The 80 ancient poems that primary school students must memorize are: "Long Song Xing", "Seven-step Poetry", "Chile Song", "Ode to the Goose", "Returning to the Hometown", "Ode to the Willows", "Liangzhou Ci", "Climbing the Stork Tower", "Spring Dawn", etc.
Among them, the original text of "Long Song Xing" is: Sunflowers in the green garden, the morning dew awaits the setting sun. In the spring of Budeze, all things will be radiant. I am often afraid that when the autumn festival comes, the yellow flowers and leaves will wither. From the east to the sea, when will the rivers return to the west? If a young man does not work hard, the old man will be miserable.
The translation is: The vegetable garden is green, the sunflowers are green, the dewdrops in the morning are about to disappear in the sunshine, the warm spring light is universally bestowed with grace, and all things on the earth are glowing with vitality. . Everyone is afraid that the chilling autumn will come, which will make the leaves yellow, branches dry, and the flowers haggard. Time is like countless rivers flowing eastward to the sea. When will any of them return to the west? If you don't work hard when you are young, you will achieve nothing when you are old and you will only be sad in vain!
Appreciation of the whole poem
"Long Song Xing" is a poem in the Han Dynasty Yuefu, which belongs to "Xianghe Song Ci". It is a poem that exhorts the world to cherish the time and forge ahead. This poem mainly says that seasons change quickly and time is gone forever, so it advises people to cherish their youth and work hard to make a difference. The whole poem uses scenery to express emotions, and it is based on emotions to reason. It embodies the life philosophy of "young people don't work hard, old people are sad" in vivid images such as morning dew drying, leaves falling in autumn, and hundreds of rivers flowing eastward.
With the help of the dew in the morning, the flowers and leaves falling in autumn, and the flowing water going east and never coming back, we sigh that time is fleeting and life is short, and we encourage people to hold on to the life that flies by with time and work hard to make the most of their youth. Years make a difference. The emotional tone is positive. The main idea is reflected in the last two sentences, but the poet's thoughts are not simply stated. Instead, he extracts specific images full of beauty from the real world and teaches them through aesthetics.