Random thoughts on reading is a philosophical poem by Zhu, a scholar in Southern Song Dynasty. After reading it, people often feel suddenly enlightened. In poetry, this inner feeling is described by symbolic means, so that readers can understand the mystery themselves. The original reading experience is as follows:

Reflections on reading (1)

(Zhu)

As soon as the half-acre square pond is opened,

The sky is full of clouds and shadows.

How can the canal be so clear?

Because there is inexhaustible living water for it.

Reflections on Reading (Part Two)

(Zhu)

Last night, the river was full of springs.

This huge ship is a dime a dozen.

Always in vain,

This is a day of freedom.

The translation of reading experience is as follows:

(1): A pond half an acre square is displayed as a mirror, in which the brilliance of the sky and the shadow of floating clouds move together. Why is the water in that square pond so clear? It is because there is an inexhaustible source to continuously transport living water for it.

(2) Last night, there was a spring tide on the riverside, and the ship was as light as a feather. Pushing and pulling has always been in vain, but today I can drift freely in the middle of the river.

In fact, the first poem refers to the phenomenon of injecting fresh water into the pond, which means that you should constantly accept new things to keep your thoughts active and progressive, while the second poem refers to that you can sail freely in the water with the help of a huge ship, which means that artistic creation needs inspiration.

Here is a brief introduction to Zhu, Zhu, whose word is dark, whose name is dark in the middle, and later called dark Weng, and the world is called Zhu Wengong. Originally from Wuyuan County, Huizhou Prefecture, he was born in Youxi, Nanjian Prefecture. Zhu was a famous Neo-Confucianism, thinker, philosopher, educator, poet, a representative of Fujian School, a master of Confucianism, and a revered Zhu Zi. In fact, Zhu was the only one of the twelve philosophers in Dacheng Hall who was not a disciple handed down by Confucius, and was sacrificed by Confucianism. Zhu is a student, a disciple of Cheng Er, and is also called Pai with Cheng Er. Zhu's Neo-Confucianism had a great influence on the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties and became the official philosophy of the three generations. He is another person after Confucius in the educational history of China.