The mountain of books has a road, and diligence is the path. There is no limit to the sea of ??learning, and hard work is a boat. This is from the famous scholarly couplet of Han Yu, a famous poet and philosopher in the Tang Dynasty of my country.
Everyone who reads books loves books. Since ancient times, many celebrities have written couplets about their diligent study to encourage themselves or each other.
Liu Zai, a scholar in the Song Dynasty, was tireless in learning and knowledgeable. His study was decorated with a self-written couplet: "After sleeping at night, people are quiet, and when they get up early, the birds are singing first." This illustrates the diligence and hard work of learning.
When Su Dongpo was young, he thought he had no books left to read, so he wrote a couplet: "Know all the characters in the world and read all the books in the world." Later, under the guidance of an old man, it was changed to: "Strive to know all the characters in the world, and resolve to read all the books in the world."
The poet Lu You, who kept books as his companion, named his study "Book Nest" and inscribed a couplet: "Thousands of books, ancient and modern, fade away forever, and the dawn through a window sends the fleeting years away."
The national hero Zheng Chenggong loved reading. His self-encouragement reading couplet is profound and charming: "There is no better way to nourish the heart than to have few desires, and there is no better happiness than reading."
Some reading couplets from the Qing Dynasty are fresh and readable. During the Xianfeng period, scholar Wang Wenshao wrote a couplet in handwriting: "A person who loves to travel around mountains and rivers will have a long life; if he has poetry and calligraphy, he will have talented children."
Scholar Sun Xingyan wrote a couplet: "Don't let the good days of Spring and Autumn pass by, it is the worst for old friends to come in the rain." Many people have written this couplet and posted it in their study to encourage themselves.
Literary writer Wang Shizhen loved reading and writing. He once wrote a couplet in his study: "I have searched thousands of volumes of books, and read for practicality; I have only one pen left, but I write with true feelings."
Ji Xiaolan, the general editor of "Sikuquanshu", wrote a couplet: "The ups and downs of officialdom are like gulls; the collection of books on life and death is like silverfish." Lian Zhong compares himself to a "bookworm", which shows his love for reading.
The reading couplets of modern celebrities are uniquely interesting. When Cai Yuanpei entered his official career, he still did not forget to study. He once wrote a couplet hanging in his study: "There is no official intention; only the sound of reading."
There is also a couplet in Shen Junru's study: "Determine to keep your thoughts for a thousand years; you will never be idle for more than five minutes." He is simple in his precepts and cherishes his time like gold.
On the west wall of Lu Xun's "Tiger's Tail" study room in Beijing hangs a couplet from Qu Yuan's "Li Sao": "Look at the concubine without forcing it; fear that the pelican will sing first." His inscription in "Wandering" also quoted the line "The road is long and long, I will search up and down" in "Li Sao", which is exactly the footnote of this couplet.
When Zhou Enlai was in middle school, he wrote a couplet: "Have a relationship with a brave man and read without words." Explain clearly and thoroughly how to make friends and study.
When Mao Zedong was studying at the Hunan First Normal University, he once wrote a couplet: "If you are precious and have perseverance, why bother sleeping at three o'clock or five o'clock? The most useless thing is to be exposed to ten days of cold in one day." The principle of perseverance and step-by-step in reading is explained clearly.
Historian Fan Wenlan hung a couplet in his study to encourage himself: "You have to sit on the bench for ten years; if you don't write a sentence, it will be empty."
There are countless elegant and beautiful reading couplets. One that is often quoted is: "There is a road to the mountain of books, and hard work is the path, and there is no limit to the sea of ????learning, and the boat is a boat", which comes from "Ta Kung Pao" in the 1930s. The hand of a young editor Wang Yunsheng.
Contemporary writer Ke Ling has been fond of reading since he was a child. There is also an interesting couplet hanging in his study room: "Reading makes the heart spin like a cocoon; practicing sentences is profound and the stone can mend the sky."