"Leave the rice for the mouse, pity the moth and don't light the lamp" comes from the second rhyme of Song Dynasty poet Su Shi's Eight Poems for the Elder Qin Hui.
Original text:
The second is eight poems sent by Elder Qin Hui.
Song sushi
He who sees through Chu in the left corner, Conan listens to Chang Teng.
The hook curtain belongs to the milk swallow, and the hole paper makes a stupid fly.
Always leave food for mice, but it's a pity that moths don't light up.
Rugged is ridiculous. I am a Hinayana monk.
Su Shi (1037-1101) was a writer and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. The word Zizhan, also known as He Zhong, is called Dongpo lay man. Han nationality, Meishan, Meizhou (now Sichuan). Together with their father Su Xun and brother Su Zhe, they are called Su San. He is an all-rounder in literature and art, and his writing style is unrestrained and fluent. He is also known as Ou Su with Ouyang Xiu, one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. His poems are fresh and vigorous, and he is good at using exaggerated metaphors. He has a unique style in artistic expression, and is called Su Huang with Huang Tingjian. Bold ci school has a great influence on later generations, and it is called Su Xin with Xin Qiji; Calligraphy is good at running script and regular script, and it can be innovative. Writing with a pen is ups and downs, full of childlike interest. And Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang are also called Song Sijia. Painting, like literature, I like to be a strange stone. On painting, I advocate similarity. Poems include "Seven Chapters of Dongpo" and "Dongpo Yuefu".