Persuasive learning
Yan Zhenqing in Tang Dynasty
Original text:
Every day when the cock crows, it is the best time for boys to read.
Teenagers only know how to play, but don't know how to study hard. When they are old, they regret why they didn't know how to study hard when they were young.
Translation:
Midnight is the best time for boys to study every day. When I was a teenager, I only knew how to play and didn't know how to study hard. When I was old, I regretted why I didn't know how to study hard when I was young.
Extended data:
The creative background of "encouraging learning";
Yan Zhenqing lost his father at the age of 3, and his family came down. His mother Yin placed high hopes on him, implemented strict family education and personally supervised the school. Yan Zhenqing is also very studious and studies hard every day. This poem was written by Yan Zhenqing to encourage future generations.
Appreciation of "encouraging learning":
"Night light night chicken" refers to hardworking people and diligent students who are still working and studying in the middle of the night, and the lights are still on at night. After turning off the lights and lying down for a short rest, chickens crow at night, and these hardworking people have to get up and be busy again.
The first sentence was written early, which is an objective phenomenon, which leads to the second sentence: study hard and get up early. The second sentence is a supplement to the first sentence, expressing that young people should study day and night, and only by studying hard can they serve the country and make contributions.
The third and fourth sentences say that if you don't study hard when you are young, it's too late to study now when you are old. "Black hair" and "bald head" in the sentence are metonymic figures of speech, referring to youth and old age.
Through the method of comparison, it is emphasized that reading and learning should be early, and it is not necessary to regret it when you are old. Structurally, three or four sentences are antithetical sentences, and "black hair" and "bald head" echo each other and set off each other, leaving a deep impression on readers.
Brief introduction of the author of "Incentive Learning":
Yan Zhenqing, whose real name is Chen Qing, alias Xianmenzi, alias Fang Ying, was born in Linyi. Yan Shigu V, the secretary supervisor, is a grandson, and Situ Qing is his younger brother, a famous official and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty.
In the 22nd year of Kaiyuan, Yan Zhenqing became a scholar and served as a supervisor and consultant in the temple. Later, because he offended Yang, the powerful minister, he was demoted to be the prefect of the plain and was called "Yan Plain" by the world. During the Anshi Rebellion, Yan Zhenqing led a crusade against the rebels. Later, he went to Fengxiang and was made a minister. When Tang Daizong was an official, he went to the official department of Shangshu Province, and a prince and a surname named him Duke Lu, which was called Duke Yan Lu in history.
In the first year of Xingyuan, he was sent to tell the rebel Li Xilie that Li Xilie refused the thief in awe and was finally slapped to death. After he was killed, Cao's heirs and soldiers of the three armed forces cried. Posthumous title Si Tuleideng, posthumous title "in the text".
Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy is exquisite and good at it. Chu Suiliang, a beginner, studied under Zhang Xu and got his brushwork. Its regular script is dignified and majestic, and its running script is vigorous and powerful, which has created a "Yan style" regular script and has a great influence on later generations. Together with Zhao Mengfu, Liu Gongquan and Ou Yangxun, they are also called "four masters of regular script". Together with Liu Gongquan, they are called "Yan Liu" and "Yangu".
He is also good at poetry, such as You, Ji, Wu, Ji, Lu Ji and Linchuan Ji, all of which have been lost. The Song people compiled Yan Ji.
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