From Yan Zhenqing's Persuasion Poems in Tang Dynasty.
Every day when the cock crows, it is the best time for boys to read.
Teenagers only know how to play, but don't know how to study hard. When they are old, they regret why they didn't know how to study hard when they were young.
Translation and annotation
Midnight is the best time for boys to study every day. When they are young, they should know how to study hard and study hard. But if you only play and don't study hard, you will regret why you didn't study hard when you were young. Pay attention to the midnight light: midnight, it's very late. Wugeng Chicken: At dawn, the chicken crows. Black hair: youth, refers to teenagers. Bai Shou: When people are old, they mean the elderly.
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Encouraging Learning is an ancient poem by Yan Zhenqing, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Encourage young people to cherish their youth. When they are young, they should know how to study hard and make a difference. Otherwise, it will be too late to study when they are old, and it will be too late to regret. They should cherish time. Let children understand that life is short, so as to improve their enthusiasm for learning. Poetry reveals this profound truth in just 28 words, and achieves the inspiring effect.
Yan Zhenqing
Yan Zhenqing (709-784, Yi Shuo 709-785), born in Wannian, Tang Jingzhao (now Xi, Shaanxi), was a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty in China. An outstanding calligrapher in the middle Tang Dynasty. His "Yan Ti" regular script, together with Zhao Mengfu, Liu Gongquan and Ou Yangxun, is also called "the four masters of regular script".