A crescent moon is enough to light up the world, not to mention a full moon.
The heart is like the moon. Are you content with a clear head or are you determined to be brilliant? It is true that it is easy for a person to have a clear idea, but it is extremely difficult to become beautiful.
Lin Zexu (1785, August 30th-1850165438+1October 22nd), an official of the post-Chao Dynasty in Fujian, was also known as Mu, Gu, an old man in the village, an old man who retired from the village and an old man who returned bottles at the 72nd peak. Because he advocated banning opium, he enjoyed the reputation of a national hero in China.
1839 When smoking was banned in Guangdong, Lin Zexu sent an unannounced visit to force foreign opium dealers to hand over opium, and the confiscated opium was destroyed in Humen on June 3. The destruction of opium in Humen put Sino-British relations in a state of extreme tension, which became an excuse for British aggression against China during the First Opium War. Although Lin Zexu struggled against western invasion all his life, he was open to western culture, science and technology and trade, and advocated learning and using it. According to the literature, he knows at least a little English and Portuguese, and is committed to translating western newspapers and books. Wei Yuan, a thinker in the late Qing Dynasty, compiled the documents translated by Lin Zexu and his aides into "Seaside Map", which inspired the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty and even the Meiji Restoration in Japan. 1850165438+1On October 22nd, Lin Zexu died in the old county town of Puning.
Here is a story. The main idea of the story is that Lin Zexu had a daughter who was both talented and attractive, and married Shen Baozhen, who was quite talented at that time. Shen Baozhen is youthful, boastful and supercilious. When Lin Zexu heard other people's comments, he wanted to find a chance to talk to Shen Baozhen.
On one occasion, Shen Baozhen wrote two poems about the moon while drinking on a moonlit night: One hook is enough for tomorrow, why is it full of splendor? The meaning of these two sentences is that the crooked waning moon has lit up the earth, so why is the full moon like a silver plate? Shen Baozhen asked Lin Zexu to read poetry. After reading it, Lin Zexu thought for a moment, picked up a pen and changed the word "why" into the word "situation", making the poem become: one hook is enough, no need to mention ten points.
Shen Baozhen was ashamed after reading it, because although it was a word difference, its meaning was quite different, from a complacent tone to a vivid portrayal of Top Gun. From then on, Shen Baozhen became modest and studious.
The heart is like the moon. Are you content with a clear head or are you determined to be brilliant? It is true that it is easy for a person to have a clear idea, but it is extremely difficult to become beautiful.