1. "Tide" by Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty
The early tide falls and the late tide comes, with sixty times per week in a month.
Not only does time come and go, but Hangzhou is also driven by the tide as it ages.
2. "Golden Threaded Clothes" by Du Qiuniang of Tang Dynasty
I advise you not to cherish your golden threaded clothes, but to cherish your youth.
When the flowers are in bloom, they need to be folded, but don’t wait until there are no flowers to break the branches.
3. "Long Song Xing" Han Yuefu
The sunflowers in the green garden are waiting for the sun to set in the morning dew.
Budze in spring brings brilliance to all things.
I am often afraid that when the autumn festival comes, the yellow flowers and leaves will wither.
From the east to the sea, when will the rivers return to the west?
If a young man does not work hard, the old man will be miserable.
4. "Miscellaneous Poems" by Tao Yuanming of Jin Dynasty
The prime years will never come again, and it will be difficult to morning again. Be encouraged in time, time waits for no one.
5. "Encouragement to Learn" by Tang Yan Zhenqing
The lights are on at three o'clock and the chickens are on at five o'clock, which is when men are studying.
Black-haired people don’t know how to study diligently early, and white-haired people regret studying late.
1. An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.
2. Don’t eat enough to live the whole day, don’t give up your efforts in an inch of yin.
3. If young people don’t work hard, old people will be sad.
4. Black-haired people don’t know how to study diligently early, and white-haired people regret studying late.
5. Flowers will bloom again, and life will never be young again.
6. The solar terms do not spare the seedlings, and the years do not spare the people.
7. There are no two mornings in the day, and time will not come again.
8. Time flies like an arrow, and the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle.
9. The lights are on at three and the chicken is on at five, which is when men are studying.
10. The prime years will never come again, and time waits for no one.