1, the original text: there is fire if you hit a stone, but there is no smoke if you don't hit a stone. It is unnatural to learn without learning. Everything has to be his own luck. He has to be my sage. Youth must be early, how can we grow into teenagers?
2, translation: only when you hit a stone, there will be sparks; If you don't fight, not even a little smoke will come out. So do people. Only by studying can we master knowledge. Without learning, knowledge will not fall from the sky. Everything depends on your own practice, and the knowledge gained by others can't replace your own talent. You should work hard as soon as possible while you are young. Can a person be a teenager forever?
Appreciation of "encouraging learning":
"Persuade" in the poem "Persuade to Learn" means to encourage. The poet first struck a stone to get the metaphor of fire, which was indispensable in people's daily life at that time, and pointed out that only when the flint was struck could it produce Mars, not to mention fire. "Yuan" is now generally written as "Yuan", and the original meaning of Yuan (Yuan) comes. In the same way, people can only store "Tao" through learning, and the "Tao" mentioned in poetry should include the way of being a man and the way of writing poetry. Nature is at home, that is, you can learn without learning.
"Everything must be my own luck, he will not be my sage", which plays a wonderful role in "learning without knowing", emphasizing that everything should be done by myself, and the achievements of others will not become their own achievements. These two words are the strength of Meng Jiao's life, and they have not lost their vitality until today. If Meng Jiao didn't study, didn't understand Tao and followed the mediocre and flashy poetic style prevailing at that time, it would be impossible to form his own style, and we might not know that this poet existed in history today.
To sum up a sentence, "Youth must be early", and earnestly encourage the world to seize the most precious time in life and work hard on "learning" and "luck".