It means that dawn is coming and diligence is the right way.

It comes from the article "Zhu Xi's Family Instructions" written by Zhu Bolu in the Qing Dynasty. "Zhu Xi's Family Instructions" is an enlightenment textbook focusing on family morality. It has only 525 words and incisively explains the way to cultivate one's morality and govern a family. It is an article Classic tutoring books.

Original excerpt: Get up at dawn, sweep the courtyard, make sure the inside and outside are clean, and take a rest when you feel faint, lock the door, and check it yourself.

Vernacular translation: Dawn is coming, diligence is the right way! Tell people to cherish time! The quiet and peaceful look of the world at dusk is also the most real beauty.

Extended information

"Zhu Xi's Family Instructions" talks about safety, hygiene, thrift, preparation, food, housing, marriage, beauty, ancestor worship, etc. from the perspective of family management. The core of issues such as reading, education, money and alcohol, abstinence, compassion, humility, non-quarrels, making friends, introspection, doing good, paying taxes, serving as an official, adapting, staying calm, and accumulating virtue is to make people an upright person. People who are knowledgeable, sensible, rigorous in life, tolerant and kind, and have lofty ideals are also the consistent pursuit of Chinese culture. If we truly practice this, we will not only become a person with noble sentiments, but also build a happy family and then build a harmonious society.

The reason why "Zhu Xi's Family Instructions" has had such a great influence in China over the past three hundred years is that it not only embodies the Chinese people's ideals and pursuits of self-cultivation and family harmony, but more importantly, it uses a It is both easy to understand and pays attention to the form of language parallelism. If it is easy to understand, it will be easily accepted by the general public, and if the language is parallel, it will be catchy and easy to remember. Parallel prose refers to the combination of two horses. Parallel prose is an article written in the form of couplets. Each sentence is opposite to each other. It pays attention to the contrast between level and oblique, and has sonorous and rhyme. It is a style that best displays the unique charm of the Chinese language. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, It is the most prosperous, and there is no shortage of masterpieces in later generations.