Meaning: Stars are scattered in the boundless space.
From the "Thousand Character Essay" written by Zhou Xingsi in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Excerpt from the original text:
The sky and the earth are dark and yellow, and the universe is primitive. The sun and moon are full, and the stars and constellations are arranged.
Cold comes and summer comes, autumn harvests and winter hides. When the leap year is over, the law Lu adjusts the Yang.
The clouds turn into rain, and the dew turns into frost. Gold comes from Lishui, and jade comes from Kungang.
The sword is called Juque, and the pearl is called Luminous. The fruit is precious, plum, and the vegetable is heavy on mustard and ginger.
Translation:
The sky is blue-black, the earth is yellow, and the universe was formed in a state of chaos and ignorance. The sun is upright and tilted, the moon is full and waning, and the stars are all over the boundless space.
The cycle of cold and heat changes, coming and going, going and coming again; harvesting crops in autumn and storing food in winter. The accumulated leap years are combined into one month and placed in the leap year; the ancients used Liulu and Liulu to regulate yin and yang.
When the clouds rise and become cold, they form rain, and when the dew at night becomes cold, they condense into frost. Gold is produced in the Jinsha River, and jade is produced in the Kunlun Mountains.
The sharpest sword is called "Juque", and the most precious pearl is called "Yeguang". The most precious fruits are plums and plums, and the most important vegetables are mustard greens and ginger.
Extended information
"The Thousand Character Essay" was originally called "Ciyun Wang Xi's Book Thousand Characters". It is an article composed of a thousand non-repeating Chinese characters. It is said that Emperor Wu of Liang took a thousand fonts written by Wang Xizhi and asked his relatives to practice calligraphy. Then he felt that it was messy and disorganized, so he ordered Zhou Xingsi to compile it into an article.
"The Thousand-Character Classic" almost quotes the classics sentence by sentence, and uses dictionaries for every word. The citations include "Book of Changes", "Huainanzi", "Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Book of Rites", "Spring and Autumn", "The Analects of Confucius", "The Classic of Filial Piety", "Mencius", "Historical Records", "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", "Guanzi", "Han Feizi", "Zhuangzi", "Hanshu".
With Confucianism as the main body, it also incorporates common sense of nature, history, and society. It has profound meaning, clear structure, and concise and beautiful language. It can be said to be a four-character long poem, which is used to teach children basic Chinese characters. An important enlightenment reading, together with "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Surnames", it is called "Three Hundred Thousand".
It has been written by calligraphers of all dynasties, such as Zhiyong, Huaisu, Ouyang Xun, Zhao Ji, Zhao Mengxi, Wen Zhengming, etc., all of which have been handed down to this day. At the same time, they are also popular in various countries in the Chinese character culture circle. Pay attention to.
Baidu Encyclopedia--Thousand-Character Essay