Meaning:

Study can only be perfected by hard work, but will be wasted if you are playful; virtue can be formed by thinking, and will be destroyed if you follow the crowd. Or "Academics are specialized due to diligence, and abandoned due to play; virtues are achieved due to independent thinking, and corrupted due to following the custom."

From the classical Chinese text Han Yu's "Jin Xue Jie".

Original text

Mr. Guozi entered Taixue in the morning, recruited all the students to set up a hall, and taught them: "The excellence of work is due to diligence, and waste is due to play; success is achieved by thinking, and failure is achieved by thinking." Yu Sui. The sages and sages now meet, the evil spirits are removed, and those who are good at Chongzhong are all recorded. But if you are selected, you will not be successful because of the misfortunes in your life, and you will not be able to succeed because of the injustice of the company. The writer said: "Sir, you are bullying me! I have been with you for a long time now. Your master is constantly reciting essays on the six arts, and his hands are constantly writing about hundreds of schools of thought. Those who record events must mention the important points, and those who compile them must do so." He must be greedy for more than he wants, and he will not donate anything to keep the sundial. He has been diligent in his work for a long time.

Mr. Buddha repairs the gap, looking for the vastness of the falling thread, and searching for the distance to the east. It is a waste of time for Confucianism to recover.

< p> Immersed in the richness and beauty, as an article, the book is full of books. It is similar to Yao Si, and has no boundaries; Zhou Gao and Yin's "Pan" is written by Ji Qu Naiya; "Spring and Autumn" is rigorous, and "Zuo Shi" is rigorous. 》Exaggerated; "Yi" is strange but methodical, "Shi" is upright but wonderful; "Zhuang" and "Sao" are recorded by Taishi; But it's all about the outside.

You know how to learn when you are young, and you are brave enough to do things; Trust people, don't help friends in private. He often gets into trouble. He is a censor for a while, and he has been a doctor in Nanyi for three years. , the wife is hungry, the head is broken, what is the use of it?” The fine wood is made of 桷, 欂挌, dwarf, 椳, 鑑, 悂, and wedge. Each of them is suitable for building a house. It is also the work of the craftsman. , All the skins of the defeated drums are collected and used, and those who are ready to use are the best doctors. , the prime minister's method.

In the past, Meng Ke was good at arguing, and his teachings were clear, and he led the world. Ling. These two Confucian scholars speak as scriptures and use their actions as Dharma. They are extremely deviant and have entered the holy realm. How can they be like this in the world? Although they are diligent in their studies, they do not follow their traditions. Although they talk a lot, they do not care about them. , Although the writing is wonderful, it is not useful, and although the practice is cultivated, it is not obvious to the public.

It is like a monthly salary and a waste of millet. The son does not know how to plow, and the woman does not know how to weave. Sitting quietly and eating, he went to work on a regular basis and stole things. However, the Holy Lord did not punish him and the ministers did not criticize him. Isn't it his luck?

His name is also followed. It is better to divide the investment and leave it idle. If the husband's financial bribery is ruined, he forgets his own evaluation, which refers to the shortcomings of the predecessors. , and the doctor Zi used the prosperous sun to bring in the new year, and wanted to enter his Xiiling.