1. "Poem to Encourage Learning"

Tang Dynasty: Yan Zhenqing

It is the time for men to study at the third watch of the night and the fifth watch of the rooster.

Black-haired people don’t know how to study early, and white-haired people regret studying late.

Translation: From midnight every day until the rooster crows, it is the best time for boys to study. In their youth, they must know how to study hard and study diligently. But if you only know how to play and don't know how to study hard, you will regret when you are old that you didn't know how to study hard when you were young. When you get older, you will regret why you didn't know how to study hard when you were young.

2. "Impressions after Reading the Book"

Southern Song Dynasty: Zhu Xi

A half-acre square pond opens up, and the skylight and cloud shadows linger endlessly.

Ask him how clear it is? Come for living water from a source.

Translation: The half-acre square pond is displayed in front of you like a mirror. The brilliance of the sky and the shadow of the floating clouds all move together in the mirror. I want to ask why the water in Fangtang is so clear? It is because there is an inexhaustible source that continuously delivers living water to it.

3. "Winter Night Reading Shows Ziyu"

Song Dynasty: Lu You

The ancients spared no effort in learning, and their skills were only achieved when they were young and old.

What you have learned on paper will eventually make you realize it, but you will definitely know that this matter must be carried out.

Translation: The ancients spared no effort in learning, and often did not achieve success until old age. After all, the knowledge gained from books is not perfect. If you want to deeply understand the truth, you must practice it yourself.

4. "Encouraging Learning"

Tang Dynasty: Meng Jiao

When you strike a stone, there is fire; if you don't strike it, there is no smoke.

People only know when they learn, but it is unnatural if they do not learn.

Everything has its own destiny, and it is not me who is the best.

Youth must be born early, how can you grow into a young man?

Translation: Only when the stone is hit will there be sparks; if not hit, not even a little smoke will come out. The same is true for people. Only through learning can we master knowledge; if we don't learn, knowledge will not fall from the sky.

Everything must be practiced by yourself. The knowledge gained by others cannot replace your own talents. You should work hard as early as possible during your youth. Can a person remain a "youngster" forever?

5. "Reading"

Song Dynasty: Lu You

I returned to Zhining without a five-acre garden, and the original intention of reading was in Yuan and Yuan Dynasties.

Although my eyesight in front of the lamp is not the same as before, I still have to learn 20,000 words.

Translation: The ambition to return to old age and live in seclusion is still the same even without the five acres of farmland. The original intention of reading is for the common people. ?Reading under the lamp, my eyes are no longer what they used to be, but I still insist that I have read twenty thousand small words.