"A black-haired person does not know how to study hard, and a white-headed person regrets studying late." means: when I was young, I only knew how to play and did not know how to study hard. When I am old, I will regret why I didn't know how to study when I was young. Study diligently.

From "Encouraging Learning" by Yan Zhenqing of the Tang Dynasty

The lights are on at three o'clock and the chicken is 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.

Translation:

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. Extended information

1. Interpretation of "Encouraging Learning":

This poem explains the profound things in a simple way, is natural and smooth, and is rich in philosophy. The core idea is that "black haired people study early, white haired people study late". As an ambitious person, you must seize the time to study, study and cultivate your character. The best time to study is between three and five o'clock, and read in the morning. And only by persevering hard year after month, can you truly learn the skills to serve the country and build a family. .

From the perspective of study time, young people are advised not to waste their time, but to study hard as early as possible to avoid regrets in the future. The poet conceived from the perspective of the meaning, role and attitude of learning, and hoped that people would pay attention to acquired learning in order to strengthen their own behavioral cultivation.

2. Other reading quotes:

(1) If you read thousands of volumes, you will write like a god. ——Tang Dynasty: Du Fu

Translation: Read a lot of books, read them thoroughly, and then you will be able to apply them in your writing.

(2) There is a road to the mountain of books, and diligence is the path, and there is no limit to the sea of ??learning, and hard work is the boat. ——Tang Dynasty: Han Yu

Translation: If you want to successfully reach the top of the towering mountain of knowledge, diligence is the only way to the top; if you want to swim in the boundless ocean of knowledge , Patience, hard work, and a hard-working attitude towards learning will be a moving ship that can carry you to the other side of success.

(3) Don’t wait and see, as your young head turns gray, you will feel so sad! ——Song Dynasty: Yue Fei

Translation: Do not waste your years and grow gray as a young man, only to regret and mourn alone.

(4) My life has a limit, but my knowledge has no limit. ——Pre-Qin Dynasty: Zhuangzi

Translation: My life has limits, but knowledge has no limits.

(5) To establish oneself is to establish one’s studies first, and to establish one’s studies is to read. ——Song Dynasty: Ouyang Xiu

Translation: Cultivation of character begins with learning, and learning is based on reading.