We encourage young people to cherish their youth. When they are young, they must know how to study hard, study diligently, and make a difference. Otherwise, it will be too late to think about studying when they are old, and it will be too late to regret. They should cherish their time.
"Encouraging Learning" is an ancient poem written by Yan Zhenqing, a native of the Tang Dynasty.
The original text is as follows:
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 early, and white-haired people regret studying late.
Vernacular translation:
The best time for boys to study is between midnight and the time when the rooster crows. Young people don't know that if they get up early and study diligently, it will be too late to regret that they have not studied enough when they are old.
Extended information:
Literary appreciation:
The word "persuasion" in "Encourage Learning" plays a leading role in the entire text. "Persuasion" is interpreted as "encouragement". In this poem titled "Encouragement to Study", the author advises young people to cherish their youth, study diligently, and make a difference. Otherwise, they will accomplish nothing when they grow old and regret it too late. Let children initially understand that life is short, thereby increasing their enthusiasm for learning. The poem reveals this profound truth in just 28 words and achieves an inspiring effect.
"The lights are on at the third watch and the chicken is on the fifth watch" means that hard-working people and diligent students are still working and studying in the middle of the night. The lights are still on at the third watch, and they turn off the lights and lie down for a short rest. , the rooster crows at the fifth watch, and these hard-working people have to get up and get busy again.
The first sentence uses an objective phenomenon to write that time is early, which leads to the second sentence of studying diligently and getting up early. "It is the time for men to study" supplements the first sentence, expressing that young people should study regardless of day and night. Study, and through hard study, you can serve your family and country and make contributions.
The structure of the poem seems straight, but there is elegance in the straightness. It is extremely natural and has the wonderful contrast between reality and reality, positive and negative. The center of the poem is of course the beauty on the top of the building, with the grass and willow smoke, what she sees in her eyes, but the poet - he may be an outsider who accidentally sees the beauty, or he may be the prodigal son who traveled far away - represents She imagined that it would naturally go from far to near, from the color of grass outside the garden to the smoke of willows in the garden, and even to one point, the tall building in the center of the garden. The youth of nature serves as a foil for the young woman's youth;
The green grass and green willows complement the bright red makeup, making her extremely beautiful. But it is so beautiful that the sudden sadness at the end of the poem is particularly touching. It is only by reading the poem that you can further realize that the grass and trees full of vitality at the beginning have already been smeared with the young woman's dreamy mood. of sorrow. This is what the predecessors often said was the external flavor of "Nineteen Poems".
For example, by analyzing the poetic techniques of later generations of poets, we can form a contrast between the front and back, and a corresponding structure from beginning to end. However, the simple and lush charm in the poem makes people feel that the poet did not necessarily create such a clever construction. He just imagined it for her, using the ups and downs of her emotions as clues to write them one by one. The natural twists and turns of her emotions, It forms the natural twists and turns of the poem's structure.