Meaning: The accumulated leap surplus of several years is combined into one month and placed in the leap year; the ancients used Liulu and Liulu to regulate yin and yang.
Source: "The Thousand Character Essay·Full Text"
Author: Zhou Xingsi of the Southern and Northern Dynasties
Excerpt:
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 black, the earth is yellow; the universe is vast and boundless.
The sun is up and down, the moon is up and down, and the moon is round;
The cycle of cold and heat changes, coming and going, going and coming again; busy harvesting in autumn and busy storing in winter.
The accumulated leaps of several years are combined into one month and placed in leap years; the ancients used Liulu and Liulu to regulate yin and yang.
When clouds rise to the sky, they form rain when they encounter cold; dew quickly condenses into frost when it encounters cold nights.
Gold is born at the bottom of the Jinsha River, and jade comes from the Kunlun Mountains.
The most famous sword is called "Juque", and the most precious pearl is called "Yeguang".
The most precious fruits are plums and pomegranates, and the most valued vegetables are mustard and ginger. Extended information
"The Thousand Character Essay" is an article that Emperor Wu of Liang ordered to select 1,000 unique Chinese characters from Wang Xizhi's calligraphy works and compiled it into a text by Zhou Xingsi. The full text is a four-character sentence, with neat contrasts, clear organization, and brilliant literary talent. The sentences in the article are as plain as words, easy to recite and remember. It is a children's enlightenment book with great influence in China.
Author: Zhou Xingsi, also known as Si Zuan, his ancestral home is Chen Junxiang (now Shenqiu County, Henan). He lived in Gushu, Jiangnan (now Dangtu, Anhui). Minister and historian of the Southern Dynasties. He once participated in the writing of more than 100 volumes of emperor's records, records of emperor's virtues, notes on daily life, and professional etiquette, etc., and authored ten volumes of anthology. The "Thousand-Character Essay" has been passed down through the ages. Emperor Wu of Liang died on July 15th in the third year of Datong. "Liang Shu" and "Liang Shu Zhi" were handed down to the world.