Translation of "Reading and Drinking": Su Zimei is bold and unrestrained and likes to drink. When he was at the home of his father-in-law, Du Qigong, he would drink a bucketful of wine every evening while studying. Du Qigong was deeply puzzled by this, so he sent his juniors to secretly observe him. He was hearing Zimei reading the "Book of Han: The Biography of Zhang Liang" and (when he) read "Zhang Liang and his assassins attacked Qin Shihuang in a sneak attack. The big hammer thrown by the assassin only hit Qin Shihuang's passenger car" (this paragraph), He suddenly clapped his hands and said, "What a pity! I missed the hit." Then he drank a full glass of wine. I also read Zhang Liang's words: "Since I met the Emperor (Liu Bang) in Chenliu after the Xiapi Uprising, it is God who has sent me to His Majesty." (Su Zimei) then slapped the table and said: "When the emperor and his ministers met, it was like this. It’s hard.” He drank another large glass of wine. After Du Qigong heard about it, he laughed and said: "With such a drink, a bucket is not too much."
1. Reading and drinking with wine, mainly through the story of Su Shunqin reading and drinking with wine, expressing the literary The purpose is to explain that you should concentrate on reading, not "read to death", let alone "read to death", but "read in" as the ancients said, but also "read out". Bring your strong emotions with you when reading, and drink wine when you can't help yourself, to show your true nature. As modern people, we don’t necessarily have to imitate his drinking when reading, but we can express our emotions in other ways.
2. Drinking with books is not only an elegant expression of the ancients' drinking without forgetting their studies, but also a reflection of the ancients' straightforward and simple style of drinking without being extravagant. Su Shunqin used books to drink with him, which became a good story for future generations and had a great influence on future generations. Lu You also used books to accompany his drinks. In his poem "Drinking at the Gate of Yanchi Gorge" he wrote: "When you talk happily and have a drink, you invite me to drink wine, and you write a letter on the case. Although the clouds are parked in Jiangzhu, why are you returning to Linlu?" Qing Dynasty The literati Qu Dajun's poem "Monk Diaoxue'an" also contains the line "One leaf of "Li Sao" and one cup of wine". Bao Ting, who was a minister of the Ministry of Rites in the late Qing Dynasty, also wrote a poem: ""Li Sao" was a favorite of a young man. It has not been warm for a long time, so I made it a drink, and the food was delicious. The more I read, the more I drank, and the cup became empty.
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