The complete poem is: Don't laugh at young people's dreams of rivers and lakes, who doesn't dream of rivers and lakes when they are young. This poem is a poem written by Jin Yong describing Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of wu-tang clan.
Don't laugh at teenagers' dreams of traveling in rivers and lakes. Who didn't dream of traveling in rivers and lakes when they were young? In the past, when I was young and frivolous, I was ambitious, but now I am timid. I have spent half my life in a daze, and I have been ups and downs in the world. In a blink of an eye, both parents turned white, and their children were already toddlers in school. There are only a few pieces of silver in my pocket. Although I am old, my heart is still young. Wrinkles have climbed onto the brow, and after being drunk, I suddenly feel "half dreaming, half waking and half floating". I can't help feeling: how time flies!
Full text:
Don't laugh at young people's dreams of rivers and lakes, who doesn't dream of rivers and lakes when they are young. I used to aspire to 3, Li when I was young, but now I hesitate to take a hundred steps without any effort. Ignorant half a life, mediocre in the world. In a blink of an eye, the halls are all white-haired, and their children stumble in the school. A few pieces of broken silver make people old, but their hearts are still few. The wrinkles are in the eyebrows, and the drunkenness returns to the dream. Young people are still the same, only sighing that time is too hasty.
moral:
when I was young and frivolous, I had great ambitions, but I hesitated to take practical actions and didn't make any practical efforts. This tells us that if the ideal is not supported by practical actions, it is just a fantasy.
Ideal and action are two words of equal importance, neither of which is more important. In reality, many people have lofty ideals, but their mobility is poor, and as a result, their ideals become bubbles. Others, who are short-sighted but have strong mobility, have a bleak life as a result.
Therefore, the ideal is as important as the action. If you have an ideal and a lofty goal, you need to have an operable plan, plus a firm action, then your achievements will come naturally.
About the author:
Jin Yong (March 1, 1924—October 3, 218), whose real name was Cha Liangyong, was born in Haining City, Zhejiang Province and moved to Hong Kong in 1948. Contemporary martial arts novel writers, journalists, entrepreneurs, political critics and social activists are known as one of the "four great talents" in Hong Kong, and are also known as the four great masters of China's martial arts novels with Gu Long, Liang Yusheng and Wen Ruian.
The main works are: The Book of Swords, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain, The Condor Heroes, etc.
Jin Yong's novels reflect the exploration of historical significance and value everywhere. Jin Yong is trying to deconstruct negative values and promote positive values by expressing strong tragic feelings in his novels.