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Midnight when chickens crow every day is the best time for boys to study. When they are young, they should know how to study hard and study hard.

Persuasion Poetry —— Author: Yan Zhenqing in Tang Dynasty

Original text:

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?

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. I didn't regret why I didn't know to study hard when I was young until I was old.

Extended data

Creative background:

Yan Zhenqing lost his father at the age of 3, and his family came down. His mother Yin placed high hopes on him, implemented strict family education and personally supervised the school. Yan Zhenqing is also very studious and studies hard every day. This poem was written by Yan Zhenqing to encourage future generations. ?

A similar sentence: young people don't work hard, and old people are sad.

If young people don't work hard in time, they will only regret it for a lifetime when they are old.

Source: "Yuefu Long Song Poem": "When will a hundred rivers go east to the sea and return to the West? If you don't work hard, the boss will be sad. "

When can a hundred rivers run to the sea and return to the west? If young people don't work hard in time, they will only regret it for a lifetime when they are old.