你觉得这个世界是真实的吗？

传道者说，虚空的虚空，虚空的虚空。凡事都是虚空。
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

1:3 人一切的劳碌，就是他在日光之下的劳碌，有什么益处呢。
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

1:4 一代过去，一代又来。地却永远长存。
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

1:5 日头出来，日头落下，急归所出之地。
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

1:6 风往南刮，又向北转，不住的旋转，而且返回转行原道。
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

1:7 江河都往海里流，海却不满。江河从何处流，仍归何处。
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

1:8 万事令人厌烦。（或作万物满有困乏）人不能说尽。眼看，看不饱，耳听，听不足。
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

由此可见，似乎人活着好象没什么意思。