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Li Bai's Preface to the Spring Banquet in Peach and Plum Garden

The husband of heaven and earth is the inverse of everything. Time flies, and a hundred generations have passed. And floating like a dream, for joy geometry? Gurenbin

It is beneficial to travel by candlelight at night. Kuang Yangchun told me to smoke, and I made a big fake article. Will be peach, plum and fragrant garden, order affection.

Ji Junxiu, the hedonic group, does everything for Huilian; We sing, and we are ashamed of our happiness. You didn't get a reward, you can tell me. Give a banquet in Joan's honor

Sitting on flowers and flying feathers drunk on the moon. If there is no masterpiece, why open your arms? If the poem fails, it will be punished according to the number of wines in Jingu.

Heaven and earth are hostels for all things, and time is a passer-by for hundreds of generations. Life is impermanent and dreamlike. How many happy days can there be? There is a reason why the ancients played with candles at night! More importantly, the clear and mild spring attracts us with beautiful scenery, and nature provides us with splendid scenery. Now let's gather in the fragrant garden of peaches and plums and talk about the happiness between brothers. My brothers are all smart, and they all have the talent of Xie Huilian. Everyone recites poems and makes contributions, but I feel ashamed of myself because I can't compare with Xie. I haven't enjoyed the scenery on a spring night quietly, but my indulgent talk has turned to elegance. Put on a luxurious banquet, sit among the flowers, raise glasses frequently, and get drunk in the moonlight. Without good poetry, how can you express elegant feelings? If you fail a poem, you will be fined three glasses of wine according to the precedent of Jinguyuan.

Chapter 8 of Tao Te Ching

Good as water. Water is good for all things without dispute, and evil for all, so it is a few words. Live in a good place; Heart, goodness; Harmony and kindness; Words, integrity; Politics, good governance; Things, good energy; Move, be good. Husband is just indisputable, so there is nothing special.

[translation]

The best people are like water. Water is good at nourishing everything without competing with it, staying in places that people don't like, so it is closest to the Tao. The best people are those who are best at choosing their place of residence, those who are good at keeping calm and unfathomable, those who are good at treating others sincerely, kindly and selflessly, those who are good at keeping their promises, those who are good at streamlining administration, those who can manage the country well, those who can give full play to their own strengths and those who can seize opportunities in action. The best people do what they do because they have indisputable virtues, so there is no fault or blame.

Snake catcher theory

Yongzhou produces different snakes in the wild, black and white; Die of touching grass; To bite, there is no defense. However, if wax is used as bait, there may be strong wind, spasm, fistula, boils, muscle loss and killing three insects. At the beginning, the imperial doctor was ordered by the king to be compiled. At the age of 20, he gave it to the second one, and everything he could catch was recruited and rented. People are always struggling to run.

Those who owned the Chiang family all died for the benefit of III. When asked, he said, "My dad is dead, and so is my dad. I have been an heir for twelve years now, and how many people have died. " Anyway, if you're worried.

I was very sad and said, "If there is too much poison, I will sue the people present. What if I take it and get endowed again?"

Wang Ran said with tears, "If you are born with sadness, it will be unfortunate, but if you don't give me a reward, it will be unfortunate. If you don't serve me, you will be ill for a long time. I lived in my hometown for the third time, and now I am sixty years old. However, the neighbor was sad on his birthday, exhausted his room, changed his apprentice, felt the wind and rain, suffered from cold and heat, shouted poison and got boils. Usually, the deceased will borrow money from each other. People who live with my ancestors have no room today; The people who live with my father are all in the room today; Those who have lived with me for twelve years have nothing to do with it today. Die or move. And I live by catching snakes alone. The fierce official came to my hometown, clamoring for something and suddenly died.

1. Lu You built a book nest.

Original text:

In my room, I live on a rafter, or I am in front of it, or I rest in my bed, throw a ball and look around. I eat and drink, lament my illness, and sigh with indignation. I am not without books. Guests don't come, wives don't stay, and the changes of wind, rain and hail are unknown. If you are idle and want to get up, but you mess around with books, if you accumulate branches, or you can't do it, you should laugh at yourself and say, isn't this the evil of my nest? Just to attract guests, attract guests to see. At first, the guests couldn't get in, so they couldn't leave. They smiled and said, believe it or not, it's like a nest!

—— Selected from the Collected Works of Weinan.

