Title: "For Learning" is selected from "The Collected Works of Baihetang". The original title was "A Poetry for Learning".

[Qing Dynasty] Peng Duanshu, about 1699 to about 1779, a writer of the Qing Dynasty.

"Wei Xue"

Are things in the world difficult or easy? If you do it, what is difficult will become easy; if you don't do it, what is easy will also be difficult. Is it difficult or easy for people to learn? If you learn it, everything that is difficult will become easy; if you don't learn it, everything that is easy will become difficult.

If my talents are weak, I will not catch up with others; if my talents are mediocre, I will not catch others. If I learn it day by day, I will not slack off for a long time, and even if I am successful, I will not know whether it is weak or mediocre. My talents are as smart as others; my talents are as sensitive as others; if I discard them without using them, I am no different from being dull and mediocre. The way of the sage was passed down to Lu when he died. However, how can stupidity and cleverness be used for a long time?

In Shu, there are two monks: one is poor and the other is rich. The poor said to the rich: "How can I like the South China Sea?"

The rich said: "How can I rely on it to go there?"

He said: "I have a bottle of it." The bowl is enough. "

The rich man said: "I have been trying to buy a boat for several years, but I have not been able to do so. How can I go there alone?"

The next year, the poor man will go there. Return from the South China Sea to tell the rich. The rich are ashamed.

From Western Shu to the South China Sea, I don’t know how many thousands of miles there are. The rich monks can’t get there, but the poor ones can’t get there. How can people be as determined as the humble monks of Shu? Therefore, one can rely on one's intelligence and agility but cannot rely on it; those who rely on one's intelligence and agility but do not learn much will be self-defeating. Faintness and mediocrity can be limited but cannot be limited; those who do not limit their dullness and mediocrity but are tireless in learning are those who are self-reliant.