Be diligent in official duties from morning to night; devote all your energy to official duties
Be at work all night long
Definition: Be diligent in official duties from morning to night.
Source: "The Book of Songs·Zhaonan·Caifeng": "The boy who is being quilted, he is at work all night long."
Example sentence: Yi is at work all night long, sitting and waiting for the day. From "Book of Jin·Biography of Liu Yi".
Original text
Yi Caifen? Yu marsh Yu_. To use it? The matter of the duke.
Yu Yicaifen? In the stream. To use it? The prince's palace.
Tongtong, who is in bed, is in public all day and night. He was beaten by Qi Qi and returned with thin words.
Translation
Where to collect baiji, on the sandbank next to the swamp. What's the use of collecting Baidu? It is used for sacrificial purposes in the prince's house.
Where are the white fennel collected? They are collected and washed in the stream. What's the use of collecting Baidu? It is used for worship in the prince's palace.
He was sent specifically to collect white vines, and he was a duke all day and night. There are many people sent to collect pork belly, so don’t go home lightly.
Creative background
As for the background of this poem, ancient scholars have two theories: one is that it was written for sacrifice, and the other is that it was written for silkworm rearing. Modern scholars mostly believe that this poem is a poem reflecting the labor of the palace ladies for sacrifices.
The Book of Songs
The Book of Songs is the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry. It is the earliest collection of poems and collects poetry from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (11th century BC to 6th century BC) ) poems, there are a total of 311 poems, 6 of which are Sheng poems, that is, they only have titles and no content, and are called the six Sheng poems ("Nanmei", "Baihua", "Huashui", "Yougeng", "Chongqiu") "" Youyi"), reflecting the social outlook of about five hundred years from the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty to the late Zhou Dynasty.
To exhaust one’s energy
Definition: To exhaust one’s energy. Think, think. Describe using all your heart.
Source: "Ce Lin Yi Ce Tou" written by Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty: "Thinking very deeply, in order to do the best for me to offer my words to a humble minister!"
Example: Professor Wang for I studied this topic with great concentration and sleepless nights.
Idiom allusions
"Celin" are some political articles written by Bai Juyi. In "Celin Yi·Cetou", Bai Juyi wrote: When the Han Dynasty became emperor, the ministers Zhu Yun asked Emperor Cheng to give him the Shangfang Sword to kill Zhang Yu, Emperor Cheng's teacher, prime minister, and Marquis of Anchang, because this man was good at flattering, deceiving the monarch, not doing business, and not caring about the people. When Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty heard this, he was furious. He thought that Zhu Yun, who was in a lower position but slandered his superiors and dared to insult the emperor's master above the court, was really worthy of death.
When the censor saw this, he stepped forward and wanted to drag Zhu Yun to His Highness. However, Zhu Yun held on to the railings beside the palace with his hands and even broke the railings. He also shouted: "If I can join Long Feng, Bigan and other famous loyal and admonishing ministers in history, I can go to Jiuquan." I will be satisfied if I meet you next time! But I am worried about what will happen to the court in the future!" Later, Emperor Cheng took back his orders after being remonstrated with death by General Xin Qingji. Afterwards, although Emperor Cheng did not punish Zhang Yu, he no longer favored him.
Later, when it was time to repair the railings, Emperor Cheng said: "Don't replace the new railings, just repair the original railings to praise your ministers! At the end of the article, Bai Juyi wrote, I hope The emperor at that time was able to listen to the advice of his ministers as much as Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty. At the same time, he also expressed his determination to think deeply, speak out and give advice even if he died.