Explanation of the full text of "Zeng Guang Xian Wen"

In the past, the Xian Wen taught you earnestly. The rhyme of the collection increases, and you see more and hear more. When looking at the present, it is advisable to learn from the past. Without the past, the present cannot be achieved. ?

The explanation uses the words of the sages of the past to teach you earnestly. Extensive collection of rhyming words is compiled into "Zengguang" to make you more informed. We should learn from the experiences and lessons of the ancients to guide today's behavior, because today is a continuation of ancient times.

Know yourself and your enemy, and compare your feelings with your own. ?

Explain that if you know what you think, you should also know what others think, so you must use your own heart, be considerate of other people's hearts, and put yourself in others' shoes.

Drink wine when meeting close friends, and recite poems to those who meet you. We know each other all over the world, and we know how many people know each other. ?

Explain that wine should be drunk with people who understand oneself, and poetry should be chanted with people who understand it. You may know many people, but there are only a few who truly understand and understand them.

Meeting each other is like knowing each other for the first time, and there will be no resentment until the end of time. ?

Explain that meeting people should always be like meeting them for the first time, so that they will not feel resentment even when they grow old.

You know the nature of fish when you are near the water, and you know the sounds of birds when you are near the mountains. ?

Explain that if you live by the water, you can master the habits of different fish, and if you live by the mountains, you can recognize the sounds of various birds.

Mountains and streams are easy to rise and easy to retreat, and they are easy to reverse and change the hearts of small people. ?

Explanation: What is easy to rise and easy to recede is the mountain stream, and what is capricious is the mentality of the villain.

The gold turned into iron when transported away, and the iron turned into gold. ?

Explain that gold can turn into iron when luck is bad, and iron can turn into gold when luck comes your way.

Reading must be done with intention, a word is worth a thousand pieces of gold. ?

Explain that reading requires careful study and hard work, so that one can write exquisitely and every word can be worth a fortune.

When you meet someone, you have to say only a few words, but don’t give up everything. If you plant flowers intentionally, they will not bloom; if you plant willows unintentionally, they will become shade. It is difficult to draw a dragon or a tiger, but it is difficult to know the person and face but not the heart. ?

Explain that you can only speak three points when talking to others, and you cannot reveal all your inner thoughts to others. Flowers may not bloom if you plant them intentionally, but willows may grow luxuriantly if you plant willows intentionally. The shapes of dragons and tigers are easy to draw, but their skeletons are difficult to draw. It is easy to understand people on the surface, but it is very difficult to understand people's hearts.

Money is like dung, but kindness is worth a thousand pieces of gold. ?

Explain that money should be regarded as low and insignificant as dung, while benevolence, righteousness and morality are worth thousands of gold.

The water flowing down the beach is unintentional, and the white clouds coming out of the stream are unintentional. ?

Explain that the water flowing down from the beach is not intentional, and the white clouds floating out from the mountain peaks are just natural.

A horse’s power can be seen in the distance, and people’s hearts can be seen in the long journey. ?

Explain that only by traveling far away can you know the strength of a horse, and only by experiencing many things can you understand the quality of a person's heart.

A horse's weakness is due to thinness, and a person's lack of charm is due to poverty. ?

Explanation: The reason why a horse cannot walk is because of its thin body, and that a person's lack of gracefulness is due to his poverty.

To forgive others is not to be a fool, but a fool will not forgive others. ?

Explain that it is not a fool who can forgive others, but a fool never forgives others.

It’s a close relationship but not a close relationship, but it’s not a close relationship but it’s a close relationship. Beautiful or not, it depends on the water in the hometown; whether you are close or not, it depends on the people in your hometown. When we meet again and return home without drinking anything, the peach blossoms at the entrance of the cave also smile. ?

Explain that some people are relatives in name but not like relatives, and some people are closer than relatives even though they are not relatives. Regardless of whether it's sweet or not, the water in your hometown is delicious; whether you're a relative or not, the people in your hometown are the closest to you. If you don't drink when you get together with friends, even the peach blossoms at the entrance of the cave will laugh at you for not understanding human feelings.

