It means: diligent study is like a seedling that just sprouted in spring. It doesn't seem to grow at ordinary times, but it actually grows every day; Laziness and neglect of learning are like sharpening stones. Although we can't see any loss at ordinary times, it is actually losing money and thinning every day.

This sentence is a famous saying of Tao Yuanming, a great poet from the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the early Southern Song Dynasty: "Diligence is like a seedling that rises in spring, and it will grow stronger every day without increasing it; Dropping out of school is like sharpening a stone. If you don't see the damage, you will lose money every day.

sentiment: this sentence shows the importance of learning and accumulating day after day. If you think that it doesn't matter if you are lazy for a day, you will eventually wear out like a grindstone until you become a useless person. The interpretation of the image explains the law that "quantitative change leads to qualitative change", and the small amount of daily accumulation eventually leads to the opposite learning effect.

Extended information:

Tao Yuanming (352 or 365-427? ), the character is bright, also known as latent and private "Jingjie", known as Mr. Jingjie in the world. Xunyang Chaisang (now Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province) was born. A great poet and lyricist from the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, he was the first pastoral poet in China, and was called the "Sect of hermit poets in ancient and modern times?" .

He served as Jiangzhou wine-offering, Jianwei joining the army, Zhenjun joining the army, and pengze county ordering. His last official position was Pengze County ordering, and he left his post after more than 8 days, and he has since retired to the countryside.

The works handed down from ancient times * * * consist of 125 poems and 12 articles, which were compiled by later generations as The Collection of Tao Yuanming.

The language of Tao Yuanming's works is dull, but this dullness expresses deep feelings and rich thoughts in simple and plain language; The ideographic meaning is easy to read, and its connotation needs to be carefully tasted, but it is also full of emotion and interest.

He is good at sketching the scenery and embellishing the environment with freehand brushwork and freehand brushwork, and his artistic conception is lofty and rich in rational interest. The language is precise and true, simple and true, with a sparse style and profound charm. However, Tao poetry is not only elegant, leisurely and naturally diluted, but also has the generosity and boldness of King Kong, such as "Ode to Jing Ke" and "Reading the Classic of Mountains and Seas".

Tao Shi is also good at combining prosperity with natural beauty. The scenery in his works is both symbolic and real in life. For example, the "Moon between Clouds" and "Ye Zhonghua" written in the seventh "Cloudless Days at Sunset" in Imitation of the Ancient are not only the spring scenery on a moonlit night, but also the metaphor of the most beautiful and prosperous short time in life. The scenery in Tao Yuanming's works is often personified, such as pine trees, fragrant chrysanthemums, returning birds and lonely clouds, which are common scenes in daily life and symbols of the poet's noble character.

Tao Yuanming is good at poetry and prose, and his poems mostly depict natural scenery and rural life, and rural life is also the main theme of Tao Yuanming's poems. Among them, his excellent works express his boredom with officialdom and secular society, showing his interest in leading an honest and clean life and unwilling to bow down to the crowd, but there are also negative thoughts such as advocating "impermanence of life" and "happy destiny".

its artistic features are both plain and hearty, and its language is simple and natural, but extremely refined, with a unique style. Tao Yuanming is the first pastoral poet in China, and his poems focus on expressing emotion and ambition. Lyricism, scenery writing and discussion are closely combined, and the scene blends, which reflects the author's personality, his lofty self-admiration and his non-conformity with the secular.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Tao Yuanming (poet of the Eastern Jin Dynasty)