The ancient poems urging people to cherish time are as follows:
I. Miscellaneous poems
Author: Tao Yuanming (Jin)
Once the youth is gone, it will never come again, and you will never see the arrival of the next day. It's time for people to encourage themselves when they reach middle age. Time goes by and waits for no one.
The prime of life is a vigorous life, which is gone forever. It's hard to have a second morning in a day. We should encourage ourselves to live and work in time, because time and years do not change with people.
Second, "Song of Tomorrow"
Author: Qian Hetan (Ming)
Tomorrow after tomorrow, there are so many tomorrows. Tomorrow will never come. If the world is tired tomorrow, it will go to Qiu Lai as a veteran in spring. Watch the water flow eastward and the sunset at dusk. What will tomorrow be like in a hundred years? Please listen to my song tomorrow.
Always waiting for tomorrow, how many tomorrows there are! Waiting for tomorrow every day, but doing nothing, wasting time. If the world is hurt by "tomorrow" like me, it will soon find itself old as the days go by.
Only by living in the present can we appreciate the joy of watching the river flow eastward in the morning and the sunset in the evening. A hundred years tomorrow, how much can there be? Please listen to my song tomorrow, don't waste today's time.