On Two Reading Thoughts in Southern Song Dynasty from Zhu's Perspective
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Half an acre of square pond opened, and the sky was overcast.
How can the canal be so clear? Because there is inexhaustible living water for it.
Translation:
Half an acre of square pond is like a mirror, clear and bright, and the sky is shining and floating on the water.
Why is the water in the pond so clear? It is because there is an inexhaustible source that continuously delivers living water to it.
Precautions:
Square pond: also known as half-acre pond.
Jane: One is a bronze basin, which was used to hold water or ice in ancient times. Mirror; Some scholars also think that mirrors. Look at people in the mirror.
Sky light: refers to the light in the sky and the shadow of clouds reflected in the pool water, constantly changing, just like people wandering.
Wander: to move back and forth.
For: Because.
Canal: It, the third person pronoun, here refers to the water in Tang Fang.
That: No way.
That: What do you mean?
As clear as this: very clear.
Such as: so, so
Clear: clear.
Source flowing water: metaphor knowledge is constantly updated and developed, thus accumulating. Only by constantly learning, applying and exploring in the study of life can we keep ourselves advanced and energetic forever, just like the source of water.
Appreciate:
This is an artistic and philosophical poem. When people taste calligraphy, they often have an artistic feeling of flying high. In poetry, this inner feeling is transformed into a tangible image through symbolic means, so that readers can understand the mystery themselves. The so-called "flowing water from the source" refers to the inexhaustible artistic inspiration in the writer's heart.
Extended data:
Zhu (1130.9.15—1200.4.23), with a dark personality, was called Huian, later called Huiweng and called Zhu Wengong. Originally from Wuyuan County, Huizhou Prefecture (now Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province), he was born in Youxi, Nanjian Prefecture (now Youxi County, Fujian Province). Famous Neo-Confucianist, thinker, philosopher, educator, poet, representative of Fujian School, master of Confucianism, Buddha named Zhu Xi.
Zhu is the only person who is not a disciple handed down by Confucius, but likes to visit the Confucius Temple. He ranks among the twelve philosophers in Dacheng Hall and is worshipped by Confucianism. Zhu is a student, a disciple of Cheng Er (Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi), and he is also called a school with Cheng Er. Zhu's Neo-Confucianism had a great influence on the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties and became the official philosophy of the three generations. He is another person after Confucius in the educational history of China.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-Zhu