The author is Wang Zhenbai of Tang Dynasty.

From "Two Poems of White Deer Cave": "While reading, I don't realize that spring is already deep, and every inch of time is every inch of gold. It is not the Taoist who comes to make people laugh, Zhou Qing and Confucius are pursuing it."

First sentence "It's spring before you know it when you're reading." He said that he was concentrating on reading, but before he knew it, spring was almost over again. "Spring is deep" still means late spring or late spring. It can be seen from this poem that the poet was absorbed in reading, lived a tense and fulfilling life every day, and completely forgot about time.

Spring is almost over, the poet suddenly discovered it accidentally. This discovery surprised the poet and made him sigh with emotion. He felt that time passed too fast, there was a lot to learn, and there was never enough time.

The second sentence describes the poet’s feelings. “One inch of time is one inch of gold.” An inch of time refers to a very short period of time. Here, gold is used as a metaphor for time, which means that time is precious and should be cherished.

Extended information:

An idiom describing an inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time:

1. A moment of gold

Definition: A moment of time is worth thousands of gold. Time is said to be very precious.

Source: Mao Dun's "Midnight" 10: "He stopped even sniffing snuff. He looked at the clock and saw that it was still more than ten minutes before six o'clock. He could not delay a moment of gold."

2. Fight against every second

Definition: It means that every minute and every second must be fought for. Describes seizing time.

Source: "Book of Jin·Biography of Tao Kan": "The sage Dayu cherished every inch of yin. As for everyone, we should cherish every yin."

Translation: Dayu was a sage, and he also cherished every inch of yin. If we cherish time in this way, for all of us, we should cherish time even more.