fleeting, like the mayfly's ephemeral lifespan, or as extended as the legendary life of Pengzu, a figure from Chinese culture reputed to have lived for over 800 years. A person's life might be celebrated worldwide, or it could be tarnished by notoriety. It could be an epoch of prosperity and honor or a saga of poverty and destitution. The possibilities are abundant. However, regardless of these circumstances, life inevitably culminates in death. Once one's final moment arrives, it can be likened to the end of a dream. Therefore, life is impermanent; all is an illusion and facade, and everything will eventually return to emptiness.
During the course of life, various factors, such as self, others, events, objects, and environments, either directly or indirectly, engender a spectrum of phenomena or outcomes. Wealth or poverty, prestige or humiliation, longevity or brevity of life, wisdom or foolishness, fortune or misfortune, blessings or calamities, success or failure, gains or losses, superiority or inferiority can be viewed as elements of life's fate.
