Half an acre of square pond opened, and the sky was overcast.
Why is the water in the pond so clear? Because there is inexhaustible living water for it.
Reading experience: one of the full-text translation;
Half an acre of square pond is displayed like a mirror, in which the brilliance of the sky and the shadow of floating clouds move together.
Why is the water in that square pond so clear? It is because there is an inexhaustible source to continuously transport living water for it.
Interpretation of a word when reading a book:
Tang Fang: Also known as Banmu Pond, it is located in Zhengfu (later called Nanxi Academy) in the south of Youxi, Fujian. Zhu Song, Zhu's father, made good friends with Zheng, so he tasted the poem "Drunk in Zheng Villa": "Open up the territory. The sheep are flying, and they are willing to be satisfied with the spring breeze. " Jane: One is a bronze basin, which was used to hold water or ice in ancient times. Mirror; Some scholars also think that mirrors. Look at people in the mirror.
"skylight" sentence: it means that the light of the sky and the shadow of clouds are reflected in the pool water, constantly changing, just like people wandering. Wandering, moving back and forth.
Canal: It, the third person pronoun, here refers to the water in Tang Fang. That: No way. That: it's the same as "where". What do you mean? Clear: clear. So: so, so.
For: Because. Source flowing water: metaphor knowledge is constantly updated and developed, thus accumulating. Only by constantly learning, applying and exploring in the study of life can we keep ourselves advanced and energetic forever, just like the source of water.
Extended data
Creation background
In the second year of Qingyuan (1 196), in order to avoid the disaster of Han Tuozhou, a powerful minister, Zhu and his disciples, Cai Shen and Huang Zhong came to Wuyi Hall (now Zhushan Village, Ping She Township, lichuan county) next to Shuanglin Temple in Fushan, Xincheng to give lectures. During this period, he traveled between Cheng Nan and Nanfeng.
Now, at the invitation of Li Yuanji and Deng, he wrote an Inscription of Sergeant Jianchang, which greatly praised Jianchang talents. At the invitation of Wu Lun and Wu Chang brothers in Hamawo Village, Shangtang, Nancheng County, he gave lectures in the village, wrote Rongmu Xuan for Wu's guild hall, Bookstore for reading pavilion, Shecang Collection for the social warehouse founded by Wu brothers, and also wrote Two Random Thoughts on Reading in the village.
Brief introduction of the author
Zhu (1 130 ~ 1200), a thinker, philosopher and educator in the Southern Song Dynasty, was a representative of Fujian School and was known as Zhu Zi in the world. Bad character. Originally from Wuyuan, he was born in Youxi and grew up in Jianzhou. He studied under Wu Fu, gave lectures on Wuyi, built a house in Yungu, became a disciple in Xiaoting and was buried in Tang Shi.
He paid extensive attention to classics and made different contributions to Confucian classics, history, literature, music and even natural science, leaving a vast number of works for future generations. He inherited and carried forward the traditional culture of China, integrated Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and built a profound ideological system, which had a far-reaching impact on China culture and human civilization.
His academic achievements are "to the vast, to the subtle, to the eternal", which has won the admiration of scholars and the titles of emperors. Later generations honored him as "Zhu Wengong" and evaluated him as "authentic Neo-Confucianism", and he was the third saint after Confucius and Mencius.
He devoted his life to promoting education, and successively founded many famous academies, such as Kaoting, Yuelu, Wuyi and Ziyang, which trained thousands of students and made indelible contributions to the creation of ancient civilization in China. There is a collection of Zhu Wen official documents.