"There are scholars who talk and laugh, but there are no white people who come and go." It means: the people who talk and laugh here are all knowledgeable scholars, and there are no people with shallow knowledge who interact.

Source: From a parallel-style inscription "The Inscription on the Humble Room" written by Liu Yuxi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The messy ears of silk and bamboo are like the labor of writing."

Translation: You can usually play the elegant guqin and read the Buddhist scriptures written in clay. There is no sound of music to disturb the ears, and no official documents to tire the body.

Appreciation of "The Inscription on the Humble Room":

The opening sentences are taken from "Shishuoxinyu Paidiao" "If the mountain is not high, it will not be effective; if the abyss is not deep, it will not be clear." A new idea, using the common metaphorical technique in poetry to introduce the shabby room. "Mountains are not high" and "waters are not deep" are compared to a humble house; "If there is an immortal, then there is a name" and "If there is a dragon, there is a spirit", which is a comparison of the virtues of a humble house. "These four sentences are well-known and well-known sayings, which are full of vigilance and implications of philosophical poetry.

The author writes from far to near, writing them one by one, using parallel sentences to create a flowing momentum, and then "This is a humble house, but my virtue is sweet", and I feel that the witty words are like pearls, and the winning words come out again and again. These two sentences are derived from "Millet and millet are not sweet, but bright virtue is sweet". , emphasizing self-motivation by virtue, is indeed the main purpose and warning of this article.

The purpose of writing about the shabbyness of the shabby room is to set off the virtuousness of the owner in the house, and writing about the virtuousness of the owner in the house just shows that the shabby house is not shabby. This is an opposite and complementary relationship. The following describes the scenery inside and outside the room, the people in the room, and the things in the room. Every sentence focuses on the word "shame" without leaving the word "virtue". "The moss marks on the steps are green, and the grass is green." "Lian Qing" is a description of indoor and outdoor scenes. The beauty is that it accurately conveys the beauty of a humble room and uses poetic language to express the artistic conception of the poem. The two words "mark" and "color" are transformed into the conceptual words "moss" and "grass". " is a concrete image that can be felt and seen.

"Going up the stairs" and "entering the curtain" turn static into movement, write the expressions of "moss" and "grass", and introduce the exterior scenery into the interior. , adds vitality to the humble room, and is filled with a sense of spring. The bright colors of "green" and "green" also reflect the elegance, tranquility and uniqueness of the humble room. These two sentences are created to describe the people and things in the humble room.