A seven-character quatrain from Xia in the Southern Song Dynasty, the last two sentences of Xia's poem, namely, "The iron shoes are nowhere to be found, so you don't have to work hard to get them", have been quoted by many opera and novel writers, such as Feng Menglong's "Jing Shi Jin Mei Maid Appreciating Xiuer" in the Ming Dynasty: Close the door and talk about it in detail. Exactly: I can't find a place to get it, I can get it without effort!

Original poem:

When you swim to Kongtong Lake, thousands of poems and books turn into fools.

You can't find a place to get it, and you don't have to work hard to get it.

Translation:

The Taoist priest who traveled to Kongtong Mountain came to the edge of Huxiang.

After reading 10 thousand volumes of poetry, the more I read, the more I feel stupid.

Breaking through the poetic inspiration that iron shoes can't find,

No effort is needed in practice.

Extended data

I. Appreciation of works

This is a seven-character quatrain. Poetry actually means to study hard if you want to, which is meaningless. As long as you step on the iron shoes in practice, you can find the true meaning. This is similar to a poem by Lu You, but it is summed up more directly.

The seven wonders of summer are often used to illustrate that people often have the heart to do something or find someone, but they can't succeed despite all kinds of difficulties and dangers; But inadvertently, it is easy to achieve the goal. For example, doing things or doing research is often difficult at first, but when you get home, you will be suddenly enlightened and successful.

Two. Brief introduction of the author

Xia lived around 120 1 and his ancestral home was Yongjia (now Yongjia, Zhejiang). Southern Song Dynasty people. Travel less to Yongjia. Good view of yin characters, taste Zhu Rongfeng, meet the fairy from the clouds, because it is charity. Since the number Yunfeng scattered people, Xicheng real people.

Xia Yuan Ding Neng Ci, with Penglai Sect as the volume, was compiled together with Yin Fu, Jing Yao and Five Fingers in the Collection of Qiang Villages, with Zhen as the preface, which was handed down to the world.

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