A pond half an acre square is like an open mirror.
The brilliance of the sky and the shadow of floating clouds are reflected in the pond and kept shaking in the pond.
How can the water in that acre of square pond be so clear?
Because there is water flowing from the source, it becomes living water (meaning that the writer has some continuous artistic inspiration in his heart)!
One of "Random Thoughts on Reading"
Southern song Zhu
Genre: Seven-character quatrains Theme: Philosophical Poetry
As soon as the half-acre square pond is opened, the sky hangs clouds (pái) and lingers (huái).
Ask the canal (n m:) so clear? Because (wéi) has flowing water.
Extended data:
Reading Two Thoughts is a set of poems written by Zhu, a scholar in Song Dynasty. These two poems describe his feelings of "reading" and reveal profound philosophy with vivid images. The first poem refers to the phenomenon of fresh water pouring into the pond, which means that we must constantly accept new things in order to keep our thoughts active and progressive. The second poem can sail freely in the water with the help of a huge ship, which shows that artistic creation needs inspiration. The whole poem contains philosophy with vivid metaphors and is full of rational interest, which has been told all the time.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-two thoughts on reading