These are two poems in the great poet Zhu's Random Thoughts on Reading, "Ask where the canal is so clear that there is flowing water at the source."

To learn the metaphor of water, the source of life, we must constantly absorb new knowledge in order to make rapid progress.

This beautiful natural scenery is refreshing, and more people are deeply impressed by the theme. It is an impression of reading, and suddenly this beautiful artistic conception sublimates and blends with reading. Zhu is a great scholar. He has an eye for reading. In the reflection of ponds and clouds, his mood is cheerful, clear and lively. Why is his mind so clear? Because there is always something new in the book.

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Flowing water at the source is a common idiom, which means the source and motive force of the development of things. The source of flowing water originated from a poem by Jia Zhu, a philosopher and educator in the Southern Song Dynasty. Half an acre of square pond is open, full of clouds and shadows; Why is the water in the pond so clear? Because there is inexhaustible living water for it.

From: Song Zhuxi's poem "Random Thoughts on Reading": "If you ask how clear the canal is, it means that there is flowing water at the source."

The source of flowing water is one of the legends of the eight ancient scenic spots in Songxian County, Henan Province. There are two villages in Daping Township, Songxian County: Dongyuan and Xiyuan. There are springs in the two villages, and the springs rotate in the springs. After being connected to a bowl, the water rotates in the bowl, just like flowing living water, so it is called source living water. There is another uniqueness in this spring. Put the coin on the water and don't sink.

Zhu used these two poems to illustrate that life is the source of writing. He can only find the source of living water, draw the source of living water and be a living person.