From Wang Yinglin's Song Saint Amethyst, the original excerpt:
Tang Fang is seven years old. Raise prodigies and do orthography.
Young as he is, he is an official. I am a child, and I am very encouraged.
If there is a promising person, so is it.
Translation:
During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, there was a seven-year-old child named Ada. He was chosen as a child prodigy and became an official in charge of correcting Chinese characters.
Although Ada is so young, he has become an official, shouldering the heavy responsibility entrusted to him by the state. We are at the beginning of our study, so we should encourage ourselves to study and study hard.
If you want to be a useful person, as long as you study hard, you can be as famous as Ada.
Extended data
Creative background:
There are different opinions about the time of the book "The Holy Amethyst" and the author's opinion. Most scholars in later generations tend to think that Wang Yinglin compiled a three-character classic to better educate his children to read, which integrated a subset of classics and history.
Main idea of the article:
The arrangement of the contents of The Sacred Amethyst is very orderly, which embodies the author's educational thoughts. The author thinks that the education of children should focus on etiquette and filial piety, and correct children's thoughts and impart knowledge is second. To cultivate children, we should start from primary school, that is, first read books, and then read two kinds of classics: classics and books. After reading the books in the Ministry, study the history books. Finally, the three-character classic emphasizes the attitude and purpose of learning.
About the author:
Wang Yinglin? (1223- 1296) A famous scholar, educator and politician in the Southern Song Dynasty. The word "Hou Bo",No. Shen Ning lay man,No. Houzhai. A native of Yinxian County (now Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province). He is knowledgeable, versatile, studied under Zhu, dabbled in hundreds of classics, history, astronomy and geography, was familiar with systematic anecdotes and was good at textual research.
After the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, he lived in seclusion in the countryside, closed his doors and thanked guests, and wrote books. Handwritten calligraphy includes "writing books" and so on. He has written Saint Amethyst, Moon Hee who is sleepy in school, Zhu Zhu in Primary School, Yu Hai, Answering as a Mirror, Shen Ningji, Textual Research on Poetic Geography, etc. San Zi Jing is a work of Mongolian studies, which has been circulated for more than 700 years and has been circulated in many overseas countries. It is an excellent teaching material for children's moral education.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Saint Amethyst