It means to work harder every day and keep moving forward like a pawn. All your efforts will not be paid in vain, but will be rewarded in the end.

Arch pawn is a chess term. In China chess, a pawn (soldier) is called an arch pawn. In China chess, the pawn (soldier) can only move one square at a time, which is the pawn with the slowest attack speed and the smallest moving range, so it is called an arch pawn. People's progress is also like an arch pawn. Although it is only a little every day, it will accumulate and change qualitatively after a long time.

It's a Buddhist term to make a donation, "which means that hard work and skill will not be in vain. Donated by Tang means wasted. Endless, eventually into the sea, it is a supplement to the Japanese arch, and it adds that as long as you make persistent efforts, you will achieve the ultimate goal.

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"Fu doesn't donate to Tang" and "Gong doesn't donate to Tang"

Gong doesn't donate to Tang, which means that Kung Fu will not be abandoned in vain in Buddhist language. "Tang" means "in vain". Therefore, it can be interpreted as "all the merits and efforts in the world will not be paid in vain and must be rewarded."

Blessing is not a donation in Tang Dynasty, so all living beings should receive the title of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Later generations gradually wrote "Contribution without Tang Donation", and expanded the "blessing" simply referred to in the scriptures into "merit" that can refer to all endeavor.

On the basis of blessing and not donating, the depth of contribution has been further expanded. In To Graduates, Hu Shi has a famous saying that "success doesn't have to be mine, but skill must not be donated", which encourages students to seek truth from facts and forge ahead.