1. Su Shi in Song Dynasty: Poems about Washing Children
Everyone wants to be smart when adopting a son, and I have been delayed by being smart all my life.
I hope the children are stupid and carefree to the public.
Everyone wants them to be smart when raising children, but I am too smart to be smart all my life. I only hope that my son is stupid, free from disasters and evils, and be a fair and decent person.
Subject: Su Shi is smart and versatile, but he is always upset and frustrated because he has offended powerful people. This poem "Washing the Son" is Su Shi's expression of his full passion through the expectation of his son. He wants his son to be safe, but cleverness is secondary.
A word "hope" wrote down everyone's expectations for children; A word "wrong" tells the story of a person's life.
On the surface, I am mocking myself for being smart and frustrated all my life; In fact, ironically, those officials or ministers are all "stupid and heartless" incompetent people who pity the wind of inheritance.
2. Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty who "re-emphasized Zongwu"
Find a way to understand the new law, lay a book and solve the bed. Try the sapphire case, don't envy the purple bag.
Drink wine from time to time on holidays. I will grow up next year. You should read widely and love articles.
Fifteen men's ambitions, three thousand children's lines. Those who have participated in the summer tour will be promoted to the church.
Recently, you have learned to write poems according to law. You can also open your books and sit at your desk and read. You should try to recite such ancient poems as Zhang Heng's Four Sorrow Poems, and don't envy Xie Xuan for playing sweet bursa.
I can only drink occasionally on rest days, and I will grow as tall as me next year.
At your age, you should have read a lot of poetry books, and you seem to understand the beauty of the study of composition.
At the age of fifteen, it was the time when men were determined to learn. Confucius had three thousand disciples. Only those who study well, such as Zeng Shen, Xia Zi and Zi You, can enter the room.
Theme: The author is patiently teaching his son that Zongwu is Du Fu's son, telling him to try to recite ancient poems like Zhang Heng's Four Sorrow Poems, and not to envy Xie Xuan for playing with sweet bursas.
He wants his children to be as useful and talented as he is, instead of being a glutton who does nothing but drink and have fun, instead of studying all day and relaxing occasionally.
Tell him some truth about life and some expectations for children, and deeply understand Du Fu's love for his son.