"Everything is complacent on the sidelines" —— Cheng Hao's Autumn is Occasional.
Nothing is leisurely,
The east window for sleeping is red.
Everything is complacent when it's quiet,
Happiness is in the four seasons, with people.
Tao connects heaven and earth materially,
Thinking about the abnormal situation.
Rich and rich, not lascivious, poor and happy,
This man is a hero here. ?
Vernacular translation:
In my spare time, everything is easy,
When I woke up from my sleep, the east window was sunny and rose.
Calm observation, everything is complacent,
The four seasons feel like people.
Truth transcends heaven and earth,
Deep thinking on the change of the situation.
Being rich without being confused is also happiness.
If a person does this, he is a hero.
Translation of vernacular Chinese by Bao Heping. From Wuhan University of Technology Press.
"There is no smoke without fire" —— From Zhuge Liang's Ten Commandments
A gentleman's journey is quiet to cultivate one's morality, and frugal to cultivate one's morality. If you don't stay in the garden, you will be unclear, restless and not far away. If you study quietly, you must study. If you don't study, you won't learn widely. If you have no ambition, you can't succeed. If you are slow, you can't be energetic, and if you are dangerous, you can't be radical. Time goes by, meaning goes by, and then becomes withered, not meeting the world, and staying in a poor house sadly. What will happen?
Vernacular translation:
The character of a gentleman is to improve self-cultivation from tranquility and cultivate morality from thrift. You can't be clear about your ambitions without being quiet, and you can't achieve your lofty goals without excluding external interference.
Learning must be calm and single-minded, and talent comes from learning. Therefore, if you don't study, you won't grow up, and if you don't have ambition, you won't get results. Indulging in laziness can't cheer you up, nor can impatience and adventure cultivate your temperament.
Time flies, and the will passes with the years. In the end, most of them are out of touch with the world and are not used by society. They can only sit in the poor house sadly. How could they regret it at that time?
The poem "Occasionally Becoming in Autumn" is a work by which the author sums up his academic experience and publicizes his Neo-Confucianism thoughts in the form of poems.
The Book of Commandments is a letter written by Zhuge Liang, a statesman in the Three Kingdoms Period, to his son Zhuge Zhan before he died. Very profoundly expressed the love of the world's fathers for their sons, and became a famous article for future generations of students to cultivate themselves.
Extended data:
Cheng Hao (1032 ——1085), whose name is Bochun, was born in Luoyang.
In the second year of Jiayou (1057), he was a scholar and was transferred to Hubei princess book. At the beginning of Ningchu, he was appointed as a prince, allowing and supervising the suggestion. Because of disagreement with Wang Anshi's political views, he was demoted to Zhenning Army and sealed Fugou County. Zhe, known as Zong, died without doing anything.
He is a famous Neo-Confucianism scholar, one of the five sons of Neo-Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty, and he is also called "Cheng Er" with his brother Cheng Yi. The theory founded by the two men, known as "Luo Xue" in the world, is an important faction in Neo-Confucianism. He has been teaching in Luoyang for more than ten years. His works have been compiled by later generations.
The Commandment was written by Zhuge Liang to his eight-year-old son, Zhuge Zhan, in the 12th year of Jian Xing in Shu Han Dynasty (234).
Zhuge Liang dedicated his life to the country and died. He worked day and night for the national cause of Shu and Han and neglected to educate his son personally, so he wrote this letter to warn Zhuge Zhan.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-"Occasionally in Autumn"
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Book of Commandments