Everyone wants to be smart when adopting a son, and I have been delayed by being smart all my life.
I only hope that this child is honest and honest, and there is no disaster and no difficulty in reaching the public.
From Su Shi's Children's Play in Song Dynasty
The meaning of this poem is: everyone wants their children to be smart, but I have been delayed by cleverness all my life. I just hope my children are stupid and slow, and do whatever they want.
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Su Shi's works pay attention to the refinement of words and meanings, and the word "hope" writes people's expectations for children; A word "wrong" tells the story of a person's life.
After several twists and turns in the poem, the feelings are all in it: the world wants children to be smart, but I want children to be stupid and turn around; Smart people should have been smooth sailing, but I missed my life because I was smart, and so was the second turning point; Foolish people should do nothing, but they can "get many people without disaster" and turn three times. Su Shi's complaints are all in these turning points.