Interpretation: Without a bitter and cold baptism, how can there be such a rich plum blossom fragrance?
Source: Ode to the Opening Class by Zen Master Huang Berry, a famous monk in the Tang Dynasty.
In the poem, plum blossoms are open to the wind and snow, emitting fragrance, which is a metaphor for struggling to explore the situation of epiphany, thus expressing the poet's idea of urging the world to do things with plum blossoms.
2, so don't accumulate steps, not even thousands of miles; If you don't accumulate small streams, you won't be a river.
Interpretation: Therefore, if you don't accumulate half a step, you can't reach a thousand miles; Without the accumulation of tiny flowing water, there is no way to merge into the rivers and seas.
Source: Xunzi's "Persuasion" at the end of the Warring States Period.
Metaphor accumulation can enrich, enrich and perfect oneself. It can be used to demonstrate that learning is expensive in accumulation.
3, and the product of the husband's water is not thick, it is unable to bear the big ship.
Interpretation: If the gathered water is not deep, then it has no strength to carry a big ship.
Origin: Zhuang Zhou's "Free Travel" in the Warring States Period.
It is emphasized that large ships can only sail by the depth of accumulated water and need hard work to succeed.
Plant a millet in spring and harvest 10,000 seeds in autumn.
Interpretation: Sow a seed in spring, and you can harvest a lot of food in autumn.
Origin: Two poems of Li Shen, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, expressing sympathy for farmers.
Turning "one millet" into "10,000 seeds" vividly describes the bumper harvest, and praises the farmers' labor with "planting" and "harvesting".
5. There is a road to diligence in Shushan, and there is no limit to learning the sea.
Interpretation: if you want to reach the top of the towering mountain of knowledge successfully, diligence is the only way to reach the top; If you want to swim in the boundless ocean of knowledge, patience, diligence and hard work will be a sailing ship, which can take you to the other side of success.
Source: Xian Wen, a supplement of Han Yu in Tang Dynasty.
It aims to encourage people to study more without fear of difficulties, and only hard work can lead to success.