(Global Village Department Chat Room Notes vi)

abrook water poem

liupu(aged8) Li Qufei English translation

(mingdynasty,1368-1644)

abrookinfrontofmygate, a ditch of water in front of the door,

runstotheeastnightandday. Flowing eastward day and night.

"hey, whereare youheading,mate?" I asked where to go?

"i’mtot’vastoceanfaraway!" Cangming stopped!

109. Youth

Jianwu: Mingming, why can’t you wake up?

Mingming: I didn’t go to bed last night at two or three o’clock, so staying up late was really uncomfortable.

Jianwu: It is worthy of praise for working hard, but staying up late should not be recommended.

Mingming: Don’t laugh at me, it’s not like working hard. I watched movies on my phone and I kept seeing them late at night.

Yaqin: I'm also very surprised. It's obvious that I'm diligent. It's okay to stay up late occasionally, but I can't form a habit. Not enough sleep hurts my body and can also affect my studies.

Mingming: I don’t want to stay up late, I really can’t help it. I carry my smartphone with me and it’s hard to resist seamless connection.

Xixi: I sleep in spring without realizing the morning, and I hear birds singing everywhere. The sound of wind and rain comes at night, how many flowers fall?

Xuanxuan: The grass on the Liliyuan, withering and flourishing every year. The wildfire cannot be burned, and the spring breeze grows again.

Mingming: I just dreamed that someone was reading, but it turned out that you two were reciting.

Jianwu: Ancient poems are catchy, the pictures are fresh and eye-catching, and what are the obvious feelings?

Mingming: I am ashamed of spring and have let down the spring scenery.

Yaqin: Just know, it’s better to think less. Staying up late will hurt your body and will also hurt your spring.

Xuanxuan: Spring is here, and I remembered singing.

Jianwu: Sing if you want to sing, without any regrets.

Yaqin: We are young and sigh at the brilliant youth.

Xuanxuan: Youth is the most beautiful legend, not for wasting or wasting time.

Mingming: What is that used for?

Yaqin: Youth is used to accumulate.

Mingming: Is it saving money?

Xuanxuan: It is not used to accumulate money, but to accumulate knowledge.

Mingming: What is the interest rate?

Jianwu: I haven’t saved any money, but I don’t know.

Yaqin: The interest rate is much higher than the bank, and it will repay you with principal and interest, allowing you to create a miracle of life.

Xuanxuan: How many times better than saving money.

Jianwu: It makes youth regretless, and it is intoxicating to think about it.

Yaqin: But you can’t get drunk in nothingness. Saving time is to prolong your life.

Xuanxuan: Accumulating knowledge is accumulating energy.

Mingming: Youth is really squandering and cannot be traded casually.

Yaqin: If you want to be a useful person to society, you can't waste your youth for a moment.

Xuanxuan: Reserve knowledge is better than any gold and silver jewelry.

Jianwu: Youth cannot be spent in nothingness, and life will be regretted for the rest of your life.

Yaqin: Instead of sitting here and discussing the truth, it is better to act immediately.

Xuanxuan: Sharpening a knife will not delay chopping wood, think it through before taking action.

Jianwu: It is difficult to act without thinking, and it seems passive everywhere.

Yaqin: What you said makes sense. After you figure it out, you will understand the principles of the book.

Xuanxuan: Only by weighing the severity can you focus on it. If you are negligent, taste the bitter fruit alone.

Mingming: I don’t let my youth go by, I know what to do.

Yaqin: It is easy to return home as a companion for youth, accumulate knowledge to fly.
Chapter completed!