生死无常，名利如烟，人生如戏，淡然处之。

Life and death are unpredictable, fame and fortune are like smoke, life is like a play, and one should remain indifferent to it.

1. 《人生》（日语：人生）是由日本轻小说家川岸殴鱼著作、ななせめるち担当插画的轻小说。

1. "Life" (Japanese: 人生) is a light novel written by Japanese light novel author Kogane Takumi and illustrated by Nanase Merauchi.

2. 尽量的演好人生这场戏，按照自己喜欢的方式度过一生。

2. Do your best to perform well in this life drama and spend your lifetime in the way you like.

3. 人生就是一场戏。

3. Life is but a stage.

4. 我们或许无法改变自己的命运，但是可以改变自己支配命运的态度，心平气和地对待生命中发生的一切。

4. We may not be able to change our destiny, but we can change our attitude towards dominating it, and calmly deal with everything that happens in life.

5. 不管我们多牛多厉害，多了不起，以后都要变成火葬场里的一缕浓烟，你扬名立万也好，一事无成也罢，万众瞩目也好，孤独终老也罢，最后的结局都是这个样子。

5. No matter how great or powerful we are, no matter how remarkable we may seem, in the end, we will all turn into a wisp of thick smoke in a crematorium. Whether you become famous and leave a mark on the world or achieve nothing at all, whether you are in the spotlight or live a solitary life to the end, the ultimate outcome for all of us is the same.

6. 2018年9月27日，路遥的《人生》 入选“中国改革开放四十周年最有影响力小说”。

6. On September 27, 2018, Lu You's novel "Life" was selected as one of the "Most Influential Novels of the 40th Anniversary of China's Reform and Opening-up."

7. 我们无法决定自己站在什么样的舞台上，无法决定自己己拥有什么样的配角，但是可以决定自己怎么去演这场戏。

7. We cannot decide on the stage we stand on, nor can we decide on the supporting roles we possess, but we can decide on how to act out this play.

8. 不要为了追名逐利而费尽心机，最好的活法就是在平平淡淡的生活里过知足常乐的日子。宠辱不惊，看庭前花开花落，去留随意，任天上云卷云舒。

8. Do not resort to all kinds of cunning just to pursue fame and wealth. The best way to live is to enjoy the days of contentment in a plain and ordinary life. Remain unimpressed by fame and disgrace, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the courtyard, leave or stay as you wish, and let the clouds gather and disperse in the sky.

9. 意思是，曹操当年率领几十万大军南下，战船绵延千里，旌旗遮蔽了天空，他把酒倒入滔滔江水，一边舞动长矛，一边吟诗作赋，多么豪放潇洒，多么不可一世，多么叱咤风云，现在他在哪里呢？在坟墓里！在永恒的虚无里！

9. It means that Cao Cao once led hundreds of thousands of troops southward, with warships stretching for thousands of miles and banners blocking the sky. He poured wine into the vast river, dancing with a long spear in one hand while composing poems with the other, how free and unrestrained he was, how awe-inspiring and dominant, yet where is he now? In the grave! In the eternal void!

10. 苏东坡在赤壁赋中写道：“舳舻千里，旌旗蔽空，酾酒临江，横槊赋诗，固一世之雄也，而且安哉哉？”

10. Su Dongpo wrote in his essay "The赋 of Red Cliffs": "With the ships stretching a thousand miles, banners covering the sky, pouring wine by the river, wielding a spear and composing poetry, he was indeed a hero of his time, and how peaceful and content he was!"

11. 庄子的妻子去世了，庄子一点都不难过，在堂屋前敲着瓦盆唱歌，朋友惠子前去质问他，庄子回答说，我的妻子本来什么都没有，天地之间的某一种气息凝聚成形，变成了人胎，赋予了某种特质，我的妻子就出现了，现在妻子去世了，又变成了天地之间的一种气息，回归于宇宙之间。死亡是一种回归，回到了他当初来的那个地方，不用在这个人世间受苦了，难道我不该为他感到高兴吗？

11. Zhuangzi's wife passed away, and he was not at all sad. He was knocking on a tile pot and singing in front of the hall. His friend Huizi went to ask him about it, and Zhuangzi replied, "My wife originally had nothing. Some kind of Qi in the universe condensed and took shape, forming a human fetus, endowing it with certain characteristics, and thus my wife was born. Now that she has passed away, she has once again become a kind of Qi in the universe, returning to the cosmos. Death is a return, a return to where it originally came from. She no longer has to suffer in this world. Shouldn't I be happy for her?"

