十无常曲【英】

Ten Songs on Impermanence

定义

唐人礼佛歌辞，作者不详。十首。失调名，任二北据内容拟补。全辞通过咏叹世事无常以劝人礼佛，用典精要，内容丰富，是同类曲辞中的上乘之作。

Ten sets of lyrics for Buddha worshipping during the Tang Dynasty, with the authors unidentified. The original tune name was lost, and the current tune name was given by Ren Erbei according to its content. By expounding the impermanence of all phenomena, the songs exhort people to worship the Buddha. The work is featured by its rich content and a precise and skilled use of allusions, and thus is considered one of the best of its kind.