Tang Du Fu's "Twenty-two Rhymes for Wei Zuocheng Zhang": "Reading is like a book, writing is like a god." The full text is:
Give Wei twenty-two rhymes.
Wan Kun didn't starve to death, and the Confucian crown is often mistaken. The son-in-law tried to listen, and the son-in-law asked Chen.
Just yesterday's Youth Day, I saw the ambassador in advance. Reading has broken thousands of volumes, and writing is like a god.
Empower the enemy with materials and build a home with poetry. Li Yong seeks knowledge, and William Wang is willing to be a neighbor.
Boasting to be quite outstanding, Li Deng wants Jin Lu. To the monarch, Yao and Shun, and then make the customs pure.
This idea is actually suppressed, and the songs are not hidden. Riding a donkey for thirteen years, traveling and eating jinghua spring.
At the door of the rich, dusk carries the dust of fat horses. There are broken cups and cold roast everywhere.
The Lord has seen the sign for a while, but he is eager to expand it. The green ghost has wings, but no vertical scales.
I am ashamed of my father-in-law, and I know his father-in-law is true. Every time I go to Bailian, I recite new beautiful sentences.
Stealing gong, it is difficult to be poor in Yuanxian. How can you not be satisfied? You're just wandering around
Today I want to go to the sea in the east and Qin in the west. I still pity Nanshan and look back at Weibin in Qing Dynasty.
I often plan to sign up for a dinner party, Minister Kuang Huaici. Bai Ou is not strong, but Wan can be tamed.
Translation:
The children of rich families will not starve to death, and poor scholars will probably delay themselves. Master Wei, you can listen quietly. I will tell you my past.
When I was a teenager, I was a guest in Wang's capital for a long time. I have read thousands of books and written thousands of articles, and my writing seems to be very agile.
My ci is comparable to that of Yang Xiong, and my poetry is similar to that of Cao Zhi. Li Yong is looking for an opportunity to meet me, and William Wang is willing to be my close neighbor.
A person who thinks he is super outstanding is sure to hold an important position soon. Assisting the king made him superior to Yao and Shun, and made the social fashion simple.
All my ambitions in this life have failed, and I sang a song sadly. This is definitely not what I want to swim and retire. I have been riding a donkey for thirteen years and spent many Spring Festival in Chang 'an.
Knock on the rich man's door in the morning and follow the fat horse with dust at night. Eating other people's leftovers makes people secretly feel hard everywhere.
Soon he was called up by the emperor and suddenly felt that his ambition could be extended. But I'm like a bird falling from the sky, and I'm like a carp that can't jump over the dragon gate.
I am ashamed of your generosity to me, and I know you are sincere to me. Recommend my poems to baiguan, recite beautiful sentences and praise the fresh style of writing.
I want to follow Gong Yu's example and let others promote me, but I can't stand being as poor as Yuan Xian. How can I let my heart be so depressed and angry that I always hang out with each other?
I want to go east into the sea, and I want to leave the ancient Western Qin Dynasty. I miss the majestic Mount Zhongnan and look back at the clear Weihe River.
I want to repay your "kindness of a meal" and bid farewell to many ministers who care about me. Let me appear in the vast smoke like Bai Ou, floating thousands of miles away. Who can catch me?
Appreciate:
"Reading thousands of books, writing like a god" is a famous sentence of Du Fu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. Later generations have made different interpretations of these two poems. A Detailed Annotation on Du Fu's Poems in Qing and Autumn is "reading".