The so-called "coarse" refers to rough and simple, "coarse tea" refers to relatively rough and bitter old tea, and "light rice" is because of the lack of salt in ancient times, and the poor can't eat salt, which is light rice;
A simple tea diet is enough. Mending worn-out clothes can keep you warm from the cold. Just live a stable and stable life. You don't covet anything else, you don't envy others, and you will be satisfied when you are old.
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Huang Tingjian's Family Style Story
In ancient times, there was a great poet and calligrapher named Huang Tingjian who lived in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty and came from a big family in the south of the Yangtze River. Different from many families that value money or power, this family has a tradition of farming and studying, that is, living in seclusion in rural areas and studying while farming.
Huang Tingjian, who grew up under this tradition, not only received a good education since childhood, but more importantly, he developed a thrifty and thrifty character in the case of long-term contact with farmers.
The elder who had a great influence on him was an uncle named Chang Li. In Huang Tingjian's poems in his later years, he once said, "Teach me to grow up, only my uncle"-all the people who raised me and taught me are actually my uncles. What is the lifestyle of this Chang Li?
There is no historical record, but judging from its reputation as an honest official, it should not be much worse. And he and Su Shi and others are close friends. According to the principle that birds of a feather flock together, birds of a feather flock together, this Chang Li is a noble man.
Influenced by the family style of "farming and studying" and his uncle's noble people, Huang Tingjian's growing environment is really enviable. After he left the countryside and entered the official career, he was able to maintain a normal heart, whether he was promoted or demoted, a bit like Fan Zhongyan said: "Don't be happy with things, don't be sad for yourself."
It is also in this realm that his poetry and calligraphy have reached a very high level, and he has formed his own unique style on the basis of learning from many predecessors.
There are three other Song Dynasty calligraphers who are equally famous with Huang Tingjian: Su Shi, Mi Fei and Cai Jing, also known as "Song Sijia". Su Shi was Huang Tingjian's teacher and a great writer at that time. He has extraordinary attainments in many aspects, and his personal integrity is also very noble. Mi Fei, on the other hand, was addicted to the world of calligraphy and forgot the world of mortals. Calligraphy has great personality and achievements. These three people are like-minded.