There are fields that are not cultivated and books that are not read. The edge of the sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold. If you don't study hard when you are young, you will regret studying late when you are old. I hate books when I use them, but I don't know how difficult it is until I pass by. Board orange sit cold for ten years, the article is not empty.
Wisdom comes from diligence, and greatness comes from the ordinary. There is a road in the mountain of books, but there is no limit to learning the sea. If you don't work hard when you are young, your boss will be sad. You must work hard if you want to survive and be rich.
Diligently translate this warning story;
There are fields that are not cultivated, and warehouses have no reserves. Of course it's empty. Children and grandchildren are certainly ignorant if they don't study. The sharp edge of the sword is obtained from constant sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossom comes from its cold winter. If you don't study hard early when you are a teenager, I'm afraid you will regret studying too late when you are old.
Knowledge always makes people feel too inadequate to use. I don't know how difficult it is to do many things without personal experience. Learned people should be patient and sit on the bench for ten years without complaining, but the article is actually written without half a flashy empty talk. Human wisdom is acquired through hard work. Only by studying hard and having more experience can he increase his knowledge and wisdom. Great people are transformed from ordinary people, and ordinary people can become great as long as they work hard.
On the road to study, there is no shortcut, and there is no boat sailing with the wind. "Diligence" and "assiduousness" are essential if you want to learn more and more knowledge from the vast amount of books and knowledge. If young people don't work hard in time, they will only regret it for a lifetime when they are old. If you want to be rich, you must work hard.
This article is excerpted from "Human Warning" revised in Ming Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty.
Extended data writing background:
The Holy Book of Police is a children's enlightenment bibliography compiled by China in Ming Dynasty. The title of the book was first seen in the drama Peony Pavilion in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, so it can be inferred that this book was written in the Wanli period at the latest.
It looks chaotic on the surface, but as long as you read this book carefully, it is not difficult to find its internal logic. This book's understanding of human nature is based on the Confucian Xunzi's "theory of evil nature" and gives a cold insight into social life. Feelings are polluted by money. "No one in the urban area asks you if you are poor, and if you have money in the mountainous area, you have distant relatives";
Friendship is just a lie. "There are many brothers with wine and meat, and you have never met anyone in an emergency"; Honor is determined by money, "don't believe it, but watch the wine in the banquet, first persuade the rich"; Law and justice are manipulated by money, "the yamen is open, and no money can enter"; Human nature is distorted by interests, "there are straight trees in the mountains, but there are no straight people in the world";
Sophistication leads people to guess. "It's hard to paint a tiger's skin but a bone, and people know its face but not its heart"; Good and evil are inseparable. "Going into the mountains is not afraid of hurting the tiger, but it is a double-edged sword." The book "Warning" highly summarizes the dark phenomena in many aspects of society and displays them in front of readers coldly.
Most of the sentences in Jing Shi Xian Wen come from a subset of Confucian classics, poems and songs, opera novels and miscellaneous notes of literati, and their thoughts directly or indirectly come from Confucian classics. Broadly speaking, it is a popular version of "classic" rewarded by exquisite and popular tastes.
You can read it without explanation, and you can also understand the thoughts and life wisdom of the scriptures by reading Jing Shi Xian Wen. A cautionary tale is an anthology of proverbs.
About the author:
Zhou once revised the children's enlightenment reading "Warning". During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the year of birth and death was ominous. In the preface, he said that he was an old pedant and a teacher.