Translation:

In my room, some books are piled on wooden cases, some books are displayed in front, some books are on the bed, and all of them are books. I eat and drink, groan when I am sick, feel sad, sigh with anger, and I have never been without books. Guests don't come to visit, wives and children don't meet, but they don't know the changes of wind, rain, lightning and hail. Occasionally I want to stand up, but the messy schoolbag surrounds me, like dead branches, and sometimes I can't walk, so I laugh at myself and say, "Isn't this the bird's nest I'm talking about?" So I invited guests to take a closer look. The guests couldn't get in at first, and those who entered the house couldn't get out, so (the guests) also smiled and said, "It's really like a bird's nest."

Dong Yu's Intensive Reading of Sanyu

Original text:

Some people refuse to learn from the teacher, but the cloud "must read it a hundred times first." Say, "Read it a hundred times and you will understand what you mean." From the "Scholars" cloud: "There is no day for bitter thirst." Encounter: "When I was in my thirties." Or ask the meaning of "three more" encounters: "Winter has passed, night has passed, and rainy days have passed."

-from the reflection of Dong Yuchuan.

Translation:

There is a person who wants to ask Dong Yu for advice. Dong Yu refused to teach, only said, "Before that, you must read it a hundred times." It means: "Read it a hundred times, and its meaning will naturally emerge." The person who asked for advice said, "I don't have time." Dong Yu said: "Use' Sanyu'." Someone asked what the meaning of "San Yu" was. Dong Yu said, "Winter is a year's slack time (you can study), and night is an extra time during the day (you can study), which is more than enough for rainy days all year round."

Zhang Pu and "Seven"

Original text:

(Zhang) Pu is eager to learn. What you read must be handwritten, and the money has been read out. If it's too late, burn it and print the money. If there are, there will be six or seven. Where the right hand holds the tube, the palm becomes a cocoon. My hands are chapped in winter and I drink soup several times. Later, it was called "Seven Records" ... Pu's poems were agile, and people from all directions didn't draft, and he immediately became famous.

-from the biography of Zhang Pu in the Ming Dynasty.

Translation:

Zhang Pu was very studious when he was a child. The book he reads must be copied down by hand. After reading them, he burned them and copied them again. It took six or seven times to finish. Where the right hand holds the pen, the fingers and palms will grind calluses. In winter, my hands are wrinkled and cracked with cold. I soak my hands in hot water several times a day. Later, the room where he studied was called "Seven Records" ... Zhang Pu wrote poems and essays with agile thinking, and people from all walks of life asked him for poems and essays. He didn't draft it, but wrote it in front of the guests, and it was written in a short time. Because of this, his reputation was the loudest at that time.

Zhiyong and "Returning the Pen to the Tomb"

Original text:

Yong Gong lived in Yongxin Temple in Xing Wu and studied books for many years. Then there are ten jars of Logger Vick, each counting stones. People come to look for books and ask for titles. The residence is limited to piercing holes, but it is wrapped with iron leaves. People later called it "iron gate limit", which was taken from the pen and numbered "returning the pen to the tomb"

-from "Book Breaking"

Translation:

Zhiyong lived in Yongxin Temple in Xing Wu and studied calligraphy for many years. Later, there were ten cans with broken brush heads, each of which contained several loads (so heavy). There are so many people who come to beg for ink to write a plaque that the threshold of the place where they live has been stepped out of the hole, so they wrap the threshold with iron and call it "iron threshold" After burying the pen, it is called "returning the pen to the grave".

Gaofeng devoted himself to it.

Original text:

Gaofeng, the word is the same, relying on farming for a living. A wife is always in the field, exposing the wheat to court and making the phoenix protect the chicken. When it rains, the phoenix is chanting with a shoulder pole and can't feel the water flowing. My wife still wonders which province this is.

-from Li Zhi's Chu Tan Ji.

Translation:

Gao Feng, a Chinese character, works as a farmer at home. My wife once went to the fields (worked) to dry wheat in the yard and let the peak see the chickens. It's raining heavily, and Gaofeng is reading a scripture with a bamboo pole. She didn't notice that the water on the ground let the wheat run away after the rain. When his wife came back, she was surprised and asked, and Gao Feng woke up.

Jin Pinggong studied by candlelight.

original text

Duke Jinping asked Shi Kuang, "I still want to learn at the age of seventy, and I'm afraid I'm going to die!"

Shi Kuang said, "Why not light a candle?"

Gong Ping said, "An Wei is a minister. Are you kidding me?"

Shi Kuang said, "How dare a blind minister play with the monarch? I heard it: less and more eager to learn, like the sunrise sun; Strong and eager to learn, such as the light of Japan and China; Old and studious, bright as a candle. What is the light of the candle? " Gong Ping said, "Good!"

—— Selected from Shuo Yuan edited by Liu Xiang in the Western Han Dynasty.

translate

Duke Jinping asked Shi Kuang, "I want to study when I am nearly seventy years old. I'm afraid it's too late!"

