1. Life is about hard work, nothing will be gained without asking for anything. ——Zhang Heng
2. Proficiency comes from diligence but waste from play; success comes from thinking but failure comes from following. ——Han Yu
3. Diligence in poetry and writing will lead to an empty stomach. ——Han Yu
4. If a person can do something once, he can do it by a hundred; if a person can do it ten times, he can do a thousand things. ——"Book of Rites"
5. Wealth has no roots, it can only be obtained through hard work. ——Feng Menglong
6. Although it is hard to travel through thousands of waves, you can only find gold after blowing away the yellow sand. ——Liu Yuxi
7. The prime years will never come again, and it’s hard to get back to the morning. We should be encouraged in time, and time waits for no one. ——Tao Yuanming
8. Read more than ten thousand volumes, and write like a master. ——Du Fu
9. How can you get the fragrance of plum blossoms without experiencing a bone-chilling cold? ——Zen Master Huang He?
10. The lights are on at three and the chickens are on at five, which is when men are studying. ——Yan Zhenqing
11. Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement. ——"Book of Changes·Qian"
12. The running water does not rot, the door hinges do not get beetroots, and the people's livelihood is diligent. ——Zhang Shaocheng
13. The tree that hugs each other is born from the smallest grain; the nine-story platform starts from the base soil; the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ——Lao Tzu
14. A horse can't take ten steps with one leap; a horse can ride ten times, but the merit lies in perseverance; if you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved. ——Xunzi
15. There are roads in the mountain of books, and diligence is the path; there is no limit to the sea of ??learning, and hard work is the boat. ——Han Yu
Interpretation of the poem: 1. People must work diligently throughout their lives. If they do not actively explore and study, how can they gain or achieve anything?
2. Academic progress depends on diligence. It is ruined by playfulness; virtue is achieved by careful consideration, and ruined by following the custom.
3. Only by diligent reading of poetry and books can you gain something; if you don’t study diligently, you will feel empty.
4. Others learn it once and get it right, but I still can’t! Just learn from him a hundred times; others will learn it after learning it ten times, but I still can’t! Just learn from him a thousand times.
5. Wealth is not fixed in anyone’s family, it can entirely depend on hard work.
6. Gold panning requires thousands of filtrations. Although it is hard work, only when all the sediment has been panned out will the shining gold be revealed.
7. The energetic time will never come again, just like there is only one morning in the day. We should encourage ourselves in time, time will not wait for anyone.
8. Reading can only be done by reading thoroughly and reading a lot of books. Only by putting it into writing can you be able to use it with ease, like a divine help.
9. If the plum blossoms had not withstood the suffering of wind and frost, how could they have the refreshing fragrance of fresh flowers. Drawing on the character of plum blossoms proudly facing the frost and blooming alone in the cold, it encourages people to overcome difficulties and aspire to achieve success in their careers.
10. The best time for boys to study is between midnight and the time when the rooster crows.
11. The movement of heaven (that is, nature) is strong and vigorous. Correspondingly, a gentleman should behave like heaven, striving for self-improvement, being resolute, determined, and never stopping.
12. Flowing water will not stink, door shafts that rotate frequently will not be moth-eaten, and the good life of people lies in hard work.
13. The thick wood that hugs each other is grown from as thin as a needle; the nine-story high platform is built from baskets of soil; the journey of a thousand miles is made step by step of.
14. When a horse leaps forward, it is less than ten steps away; when a bad-horse cart travels for ten days, it can also go very far. Its success lies in keeping moving.
15. If you want to successfully reach the top of the towering knowledge mountain, diligence is the only way to the top; if you want to swim in the boundless ocean of knowledge, study patiently and hard. It will be a moving ship that can carry you to the other side of success.