Poems to Encourage Learning/Occasionally
Author Zhu Xi Dynasty Song Dynasty
It is easy for a young man to learn, but it is difficult for an old man to succeed, so one inch of time should not be taken lightly.
I haven’t realized the dream of spring grass in the pond, but the phoenix leaves in front of the steps have already sounded in autumn.
Translation:
It is very easy to pass away the days of youth, but it is difficult to achieve success in learning, so you must cherish every inch of time and not let it go easily. Before I could wake up from the sweet dream of spring grass growing in the pond, the leaves of the sycamore tree in front of the steps were already rustling in the autumn wind.
Appreciation:
The whole poem uses the metaphor of time fleeting before waking up from a dream and the fallen leaves, and warns young people to cherish time and study hard. It is used to persuade others and also to use In self-policing. He warned people to cherish their time, pursue their studies, lament that life is short, and seize the time to study, so that in the future they will not regret wasting their time and not waste their life due to inaction.
Youth is easy to pass away, but knowledge is difficult to achieve, so you must cherish every inch of time and not let it go easily. Before I woke up from the beautiful spring scenery, the sycamore leaves in front of the steps were already rustling in the autumn wind. "Oucheng" is a seven-character quatrain written by Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty. It tells us that youth is fleeting and knowledge is hard to achieve. We should cherish this young time and don’t miss it easily.