Excerpted from Zhou Xingsi's Thousand-Character Works in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the original excerpt:
Tears are dyed with silk, and poems praise lambs. Wei Xing County, Beijing, can be born in.
Moral construction is famous and proper. The empty valley transmits sound, and the empty hall listens.
Translation:
Mozi lamented that the white silk was stained with variegated colors, and the Book of Songs praised the lamb for being as white as ever. We should admire the virtues of sages, restrain our own selfish desires and try to imitate them.
If you develop good morality, you will have a good reputation; Just as dignified and handsome. Shouts spread far in the empty valley, and the sound was clear in the spacious hall.
Extended data
Creative background:
In the Southern Dynasties, in order to teach Wang Xizhi's calligraphy, Yin was asked to develop 1000 different words from Wang Xizhi's works, each with a piece of paper, and then these messy rubbings were handed over to him to weave them into rhyme with content. This is a thousand-character script that has been circulated for more than 65,438+0,400 years in the 265,438+0 century.
Influence of later generations:
Qian Wen Zi is an early textbook of China, covering astronomy, geography, nature, society and history. It is the best reading material for enlightening children, and it is also a vivid and excellent encyclopedia. The spread of Qian 1400 years shows that it is not only a widely circulated children's book, but also an integral part of China's traditional culture.
The full text consists of four sentences, which are neat, clear and brilliant. Qian Wen Zi is an influential children's enlightenment book in China, with simple sentences and easy memorization.
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