Year: Song Author: Lu You Genre: Four Musts
The ancients learned nothing, and it takes time to grow old.
What you get on paper is so shallow that you never know what you have to do.
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At the end of 1 199, the fifth anniversary of Song Ningzong's family celebration, Lu You wrote a poem "Reading on a Winter Night, Showing Children".
This poem means that the ancients spared no effort in learning. Fight for it all your life, often when you are young, you will succeed when you are old. The knowledge gained from books is superficial after all, and it is impossible to understand the true meaning of knowledge. To truly understand the profound truth in books, you must practice it yourself.
This is a very famous poem. In this poem, on the one hand, the poet emphasizes the need to study persistently and work hard as early as possible, so as to avoid "the young don't work hard and the old are sad", and it will be too late to regret anything in the future. On the other hand, it is emphasized that the study effort should be "where", which is also the secret of learning, that is, don't be satisfied with literal understanding, but practice in practice and deepen understanding in practice. Only in this way can we turn the knowledge in books into our practical skills.
On the relationship between books and practice, the poet emphasizes the importance of practice, which accords with the viewpoint of materialist epistemology. This view of the author is not only a valuable experience for people to learn and seek knowledge in feudal society, but also enlightening for people today.