Zhu Xi

"Thoughts on Reading" is a work by Zhu Xi, a scholar in the Song Dynasty. This poem uses the phenomenon that the water in a pond is clear because of the inflow of fresh water to illustrate that we must constantly accept new things in order to keep our thoughts active and progressive. 《观书有感》是宋代学问家朱熹的作品。本诗借助池塘水清因有活水注入的现象，比喻要不断接受新事物，才能保持思想的活跃与进步。 《观书有感》 朱熹 半亩方塘一鉴开，天光云影共徘徊。问渠那得清如许，为有源头活水来。 The Book Zhu Xi There lies a glassy oblong pool,Where light and shade pursue their course.How could it be so clear and cool?For fresh water comes from the source.

The "Notice of Childhood" (also known as the "Regulations of the Study Study Study Studio") is an enlightenment reading written by Zhu Xi, a scholar and philosopher of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is included in the "Fourteen Essentials of Confucian Precepts" published in the "Eastern Listening Rain Hall" magazine. The "Children's Guide" is divided into clothing, headwear and shoes, language steps, sweeping and cleaning, reading wedges, miscellaneous matters, etc. 《童蒙须知》 （一作《训学斋规》）是南宋学者、理学家朱熹写的一篇启蒙读物，收录在《东听雨堂刊书·儒先训要十四种》。《童蒙须知》分衣服冠履、言语步趋、洒扫涓洁、读书楔子、杂细事宜等目。 朱熹·《童蒙须知》 夫童蒙之学，始于衣服冠履，次及言语步趋，次及洒扫涓洁，次及读书写文字，及有杂细事宜。皆所当知。今逐条列名，曰《童蒙须知》。若其修身治心、事亲接物，与夫穷理尽性之要，自有圣贤典训，昭然可考。当次第晓，兹不复详著云。 What Children Must Know Zhu Xi Children’s education is acquired successively from the knowledge of clothes, hats, shoes, talking, walking, sanitation, hygiene, reading, handwriting, and many trifles. All the things mentioned above are listed one by one as follows, which is called What Children Must Know. As for the matters such as self-cultivation, ideological progress, waiting upon family members like parents, the ways of getting along with people, probing into and understanding the whys and features of various things, many sages of the past have left us norms in their instructions, which can be clearly known through studies, and is no longer necessary for me to repeat in detail.

《送郭拱辰序》是南宋朱熹所作的一篇序文。该文文词峻洁而含义颇深，篇幅精粹而意善转折。作者先写郭君画技高超，烘托出其“麇鹿之姿，林野之性”。后写他将出游，欲画隐君子之形以归，而以郭君不能从行为憾，隐约透露出国土日蹙、贤人在野之意。语短意隽，余韵无穷。 The Preface to Sending Guo Gongchen "is a preface written by Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty. The words in this article are sharp and profound, the length is concise and the meaning is good at turning. The author first writes about Guo Jun's superb painting skills, highlighting his "posture of a deer and the nature of the forest". Afterwards, he wrote that he was going on a trip and wanted to draw the form of a hidden gentleman to return, but Guo Jun couldn't regret his actions, vaguely revealing the intention of leaving the country and the wise being in opposition. The words are concise and meaningful, with endless aftertaste. 朱熹·《送郭拱辰序》 世之传神写照者，能稍得其形似，已得称为良工。今郭君拱辰叔瞻，乃能并与其精神意趣而尽得之，斯亦奇矣。 予顷见友人林择之、游诚之称其为人，而招之不至。今岁惠然来自昭武，里中士夫数人欲观其能，或一写而肖，或稍稍损益，卒无不似，而风神气韵，妙得其天致，有可笑者。为予作大小二像，宛然麋鹿之姿，林野之性。持以示人，计虽相闻而不相识者，亦有以知其为余也。 然予方将东游雁荡，窥龙湫，登玉霄，以望蓬莱，西历麻源，经玉笥，据祝融之绝顶，以临洞庭风涛之壮；北出九江，上庐阜，入虎溪，访陶翁之遗迹；然后归而思自休焉。彼当有隐君子者，世人所不得见，而予幸将见之，欲图其形以归。而郭君以岁晚思亲，不能久从予游矣。予于是有遗恨焉。因其告行，书以为赠。 Portraits Zhu Xi It has always been considered first-class work in portrait painting, even for the most skilful artist, when the result is a likeness, more or less exact, of the mere features. Such skill is now possessed by Kuo Kung-ch'en; but what is still more marvelous, he catches the very expression, and reproduces, as it were, the inmost mid of his model. I had already heard much of him from a couple of friends; however, on my sending for him, he did…

"Boating" is a work by Zhu Xi, a scholar in the Song Dynasty. This poem uses the huge ship that can sail freely in the water without anyone pushing it to illustrate the need for inspiration in artistic creation. The whole poem contains philosophical principles in vivid metaphors, which are not obstructed by reason and are full of interest. It has been widely circulated. 《泛舟》是宋代学问家朱熹的作品。本诗借助巨舰无人能推动却能自由航行在水中，比喻艺术创作需要灵感的道理。全诗寓哲理于生动形象的比喻之中，不堕理障，富于理趣，一直为人传诵。 《泛舟》 朱熹 昨夜江边春水生，艨艟巨舰一毛轻。向来枉费推移力，此日中流自在行。 The Floating Ship Zhu Xi The vernal water rose by riverside last night;A stranded heavy ship became a feather light.Brfore the flood all effort's vain to push it go;Now with ease it may move in midstream to and fro.

朱熹（1130年10月18日－1200年4月23日），字元晦，又字仲晦，号晦庵，晚称晦翁。祖籍徽州府婺源县（今江西省婺源），生于南剑州尤溪（今属福建省尤溪县）。中国南宋时期理学家、思想家、哲学家、教育家、诗人。 Zhu Xi (October 18, 1130- April 23, 1200), also known as Hui, Zhonghui, Hui'an, and later Huiweng. My ancestral home is Wuyuan County, Huizhou Prefecture (now Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province), and I was born in Youxi, Nanjian Prefecture (now part of Youxi County, Fujian Province). During the Southern Song Dynasty in China, there were Neo Confucian scholars, thinkers, philosophers, educators, and poets. The Reply to Huang Songlao "is a letter written by the Neo Confucian scholar Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty to his friend Huang Songlao. It mainly expresses the idea of encouraging friends to be decisive and not to procrastinate, especially in middle age when cherishing time and taking positive actions. 朱熹·《答黄嵩老》 大抵人情若干由于，多致因循，一向懒废。今但心所欲为，向前便做，不要迟疑等待。即此目下顷刻之间，亦须渐见功效矣。 年运易往，时不待人，况中年以后，尤宜汲汲也！ 《朱文公文集》 A Reply to Old Huang Song 1 Zhu Xi People are generally apt to hesitate time and again before doing things, which often leads to delay or failure. If you want to do anything, just go ahead without any hesitation. Your efforts can begin to have effect even in a moment of time. Time is fleeting and will not wait for us. Especially we middle-aged people should seize the day and race against time. Collected Works of Zhu Wengong 1. Huang Song…