12. 如果命运对你并不友好，一定要乐观豁达，做一个无可救药的乐天派，不怕苦，不怕痛，不怕委屈，潇潇洒洒，无拘无束，乐天知命。

12. If fate is not kind to you, always maintain an optimistic and open-minded attitude, be an incurable optimist, not afraid of hardship, pain, or injustice, living a carefree life without constraints, and embracing the philosophy of being content with one's destiny.

13. 文殊菩萨：“生与死，也如同昼与夜。你活着时，称之为生；死去时，称之为死。实则，生死本无二相，不过是生命的不同阶段罢了。生命亦是如此。生与死，只是形态的变化，本质却从未改变。就像水无论化为雨雪还是蒸汽，它始终是水。你的生命，无论经历多少次生死轮回，本质始终是清净的觉醒。”

13. Manjushri Bodhisattva: "Life and death are like day and night. When you are alive, it is called life; when you die, it is called death. In fact, there are no two aspects of life and death; they are merely different stages of life. Life is the same. Life and death are merely changes in form, but the essence has never changed. Just as water remains water whether it turns into rain, snow, or steam. Your life, no matter how many times you experience the cycle of life and death, the essence remains pure and awake."

14. 如果别人对你并不友好，你也不要太在意，世界是自己的，和其他人毫无关系。

14. If others are not friendly to you, don't take it too seriously either. The world is your own, and has nothing to do with others.

15. 三寸气在千般用，一旦无常万事休。我们放不下的肉身，最后要在火葬场烧为灰烬。我们舍不下的名利，会随着生命的结束而一笔勾销。人生就是一出戏，与其被动地承受痛苦，不如主动地演绎精彩。

15. A mere breath of life is useful in a thousand ways, but once it ceases, all things come to an end. The physical body we cannot let go of will finally be burned to ashes at the crematorium. The fame and wealth we can't bear to leave behind will be wiped out with the end of life. Life is a play, and it is better to actively perform the role of a wonderful play than to passively endure the pain.

16. 世事变幻，如白云苍狗。

16. The world is ever-changing, like white clouds and black dogs.

17. 小说以改革时期陕北高原的城乡生活为时空背景，描写了高中毕业生高加林回到土地又离开土地，再离开土地，再回到土地这样人生的变化过程构成了其故事构架。

17. The novel is set against the backdrop of the rural and urban life in northern Shaanxi Plateau during the reform period. It describes the life-changing process of a high school graduate named Gao Jialin, who returns to the land, leaves it again, leaves it once more, and then returns to the land, which forms the narrative framework of the story.

18. 人生无常，如真似幻。

18. Life is unpredictable, as real as a dream.

19. 别人笑我太疯癫，我笑他人看不穿。不见五陵豪杰墓，无花无酒锄作田。

19. Others laugh at me for being too crazy, but I laugh at them for not seeing through. I haven't seen the tombs of the heroes of the five cities, where flowers and wine have been turned into farmland.

20. 单行本第6卷封带上宣布了该作TV动画化和漫画化的决定。漫画由松山せいじ作画，将于《月刊Sunday GX》2014年3月号（2月19日发售）上开始连载。2013年11月发表电视动画化决定消息，预定2014年7月在TOKYO、读卖电视台、中东电视台、BS11放送。

20. The announcement of the TV animation and manga adaptation of the work was made on the cover of Volume 6 of the single-volume edition. The manga is illustrated by Matsuyama Seiji and will start serialization in the March 2014 issue of "Monthly Sunday GX" (on sale February 19th). The decision to animate the TV series was announced in November 2013, with plans to air in July 2014 on TOKYO TV, Yomiuri TV, Middle East TV, and BS11.

21. 《人生》是作家路遥创作的小说，也是其成名作。原载《收获》1982年第三期，获1981——1982全国优秀中篇小说奖。

21. "Life" is a novel written by the author Lu Yao, and it is also his成名作 (literally "fame-making work"). It was originally published in the third issue of "Harvest" in 1982 and won the National Excellent Short Story Award for 1981-1982.

22. 千古艰难为一死！每个人都无法逃避死亡，与其战战兢兢，惴惴不安，恐惧不已，还不如坦然地接受这一种自然规律，以顺其自然的态度，接待随时可能到来的死亡。

22. The difficulty of a lifetime is but one death! No one can escape death. Rather than trembling, being restless, and filled with fear, it is better to calmly accept this natural law and greet the death that may come at any moment with a natural attitude.

23. 你是自己人生的编剧、主角和制片人，天下人都是你的配角。

23. You are the screenwriter, leading actor, and producer of your own life, and everyone else is a supporting character in your story.