Author: Song Dynasty poet Su Shi
I'm worried that the mice at home have nothing to eat, so I often leave some food for them. Not lighting a lamp at night is to cherish the life of moths.
Original text:
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.
Full text meaning:
"Hooking the curtains that I dare not put down is to let Ru Yan return;
Seeing the stupid fly hit the window, quickly open the window door to let it out;
Worried that the mice at home have nothing to eat, I often leave some food for them.
Don't light a lamp at night, in order to cherish the life of moths.
If you recite these poems with others now, I'm afraid you will be laughed at. You pity the mouse, so you keep the rice and pity the moth, so you don't light the oil lamp. Isn't this a bluff? Yes, there are not many such "fools" now.
Extended data:
"Always leave food for mice, but unfortunately moths don't light up." Many ancient people did this. Always leave some leftovers there for mice to eat; In order to prevent moths from catching fire, they don't light up at night, preferring to sit quietly in a dark room. Of course, if they want to use lamps to read and do things, they will use gauze as lampshades, so some people say, "Sweeping the floor won't hurt the lives of ants, so we should cherish moth gauze lamps."
My hometown also has a gauze lampshade like this, except that the gauze is completely rotten, only the frame is left, and then a glass lampshade is used to prevent moths from catching fire.
In the eyes of many people today, this practice is probably very pedantic, right? But this is a feeling. When a person can treat the mice, moths and ants at home as equal beings and think for them, then he should be more friendly and amiable to people in real life!
And this attitude will always be revealed, and others can feel it from his every move. It is this modest attitude that makes a person avoid disaster.
References:
Su Shi-Baidu Encyclopedia