Yan Zhitui's Yan Family Instructions Mianxue in Northern Qi Dynasty
Scholar's knowledge is like planting a fruit tree, which is rewarded when it blooms in spring and harvested when it matures in autumn. Talking about articles is to appreciate the flowers in spring; Self-cultivation is to harvest the fruits of autumn.
Yanshi family instructions
Original text:
Since ancient times, Ming emperors have been diligent in learning, and the situation is average! This is unprecedented. I can't be serious. I want to talk about something important in modern times in order to enlighten you. The younger brother of a scholar-bureaucrat began to teach at the age of several. Many of them have learned etiquette and biography, while a few have lost poetry and prose. When you get married in the crown, the cat should be trained and seduced. Ambitious people can sharpen their skills to pursue their careers; Those who don't stand up will die if they fall down slowly.
When you are alive, you will have a job, farmers will measure your crops, businessmen will not discuss goods and bribes, skilled craftsmanship will lead to exquisite tools, geisha will meditate on magic, martial artists will get used to bowing horses, and scribes will discuss scriptures. It is more common to see scholar-officials ashamed of doing business related to agriculture and ashamed of being prostitutes. If they shoot, they can't wear letters, so they can only use their names in notes. They eat and drink, do nothing, and sell their days all year round. Or because of my family background, I got the first and a half place in the exam, so I forgot to study, had good and bad events, talked about gains and losses, and suddenly spoke, such as sitting in clouds, gathering public and private banquets, talking about ancient poems, and Seymour bowed his head, but lacked extension. Look on with knowledge, but go deep underground. What a pity to have studied hard for several years and been humiliated for a long time!
At the height of the Liang Dynasty, most of your children had no education. As for the proverb: "write a book without getting on the bus." If you are, you are a secretary. " They are all smoked clothes and shaved. Fu Fenshi Zhu, driving a long-eaved car with high heels, sat on the square mattress of chess pieces and played around with a cloth bag with speckles hidden. Look at the gods calmly, take care of people, answer questions, and have a banquet in March and September. It will be fast when you are young. After leaving the troubled times, he moved to the city and chose relatives of people who were not re-elected. Lu Bingquan asked for all the bodies when he couldn't see his former client, and found nothing. Exposed, he lost his pearls, lost his skin and exposed his quality. He died alone and sincerely. Those who have studied art will touch the ground. Since the rebellion, although all prisoners have been immortals, those who know how to read The Analects and The Book of Filial Piety are still teachers. Although it has been crowned for thousands of years, I don't know how the reporter wrote it. I'm too busy to farm and raise horses. If you can keep hundreds of books, you won't be a villain for thousands of years.
A guest complained to the host, saying: I have seen strong crossbows and halberds, and I have punished the people's crimes, so Wu is an official; Literally, the rich country is timely, and the Qing dynasty is Wu; Learn ancient and modern, be both civil and military, have no position, and there are countless people whose wives are hungry and cold. How can I calm down and study? "The master said to him," My husband lives in poverty, and there are precious jade, wood and stones. It's better to grind and carve than to learn art. Jade is polished and beautiful; Wood and stones are ugly because of their carving. Ankeyan's wood and stone carvings are a mine that has won gold and jade. Not poor and learned, but rich and unlearned. And the negative armor is a soldier, the pen is an official, and death and death are a dime a dozen, outstanding as grass; Adhere to the elements in the yellow, recite virtues, those who are bitter and useless are like erosion, and those who enjoy fame and fortune are like autumn tea. How can they talk in the same year? Smell it again: those who are born to know, those who learn to know. Therefore, scholars want to know more about it. There must be a genius who stands out from the crowd. In order to be a general, he must learn from Sun Wu and Wu Qi, and in power, he must be taught by Guan Zhong and Zi Chan. Although he hasn't studied, I also call it learning. The child can't be born, he doesn't learn from the past, and he lies in his ear. "