As a human being, don’t do anything wrong, and don’t be surprised if you knock on the door in the middle of the night. ?

Explain that if you don’t do anything that offends your conscience, you won’t panic if someone knocks on the door in the middle of the night.

If we didn’t climb high and look at it, who would have known that the Eastward Sea was as deep as the sea. Two hearts are as good as each other, money is worth buying gold. One person has an average heart, and it is difficult to buy needles if you have money. ?

Explain how you can know that the rivers flowing eastward will eventually converge into the deep sea if you don’t climb high and look far. Two people working together can get money to buy gold. Everyone has the same idea, and they can't even make enough money to buy a needle.

The orioles are still afraid of spring. How can they teach people to spend spring in vain? Don't let the pretty girl grow old, and don't teach the poor to the frivolous boy. ?

Explain how even the orioles and flowers are afraid of the passing of spring, so how can people waste their years? The beauties in pink must not be too indulgent, and the charming and talented people must not become poor. If a woman wants to be a beauty in pink, she should do so while she is young, otherwise she will not be able to eat this bowl of rice when she is old and yellow. That relies on youth as capital; if a man wants to be romantic, children from poor families should not go to school. That depends on money to support it.

Gold is not fake, asafoetida is not real. ?

Explain that gold is precious and difficult to fake, but medicinal materials like asafoetida are almost non-genuine.

If you don’t care about your guests, you may be a fool. ?

Explain that if the host does not entertain guests when they come, he may be an ignorant fool.

The poor live in the busy city and no one cares about them, the rich live in the mountains and have distant relatives. No one speaks behind someone's back, and no one speaks in front of anyone. If you have money, you speak the truth; if you don’t have money, you speak the truth. If you don’t believe it, just look at the wine at the banquet. The rich will be served first. If you have money in the bustle, you can settle down in a quiet place.

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Explain that even if the poor live in a busy city, no one will care about them, and if the rich live in the mountains, they will also attract distant relatives. Is there any person who is not criticized by others behind his back, and who is not criticized in front of others? If you are given money, you will tell the truth. If you are not given money, you will not tell the truth. If you don’t believe me, go to a banquet and see. Which glass of wine is not served to the rich first? There is money to be made in bustling places, and remote and quiet places are suitable for settling down.

It comes like wind and rain and goes like dust. The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and the new people in the world drive out the old ones. ?

Explanation: It comes as violently as a storm and recedes as quietly as falling dust. The waves behind the Yangtze River push against the waves ahead, and the new people in the world are catching up with the old ones.

The first to see the moon is the tower near the water, and the flowers and trees in the sun are the first to see spring. The ancients did not see the moon today, but the moon used to shine on the ancients. The one who comes first is the king, the one who comes later is the minister. Mo Daojun leaves early, and there are even more early travelers. ?

Explain that the balcony near the water is the first to see the moon in the water, and the flowers and trees facing the sun will germinate early if they are well illuminated. People in ancient times could not see the moon today, but today's moon once shined on people in ancient times. If you take the first step, you can become a king; if you take the last step, you can only be called a minister. Don't think that if you leave early, there will be others who leave earlier than you.

Extended information:

"Zengguang Xianwen". Also known as "Xianwen of the Past" and "Xianwen of the Ancient and Modern Times", it is a children's enlightenment book compiled during the Ming Dynasty in China. The title of the book was first seen in the opera "The Peony Pavilion" during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. From this, it can be inferred that the book was written during the Wanli period at the latest.

"Zengguang Xianwen" collects various Chinese maxims and proverbs from ancient times to the present. Later, after continuous additions by literati from the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was changed into its current form, called "Zengguang Xianwen", commonly known as "Zengguang Xianwen".

The author has never seen any book records. He only knows that the Confucian scholar Zhou Xitao redid it during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. It is likely to be the crystallization of folk creations in the Qing Dynasty.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zengguang Xianwen