Famous poems and essays to encourage learning are as follows:
1. "Encouraging Learning" (Tang Dynasty) by Yan Zhenqing
The lights are bright at three o'clock and the rooster is on the fifth o'clock, which is when men study hour.
Black-haired people don’t know how to study diligently early, and white-haired people regret studying late.
Yan Zhenqing is a great calligrapher. Su Shi once said: "Poetry is as good as Du Zimei (Du Fu), writing is as good as Han Tuizhi (Han Yu), painting is as good as Wu Daozi, and calligraphy is as good as Yan Lugong (Yan Zhenqing)." It can be seen that. , Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy was highly praised by Su Shi, who was also a calligrapher.
However, for ordinary people, it may not be his calligraphy that makes Yan Zhenqing a household name, but this little poem. This poem is as straightforward as words require no interpretation. In terms of study time, there may be some exaggeration in the poem, but poetry can be exaggerated. Great calligraphers may think that learning is the same as practicing calligraphy. Diligence brings hundreds of benefits, while laziness brings hundreds of disadvantages.
2. "Poem to Encourage Learning" (Northern Song Dynasty) Zhao Heng
A rich family does not need to buy fertile land, there are thousands of millet in the book.
There is no need to build a high hall to live in peace, there is a golden house in the book.
Don’t regret having no one to follow you when you go out. There are so many carriages and horses in the book.
Don’t hate an unscrupulous matchmaker when marrying a wife, there is beauty in the book.
The man wants to fulfill his life ambitions and reads the Six Classics diligently to the window.
This poem by Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng, the third emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, is now widely circulated among the people. Song Zhenzong was an emperor with considerable literary talent. If he writes such a vernacular poem, the image art of the poem may be greatly compromised. However, the poem uses "the book has its own millet," "the book has its own house of gold," and "the book has its own beauty like jade" to encourage students to study and make progress.
3. "Gift to the Grandson" Wang Anshi
The new phoenix chicks in Nanshan are not as clear-cut as paintings.
He loved pears and chestnuts when he was young, and he had to read five carts of books when he grew up.
When the little grandson was born, he was like a new born little phoenix on Nanshan Mountain. His features were more beautiful than those in paintings. Facing his young grandson, Wang Anshi, a famous prime minister of his generation, was just like ordinary people. He thought: Let the child do whatever he wants when he was young; he expected that his grandson must read a lot of books when he grows up.
4. "Inscription on My Brother and Nephew's Book Hall" (Excerpt) (Tang Dynasty) Du Xunhe
The shadow of the bamboo on the window shakes the book case, and the sound of the wild spring flows into the inkstone pond.
Young people work hard all their lives, and don’t waste time and effort.
Du Xunhe lived in the troubled times of the late Tang Dynasty. The chaos of the world made it difficult to study calmly. On this day, the poet Du Xunhe came to his nephew's study hall. The bamboo shadow outside the window swayed on the desk, and the ink on the inkstone seemed to make the tinkling sound of wild spring water. Du Xunhe was deeply moved by this scene. He encouraged his nephew: Studying hard when you are young is all for a lifelong career. You must not waste your time and study diligently.
5. "Farewell to Dong Chuan" (Excerpt) (Northern Song Dynasty) by Su Shi
His career was wrapped in coarse silk cloth, and he had the spirit of poetry and calligraphy in his belly.
I am tired of cooking gourd leaves with the old Confucian, and force me to step on the locust flowers with my son.
"There are poems and calligraphy in the belly, and the spirit of poetry comes from China" is a poem that we often think of. This sentence was sent by Su Shi to his friend Dong Chuan. Dong Chuan and Su Shi often talked about the past and the present, recited poems and composed essays, and they knew each other very well. However, Dong Chuan's family was poor and his clothes were simple. Su Shi believed that although Dong Chuan's hair was tied with thick silk and his body was covered with coarse cloth, he was diligent in reading and his spiritual temperament was extraordinary.