01. Encouraging Learning
Zhao Heng of the Song Dynasty
Rich families do not need to buy fertile land, there are thousands of millet in the book.
You don’t need to build a high hall to live in peace, there is a golden house in the book.
Don’t regret having no one to follow you when you go out. There are so many carriages and horses in the book.
Don’t hate an unscrupulous matchmaker when marrying a wife, there is beauty in the book.
The man wants to fulfill his life ambitions and reads the Five Classics diligently in front of the window.
〖Classic Commentary〗
The inspiration between the lines is that studying to gain fame was an excellent way out of life at that time.
02. Collection of Hangzhou proverbs and poems
Qing Dynasty·Huang Zeng
People who are not charming will be fascinated by their beauty, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
We are destined to meet each other thousands of miles away, but three smiles are in vain.
〖Classic Commentary〗
Destined to meet thousands of miles away is a classic saying that describes two people who are destined to meet, no matter how far apart they are. The earliest verse comes from the 14th chapter of "Zhang Xie Zhuangyuan" written by an unknown person in the Song Dynasty: "If we are destined to meet each other thousands of miles away, if we are not destined to meet each other, we will not meet each other."
03. Title on the Legend of the Peach Blossom Fan
Qing Dynasty Chen King Yu
The remnants of Yushu Song are gone, but the wickerwork of the palace in the Southern Dynasties is new.
Prince Fu was a romantic boy when he was young. He did not love the country but the beauty.
〖Classic Analysis〗
The poet felt that the short-lived and faint emperor Zhu Yousong repeated the mistakes of the Southern Dynasty Emperor Chen, and was so angry that he could not suppress it, so he wrote this popular nostalgic poem Famous articles.
04. Miscellaneous Feelings
Qing Dynasty·Huang Jingren
Immortals and Buddhas have not yet come into existence, and they only know that they are alone in the night.
The wind is full of tragic songs, and the mud is stained with bad luck.
Nine out of ten people are worth looking down upon, and one is useless as a scholar.
Don’t worry about a poem and become a prophecy; spring birds and autumn insects make their own noises.
〖Classic Commentary〗
"Nine out of ten people are worth looking down upon, and one is useless as a scholar" is the famous line of the poem, which expresses the bitterness of scholars throughout the ages. This sentence is in While self-deprecating, it also embodies great power of grief and indignation. Nowadays, it is often used to describe the dilemma of being full of knowledge but unable to achieve ambition.
05. Sitting at night·Part 2
Qing Dynasty·Gong Zizhen
He is deeply concerned about the north, south and east, looking at the sea of ??talents and the empty space.
When he was in his prime, he began to participate in the history of Zhou Dynasty, but in his 60s he fell into the virtuous style of Jin Dynasty.
Only when you have achieved great success and become an immortal will you be filled with anger.
If the Zen barrier is broken, the beauty will be like a jade sword or a rainbow.
〖Classic Commentary〗
The so-called "beauty is like jade" is an allusion to the Qin girl playing jade and playing the flute to attract the phoenix, which symbolizes the poet's perseverance in aesthetic pursuit of art; the so-called " "The sword is like a rainbow" is an allusion to Jing Ke's entry into the Qin Dynasty, which symbolizes the poet's great ambition to sacrifice himself for the motherland.
[Note] 瀉然xrán: 瀀然 is an onomatopoeia, mostly describing the sound of cracking, breaking, opening, and shouting.
06. Two poems from Bailu Cave·Part 1
Wang Zhenbai of the Tang Dynasty
I am already deep in spring when I am reading, every inch of time is worth every inch of gold.
It is not the Taoist who comes to make people laugh, but Zhou Qing and Kong Sizheng are pursuing it.
〖Classic Commentary〗
The poem "An inch of time is worth an inch of gold" has become a wise saying that has been passed down through the ages to encourage people to cherish time. Knowledge is accumulated over time. In order to enrich and enrich themselves, students should cherish time very much.
07. One of two poems about bamboo branches
Song Dynasty·Huang Tingjian
One hundred and eight floating clouds lingered, and the setting sun forty-eight crossed the bright sky.
Mo Yan is far beyond the gate of hell, and we are all brothers from all over the world.
〖Classic Commentary〗
"One family in the four seas are all brothers" comes from "Within the four seas, all are brothers" in "The Analects of Confucius". Based on the creative background, although Huang Tingjian was relegated to the wilderness at this time and was surrounded by unfamiliar faces, he was still the land of the Song Dynasty everywhere, and he was a relative of the motherland and should love each other.
08. Self-restraint
Luo Yin of the Tang Dynasty
Sing a song when you gain, and stop when you lose, and you will be filled with sorrow and hatred.
If you have wine today, you will be drunk today, and you will be worried tomorrow.
〖Classic Commentary〗
This sentence is often used as a metaphor for people to muddle along and only care about the immediate pleasures without thinking about tomorrow's sorrows. It reveals the negative emotions of how much life should be done. But in the politically corrupt society of the late Tang Dynasty, isn't this a kind of frankness and freedom?
09. Ji Hai Year One
Tang Dynasty·Cao Song
Zeguo Jiangshan enters the war map, how can the people live in peace with Qiaosu.
Don’t talk about the matter of making a marquis. One general will make thousands of bones wither.
〖Classic Commentary〗
The success of a general is achieved by sacrificing the lives of thousands of people. This poem by Cao Song describes the reality of the wars and chaos after the Anshi Rebellion that affected the Jianghan River Basin, causing chaos and loss of life.
10. Self-mockery
Tao Gu of the Song Dynasty
Official positions must be obtained from birth, so that they can be used or not.
It is laughable that the Taoist scholar of the Hanlin Academy paints the gourd in the same way every year.
