This is an extremely artistic and philosophical poem. When people taste calligraphy works, they often have an artistic feeling of flying high. In poetry, this inner feeling is turned into a concrete image that can be touched by symbolic means, so that readers can appreciate the mystery themselves. The so-called "flowing water from the source" refers to the inexhaustible artistic inspiration in the writer's heart.
Poetry has a profound meaning. The vivid metaphor of the rich inspiration of calligraphy art is the real inexhaustible source of calligraphy art works, which clarifies the author's unique reading experience, which is in line with the characteristics of calligraphy art creation and reflects the essence of general art creation.
There are two thoughts about reading books. The first one
Song Dynasty: Zhu Xi
When the square pond of half an acre was opened, the sky was shining and clouds were hovering.
what's so clear about asking the canal? Because there is an inexhaustible source of constant flow of living water for it. (That pass: where)
Translation
A square pond half an acre is opened like a mirror, clear and clear, and the sky and clouds are 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.
Extended information:
Creation background
In the second year of Qingyuan (1196), in order to avoid the disaster of Han Tuozhou, a powerful minister, Zhu Xi and his disciples Huang Gan, Cai Shen and Huang Zhong came to Wuyitang near Shuanglin Temple in Fushan, a new city (now Zhushan Village, Sheping Township, lichuan county) to give lectures. During this period, he traveled between Nancheng and Nanfeng. In Nancheng, at the invitation of Li Yuanji and Deng Yueli, he wrote an article entitled "Inscriptions of Jianchang Army Scholars", in which he sincerely praised Jianchang's talented people.
At the invitation of Wu Lun and Wu Chang, brothers in Hamawo Village, Shangtang, Nancheng County, he gave lectures in the village, wrote "Rong Muxuan" for Wu's hall, "Book House" for the reading pavilion, and wrote "The Story of Shecang" for the social warehouse founded by Wu Brothers, and also wrote "Two Thoughts on Reading Books" in the village.