Shi Kuang replied, "Why not study by candlelight?"

Gong Ping said, "How can a courtier tease his monarch?"

Shi Kuang replied; "How dare I tease my monarch! I have heard that when I was a child, I liked learning, just like the sunshine when the sun just came out; I like studying when I was young, just like the noon sun; I like studying when I am old, just like the light when I light a candle. Lighting candles is better than walking in the dark, right? "

Gong Ping said, "Good!"

Ren Mo is studious and diligent.

Original text:

At 14 in his last year, he learned it from an ordinary teacher, which is not far from danger. Every sentence is saying, "If you don't learn, how can you succeed?" Or Yilin, weaving wool for temples, cutting thorns for pens, and gram tree juice for ink. At night, the stars look at the moon, and wormwood shines in the dark. People who like reading will be asked about their clothes to remember them. Disciples like him to study hard and prefer him to wear quiet clothes. The last commandment says: "My wife is eager to learn, although she is dead;" Although there is no scholar, it is said that he is a walking corpse! "

—— Selected from Wang Jia's Notes on the Collection of Leftovers

Translation:

At the end of the semester, he was fourteen years old and had no regular teacher to study. He is not afraid of the long journey and danger with a book box on his back. He often said, why can people succeed if they don't study? Sometimes, I lean under a tree, weave thatch into a hut, cut thorns into pens, and carve tree juice into ink. Study under the stars and the moon at night, and tie Artemisia to illuminate yourself when it gets dark. Read it as you like and write it on his clothes to remember. People who study together like his diligence very much, and even exchange clean clothes for his dirty clothes. Don't look unless you are a saint. On his deathbed, he warned: "people like to learn, even if they die, they seem to be alive;" People who don't study, even if they are alive, are mediocre and incompetent. "

Zu Ti smells chicken and dances.

original text

At first, john young of Zu Ti had no ambition. He and Liu Kun are both masters of the country, sleeping together and hearing chickens crow in the middle of the night. He said, "This sound is not bad!" For dancing. And crossing the river, the left prime minister Rui thought that the army would discuss and offer wine. Living in Jingkou, he corrected it and said to Rui: "The chaos in the Jin Dynasty was not due to the lack of morality, but also because of people's resentment and rebellion. The imperial clan fought for power and profit, and ate its own fish, allowing the emperor to take advantage of the gap and poison the middle earth. Since today's adherents suffer from the remnants of thieves and bandits, and the people think for themselves, the king can really order them to start a career, so that people like thieves can restore the Central Plains in a unified way, and the county is a hero, and there must be a wind of response! " Julie had no ambition of the Northern Expedition, so he took Pei as the general and the secretariat of Yuzhou, gave a gift of 1,000 people, laid down 3,000 horses, and did not give an armored battle, so he volunteered. He took more than 100 families across the river and hit them in the middle stream, swearing: "People who can't clear the Central Plains in Zu Ti and help them are like big rivers!" Then he moved to Huaiyin and began to smelt and cast soldiers, raising more than 2,000 people and falling behind.

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At first, Zu Ti, a native of Fanyang, had great ambitions when he was young. He used to be the main book of Sizhou with Liu Kun, slept with Liu Kun, and heard chickens crow in the middle of the night. He kicked Liu Kun and said, "This is not a disgusting sound." Stand up and dance the sword. After crossing the river, Si Marui, the left prime minister, asked him to be a military adviser to offer a drink offering. Zu Ti lived in Jingkou, summoned brave men, and said to Si Marui, "The rebellion in the Jin Dynasty was not because the monarch had no choice, but because the imperial clan fought for power and profit and killed each other, which made Rongdi's people take advantage of the loopholes and spread the disaster throughout the Central Plains. Now the adherents of the Jin Dynasty have been devastated and weakened, and everyone is thinking about self-improvement. Your Majesty, you can really send a general to lead an army to recover the Central Plains. Of course, heroes in the world will have people who respond to the news! " Si Marui never had the ambition of the Northern Expedition. After listening to Zu Ti's words, he appointed Zu Ti as General Wei Fen and the secretariat of Yuzhou, and only gave him 1000 people rations and 3,000 pieces of cloth, without supplying weapons, so that Zu Ti could find a way to raise them himself. Zu Ti led more than 100 private troops across the Yangtze River and paddled on the river, saying, "If Zu Ti can't make the Central Plains clear and recover successfully, it will be like a great river!" So he stationed in Huaiyin, built furnaces and cast weapons, and recruited more than 2,000 people to move on.