Ask where the canal can be so clear, so that there is a source of living water
The specific original text is as follows:
Impressions from reading the book (Part 1)
< p>Zhu XiAs soon as the half-acre square pond ① is opened,
The skylight and cloud shadows linger ②.
Ask him how ③ can be so clear?
For living water from a source ④.
Annotations to the poem?
1. Half an acre is small
2. Mirror, mirror
3. Shadow, in the water Reflection
4. Wandering, flowing endlessly
5. Canal, water, refers to the square pond
6. Like this, like this. No way, how could it be? Such as: like this.
7. For, make a "predicate" and answer the lyrics
Theme
This poem is inspiring and timeless. The half-acre pond is like a mirror, reflecting the flashing skylight and cloud shadows. I wonder why this pond is so clear? It turns out that there is living water constantly flowing from the source! The meaning of the poem is very profound. It uses the source of living water as a metaphor for learning. Only by constantly absorbing new knowledge can we make rapid progress.
Some people think that poetry is the product of image thinking, so it is only suitable for describing scenes and expressing emotions, but not for reasoning. This makes some sense, but it cannot be made absolute. Because reason can be expressed through visual means, it is as attractive as scenery and emotion. At the same time, the speculative nature of reason itself is often very fascinating. (Meicheng's "Seven Fa" proves this point.) Therefore, there is no shortage of successful philosophical poems in ancient and modern poetry. Zhu Xi was a student of Liu Zihui, and his father Zhu Song was also very talented. Perhaps due to the influence of his father and master, his evaluation of literature in Taoism was relatively fair, and he also wrote some good poems full of life. Of course, these two poems are works of reasoning. The former poem uses the idea that a pond must be constantly filled with living water to be clear, which is a metaphor that thoughts must continue to develop and improve in order to be active and avoid stagnation and rigidity. The latter's writing skills often go through a stage from quantitative change to qualitative change. Once the water is ready, it will naturally be clear on the outside and on the inside, without any restraints, and free. These two poems use vivid images to express the truths that he has realized in his studies. They are both inspiring and not lacking in poetic flavor. Therefore, Chen Yan rated them as "combining things and reasoning without being corrupt".