"Nothing is a scholar" comes from Huang Jingren's seven-character poem "Miscellaneous Feeling" in Qing Dynasty. The whole poem is as follows:
The immortal Buddha didn't make it, only knowing that the night was uneven. The wind shed is full of sad songs, and the mud is stained with poverty and happiness.
Nine out of ten people are contemptible, but none of them is a scholar. Don't worry about poetry. Spring birds and autumn insects make their own voices.
Vernacular translation:
The road to immortality is slim, and they can't succeed. They can only write poems alone at night to express their grievances. The wandering and lonely life killed the impassioned spirit in the poet's poems. People who have no frivolous thoughts about women have gained the reputation of being heartbroken.
Poetry appreciation:
The whole poem is mainly aimed at personal poverty and resentment, elegant but not profound. This poem is the poet's profound understanding of the world and life, highlighting the poet's aggrieved mood with colloquial language, natural accommodation and irony. Fully reflect the anguish of young intellectuals in that era;
The poet was down and out all his life. This poem is the poet's profound understanding of the world and life. Through the understanding of the cold world and human sentiment, the rational thinking in the poem has risen to the height of a universal philosophy and is a psychological description of the plight of all mankind.
It tells the bitterness of literati through the ages. This sentence is self-deprecating and contains great grief and indignation. Nowadays, it is often used to describe the dilemma of being knowledgeable, but unfortunately it is difficult to stretch.