“Bosuanzi: My Body is Like a Leaf Boat” is a poem by Chen Guan, a poet and calligrapher in the Song Dynasty. It uses the small boat in the wind and waves to metaphorically describe the various encounters in life.
《卜算子·身如一叶舟》是宋朝词人、书法家陈瓘的一首词，借出没风浪里的小舟比喻人生的各种遭遇。
《卜算子·身如一叶舟》 陈瓘
身如一叶舟，
万事潮头起。
水长船高一任伊，
来往洪涛里。
潮落又潮生，
今古长如此。
后夜开尊独酌时，
月满人千里。
Song of Divination
Chen Guan
My body is a leaflike boat,
And like the tide all events flow.
I let my boat on the rising tidy float;
So on the waves I come and go.
The tide may fall and rise again;
As of old will things stop and start.
Next time when I drink alone, the moon will not wane,
But we’re a thousand miles apart.