〖Classic Commentary〗
During the Northern Song Dynasty, Tao Gu believed that he had made great contributions to the Hanlin Academy for a long time, so he ordered his party members to recommend him to the emperor, hoping to be reused. Song Taizu laughed and said: "I heard that Hanlin scholars drafted edicts based on the old versions of their predecessors, and then changed a few words. They were just copying the gourd, and it was not a great contribution." After hearing this, Tao Gu wrote this Poetry mocks itself. Taizu learned that he was even more unwilling to reuse Tao Gu.
11. Fu Di Hou Fu Chrysanthemum
Tang Huangchao
When autumn comes on September 8th, I will kill all the flowers after they bloom.
The towering incense array penetrates Chang'an, and the whole city is covered with golden armor.
〖Classic Commentary〗
The chrysanthemum has always been regarded as the national flower of China. Anyone who sings about the chrysanthemum but fails to express the soul of the country is considered inferior. This poem by Huang Chao supports things and expresses ambitions by chanting chrysanthemums. It has a magnificent realm, magnificent spirit, strong writing style and majestic style.
12. Give away the maidservant
Cui Jiao of the Tang Dynasty
The princes, princes and grandsons chase after each other, and the green beads drop with tears on their scarves.
As soon as Hou Men entered the sea, Xiao Lang was a passerby from then on.
〖Classic Commentary〗
The poet revealed from Hou Men’s image metaphor of “as deep as the sea” and the tone expressed by the two related words “one in” and “from now on” The deep despair that comes out is more sad and touching than the straightforward lyricism, and it can also arouse the sympathy of readers.
13. Quatrains
Xia Yuanding of the Song Dynasty
I visited Kongtong and reached Xianghu Lake, reading thousands of poems and books and becoming confused.
It takes no effort to get there even if you wear iron shoes.
〖Classic Commentary〗
This poem Qijue is often used as a metaphor for doing things or studying. It is often difficult at the beginning. When the time and fire are enough, you will suddenly become enlightened and understand everything. , achieve success.
14. Poems to wish mothers a long life
Qing Dynasty Cixi
The love between parents is the truest in the world, and the tears and blood melt into the bodies of their children.
After working so hard to give birth to a son, I pity the hearts of parents in the world!
〖Classic Commentary〗
When Cixi’s mother had her sixtieth birthday, Cixi had no time to attend her mother’s birthday, so she asked her courtiers to give her mother a lot of things, and at the same time wrote a poem in her own hand. A piece of calligraphy was sent off after being framed. This calligraphy was preserved for several generations and was finally destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. The content of this calligraphy is this poem.
15. Entering Beijing
Yu Qian of the Ming Dynasty
Handkerchiefs, mushrooms and incense sticks are a disaster for civilian use.
The breeze blows with both sleeves toward the sky, so as not to make short talk.
〖Classic Commentary〗
This poem mocks the unhealthy trend of paying tribute and shows Yu Qian’s integrity as an official and his unwillingness to join in the corruption. Later generations often used "qingfeng on both sleeves" and "jade pot" to describe official integrity.
16. The book fan shows the doorman
Fan Zhongyan of the Song Dynasty
A row of green mountains has a quiet scenery, and the fields of the predecessors are harvested by the descendants.
Posterity will be happy to receive it, and there are still others to come.
〖Classic Commentary〗
Everything we have is inherited from our predecessors. Similarly, everything we work hard for is inevitably used as wedding clothes for others. .
17. After the Examination
Mengjiao of the Tang Dynasty
In the past, it is not enough to boast about being sordid, but now there is no limit to the dissolute thoughts.
The spring breeze brings joy to the horse's hoof disease, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.
〖Classic Commentary〗
There are countless spring flowers in Chang'an, and you cannot "see them all" in "one day". However, the poet can think that the horse's hooves were particularly weak that day, and he can also say that he has seen all the Chang'an flowers in one day. Although it is irrational, it is sentimental, and this sentiment is also extremely contagious.
18. The Story of the Sword
Li Kaixian of the Ming Dynasty
I want to send you to reach a thousand miles high, but the gloomy clouds lock the Hengyang Road.
The fish book is not as good as the wild goose, and I have repeatedly wanted to write a sad autumn poem.
Looking back at the Western Mountains, the sun is setting again, and it is really difficult to be alone at the end of the world.
A man doesn’t shed tears lightly, but he has not yet reached the point of sadness.
〖Classic Commentary〗
A man does not cry easily, but that is only because it has not reached the point of making him sad. Nowadays, we often use the phrase "when men cry, don't cry lightly" to encourage men to be strong-willed.
19. I heard that Letian conferred the title of Sima of Jiangzhou
Yuan Zhen of the Tang Dynasty
The lamps were broken and there were no flames and shadows. This evening I heard that you were banished to Jiujiang.
I sat up in shock while dying of illness, the dark wind blew rain into the cold window.
〖Classic Commentary〗
Suddenly hearing the news that his friend was banished to Jiujiang, the poet couldn't help but "sitting up in shock while dying of illness" and "sitting up in shock" to describe the meaning of the news. The astonishment and shock of the listener as well as the uncomfortable mood at that time were all expressed strongly.
20. Huayuehen·Fifteenth Poem
Qing Dynasty·Wei Zian
Sentiment has been full of hatred since ancient times, and good dreams are the easiest to wake up from.
It’s hard to get rid of the flowers, but the flying catkins are too scattered.
The fragrant nest is suddenly closed to the Yuanyang Society, and the new sentences are still written on the emerald screen.
My heart is broken because of separation, and my old shirt is full of tears.
〖Classic Commentary〗
This poem was written by the heroine Du Caiqiu in the book to the hero Han Hesheng. The first two sentences are the crown of the poem, expressing the eternal sorrow.