Yan Zhenqing, a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, wrote that "black hair doesn't know how to learn early, but a bald head regrets learning late" to encourage young people to study hard while they are young, or they will regret it in their later years, which is the same as "Young people will be sad if they don't work hard". A seven-character exhortation poem in Song Dynasty is easy to understand and has no uncommon words. Two of them are famous sayings, which are also masterpieces of Song Zhenzong and Zhao Heng.
"Poetry of Persuasion" —— Zhao Heng
Rich people don't have to buy fertile land. There are thousands of millet in Qian Qian in the book.
There is no need to build a high hall to live in, and the book has its own golden house.
Don't hate a person when you go out. There are so many chariots and horses in the book.
Don't hate unscrupulous media when you get married. Yan Ruyu is in the book.
Men want to be flat and ambitious, and the Five Classics study hard at the window.
The definition is this: a wealthy family should not buy fertile farmland. Only by studying hard can you reap countless grains in the book. You don't need to build a house to live and work in peace and contentment, just settle down and study. Naturally, it is a house made of gold. Don't feel lonely when you go out, there is no servant to follow, as long as you read more books, BMW carving cars will naturally come. If you want to marry a wife, don't resent the fact that there is no matchmaker. There are beautiful women in the book. Just study hard. To realize one's lofty aspirations, one should sit at the window and read aloud with four books and five classics.
This poem is not quoted, and its literal meaning is very simple and straightforward, which can be understood by junior high school students. There is not a rare word in the poem, which is similar to what is said in ordinary vernacular. Song Zhenzong, as the emperor of the Song Dynasty, lived in the palace since he was a child and received the best education. His teachers are all knowledgeable civil servants, and of course he can't understand the difficulty of learning. Why did he write this poem "Encouraging Learning"? Is it a whim?
Song Zhenzong is well aware of the pursuit of scholars all over the world. They study day and night for the simple purpose of getting food, wealth and the right woman. The prosperity of Song culture created a good learning atmosphere for scholars. As the king of a country, Song Zhenzong hopes to select more talents to serve the imperial court through the imperial examination and give them more motivation to learn.
For ancient students, studying hard in a cold window for ten years, not afraid of hardship and fatigue, sleeping later than dogs, getting up earlier than chickens, being frustrated in imperial examinations again and again, people with poor psychological quality simply can't bear it. So, in order to encourage scholars and enhance their confidence in the imperial examination, Song Zhenzong started the "fool mode" and told them that "there is a golden house in the book, and there is a golden house in the book". More than 1000 years later, these two sentences still have reference significance, inspiring many people to forge ahead and strongly refuting the "theory of the futility of reading"