{"id":12878,"date":"2019-11-12T20:43:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T20:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-literature-2\/chinese-poems-gu-shi-ci-night-readingto-my-son-ziyu\/"},"modified":"2019-11-12T20:43:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T20:43:01","slug":"chinese-poems-gu-shi-ci-night-readingto-my-son-ziyu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/chinese-poems-gu-shi-ci-night-readingto-my-son-ziyu\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Poems \u53e4\u8bd7\u8bcd Night Reading\u2014\u2014to My Son Ziyu"},"content":{"rendered":"
Night Reading——to My Son Ziyu<\/p>\n

Introducion:<\/p>\n

Based upon the experiences of ancients in acquiring knowledge and his own practice as well, the poet urges on his disciples the importance of concentration, exertion and application of theory to practice while pursuing their studies.    <\/p>\n

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Text:<\/p>\n

D\u014dng yè dúsh\u016b shì z\u01d0yù<\/p>\n

 \u51ac    \u591c  \u8bfb\u4e66  \u793a\u5b50\u807f<\/p>\n

Lù Yóu<\/p>\n

\u9646\u6e38<\/p>\n

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g\u01d4 rén xué wèn wú yí lì<\/p>\n

\u53e4 \u4eba  \u5b66    \u95ee \u65e0 \u9057\u529b\uff0c<\/p>\n

shào zhuàng g\u014dngfu l\u01ceo sh\u01d0 chéng<\/p>\n

  \u5c11     \u58ee    \u529f\u592b  \u8001   \u59cb  \u6210\u3002<\/p>\n

zh\u01d0 shàng dé lái zh\u014dng jué qi\u01cen<\/p>\n

 \u7eb8   \u4e0a\u5f97 \u6765    \u7ec8    \u89c9   \u6d45\uff0c<\/p>\n

jué zh\u012b c\u01d0 shì yào g\u014dng xíng<\/p>\n

\u7edd   \u77e5 \u6b64\u4e8b  \u8981    \u8eac    \u884c\u3002<\/p>\n

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Night Reading——to My Son Ziyu<\/p>\n

Lu You<\/p>\n

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The ancients labour hard the learning’s fields to till,<\/p>\n

From youth of industry grows the fruit of old age.<\/p>\n

What is only gained from the pages is shallow still,<\/p>\n

In use lies the way to perfect grasp of knowledge.<\/p>\n

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Comment<\/p>\n

Based upon the experiences of ancients in acquiring knowledge and his own practice as well, the poet urges on his disciples the importance of concentration, exertion and application of theory to practice while pursuing their studies. It rarely occurs that study methods are theoretically expounded in the form of a poem in Chinese ancient poetry and still less are poems like this one by Lu You who uses plain language to compose a philosophically penetrating poem. “From youth of industry grows the fruit of old age” has become a highly popular motto and the line “What is only gained from the pages is shallow still” warns us against reading books without proper understanding or digestion.
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