These two sentences are from "Twenty-two Rhymes for Wei" written by Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, which means that as long as you read a lot of books and have thousands of books in your chest, you can write freely, as if you were assisted by God.
Wisdom is grasped and elegance is shaped.
This poem is from Su Shi's Farewell to Dong Chuan, a great poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. This is a farewell poem written by Su Shi to his good friend Dong Chuan. Dong Chuansheng is penniless and plain-dressed, but he is well-read and knowledgeable. Ordinary clothes can't hide his optimistic spirit.
The ancients learned nothing, and it takes time to grow old.
Lu You once wrote a group of poems "Reading and Seeing Yu Zi in Winter Night" to the child Zi Yuzi, and taught him to read and learn. These two sentences come from the third one. The poet told his son with these two sentences that the ancients always tried their best to study, and only by redoubling their efforts when they were young could they achieve something in the future. He earnestly warned his son to spare no effort to pursue it while he was young and energetic.
I don't know how to study hard early, but I regret learning late.
These two sentences are from Yan Zhenqing's poem "Encouraging Learning" in the Tang Dynasty. Yan Zhenqing was a great calligrapher in Tang Dynasty, and he was not good at writing poems. However, this poem "Encouraging Learning" has become the most widely circulated poem in ancient China because of its profound intention and sincere feelings. It encourages young people to cherish their youth, study hard and don't idle away their time in plain language.
Reading is like a tree, you can't grow fast.
Urzi, a literary historian in Qing Dynasty? Together with Ji Xiaolan, he compiled the Siku Quanshu. He wrote a poem "Reading", which is the first two sentences.
On paper, you will feel shallow and never know.
These two sentences are the last two sentences of Lu You's third poem "Reading on a Winter Night". The general idea is that the knowledge gained from books is superficial after all, and the true meaning of knowledge cannot be understood. To truly understand the profound truth in books, you must practice it yourself.
I never get tired of reading old books, but I don't know myself until I read them carefully.
These two sentences are from Su Shi's poem "Sending an Andun Scholar to the West" in the Northern Song Dynasty. This is a farewell poem written by Su Shi to scholar An Dun. When Andun failed in the imperial examination, Su Shi wrote this poem to comfort and encourage him, hoping that he wouldn't care too much about the success or failure of the examination and would go home to study with peace of mind.