The lights are bright at midnight and the rooster crows at midnight every day, which is when boys study. It means: at midnight every day, when the rooster crows, it is the best time for boys to study. As a boy, you must know how to study hard. ,hardworking.
"Poem to Encourage Learning" - Author: Yan Zhenqing of the Tang Dynasty
Original text:
It is the time for men to study when the lights are on at three and the chickens are on at five.
Black-haired people don’t know how to study early, and white-haired people regret studying late.
Translation?
From midnight every day until the rooster crows, it is the best time for boys to study. In their youth, they must know how to study hard and study diligently.
But if you only know how to play and don’t know how to study hard, you will regret when you are old that you didn’t know how to study hard when you were young. When you get older, you will regret why you didn't know how to study hard when you were young.
Extended information
Creative background:
Yan Zhenqing lost his father when he was 3 years old, and his family was in decline. His mother, Yin, had high hopes for him and implemented strict family education. Supervise the school personally. Yan Zhenqing was also extremely studious and studied hard every day. This poem was written by Yan Zhenqing to encourage future generations. ?
Similar sentences: If a young man doesn’t work hard, a grown man will be sad.
Translation: If a young person does not work hard in time, he will only regret his life when he grows old.
Source: "Collection of Yuefu Poems·Chang Ge Xing": "When hundreds of rivers reach the sea from the east, when will they return to the west? If a young man does not work hard, an old man will be sad."
Translation: Baichuan Running eastward to the sea, when will it return to the west again? If a young person does not work hard in time, he will only regret his life when he grows old.