It's a waste of time.

Original text: Work is accomplished by hard work, but waste is achieved by playfulness; actions are accomplished by thinking, and destroyed by casualness.

The allusion is:

Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty's "Explanation of Jinxue": "The best in work comes from diligence, and the waste comes from play; action is achieved by thinking, and destroyed by following."

Translation:

The profundity of studies comes from hard work, the waste (study) is caused by the pursuit of fun, the character must be cultivated by serious thinking, and it will be destroyed by casualness.

This sentence is now used to illustrate the importance of diligence in learning: without diligence, you will not be able to learn thoroughly, and you will not be able to drill deeply.

Regarded as a motto by later generations, it educates people to work diligently and think seriously when studying and cultivating their ideological and moral character, and not to be greedy for ease and do as they please. Governing a country and leading a cause, isn't this the case?

"Wenhui Po" on April 17, 1978, used this sentence in "Shooting Tigers and Reading", "The best in business is to Diligence is better than play. When it comes to reading and studying, the opposite attitude to "seriousness" is negligence. People who hold this attitude do not connect study and study with the actual work of revolutionary construction, so their energy and skill are very poor.

The author used the pretense of giving lectures to students to express his complaints. He wrote about Mr. Guozi's analysis of the justice of studying, and presented the situation to students, and concluded positively that "karma cannot be eliminated without suffering." It is unclear; he cannot succeed if he does it, and it is unfair if he does not have it";

The students defended their efforts, achievements and achievements in the four aspects of "study", "speech", "literary" and "conduct". Contrasting his own experience, he first promoted and then suppressed, refuting the teacher's conclusion;

The teacher then made self-deprecating remarks and expressed his views on the students' opinions, showing a casual and calm attitude, and implicitly sarcastic towards the imperial court. It is original, the language is novel and vivid, and it technically absorbs the narrative, couplet, ornamentation, rhyme and other forms of poetry and poetry, and then innovates it, and is rich in the beauty of order. The famous saying goes: "The work is better than hard work, and the waste is more playful; the work is accomplished." "Yu Si, destroyed by Sui" comes from this article.

Extended information:

Creative background:

In the eighth year of Yuanhe, Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu was forty. At the age of six, he was appointed as a doctor of Confucianism in Chang'an and taught students. The whole text is called "Jin Xue Jie", which is called "Jin Xue Jie". >

Su Qin during the Warring States Period was ambitious at first, but due to his shallow knowledge, he went to many places without being reused. Later, he made up his mind to study hard. Sometimes he would read until late at night, and he would be so tired that he would doze off. Sometimes, he stabbed his thigh with an awl, causing blood to flow. He used this special method of "piercing his butt" to drive away sleepiness, cheer up, and eventually became a famous politician. p>

Han Yu's "Encouragement to Learning and Interpretation" encourages young people to be diligent and thoughtful, whether they are learning or working, and play and frivolity often make people useless. become.

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