1. "Encouraging Learning" Tang Dynasty: Yan Zhenqing

Original text: The lights are on at three o'clock and the chickens are on at five o'clock, which is when men are studying. Black-haired people don't know how to study diligently early, and white-haired people regret studying late.

Vernacular interpretation: The best time for boys to study is between midnight and the time when the rooster crows. When I was young, I only knew how to play and didn't know how to study hard. When I get older, I regret why I didn't know how to study hard when I was young.

2. "Poem to Encourage Learning/Occasionally" Song Dynasty: Zhu Xi

Original text: It is easy for a young man to learn well but it is difficult for him to become an old man. One inch of time should not be taken lightly. I haven't noticed the dream of spring grass in the pond, but the phoenix leaves in front of the steps have already sounded in autumn.

Vernacular interpretation: The days of youth are very easy to pass away, but it is difficult to achieve success in learning, so you must cherish every inch of time and not let it go easily. Before I could wake up from the sweet dream of spring grass growing in the pond, the leaves of the sycamore trees in front of the steps were already rustling in the autumn wind. ?

3. "Crossing the Lingding Ocean" Song Dynasty: Wen Tianxiang

Original text: After a hard encounter, only a few stars are scattered around. The mountains and rivers are broken, the wind flutters and the catkins float, and the life experience is ups and downs. Afraid to say panic on the beach, sigh alone in the ocean. Who has never died since ancient times? Keep your loyalty to reflect history.

Vernacular interpretation: Looking back on the hard work I went through in my early years from the imperial examination to becoming an official, it has been four years since the war ended. The country is in danger like willow catkins in the strong wind, and the ups and downs of my life are like duckweeds in the rain, drifting without roots and rising and sinking. The disastrous defeat at Panpantan makes me still terrified. Being trapped in Yuanlu by Ling Dingyang makes me feel lonely and lonely. Who has been able to live forever since ancient times? I want to leave a piece of patriotic loyalty reflected in the annals of history.

4. "Fifth of the Thirteen Poems of Nanyuan" Tang Dynasty: Li He

Original text: Why don't men bring Wu hooks and collect the fifty states of Guanshan. Please come to Lingyan Pavilion for a while. How can I be a scholar and a marquis of ten thousand households?

Vernacular interpretation: Why didn’t the manly man carry weapons to capture the fifty states of Guanshan? Please go up to the Lingyan Pavilion where the founding heroes of the country are painted to see which scholar has been named a prince with thousands of households in the city? ?

5. "Yangtze River" Song Dynasty: Wen Tianxiang

Original text: I traveled to the North Sea with the wind for a few days and returned to the head of the Yangtze River. My heart is like a magnetic needle, and it will not rest until it points to the other side.

Vernacular interpretation: A few days ago, I went for a swim in the North Sea with strong winds, and returned to the head of the Yangtze River after all the hard work. My heart is like that magnetic needle, it will never stop until it points south forever.

6. "Little Pine" Tang Dynasty: Du Xunhe

Original text: Since I was a child, I have been thorny in the deep grass, but now I am gradually aware of the basil. ?At that time, people didn’t know the Lingyun tree, and they waited until Lingyun became a great person.

Vernacular interpretation: When the pine tree was young, it grew in very deep grass, and was hidden from view. Only now did I realize that it was much taller than those weeds (basil). Those people didn't know that trees could reach the sky. People didn't call it tall until it reached the sky.