The passage of time feels like a flowing
water.(光陰似水)
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties
period in China, there was a famous minister and writer named Yan Zhitui.
He wrote a book in which he shared his life
experiences with his children. This book was widely loved and circulated, and
many of its ideas still have a profound impact on Chinese people today.
Confucius once told his students:
'If you study knowledge diligently, you
will reap many benefits from it.'
Many people were deeply moved by this
saying and began to study diligently.
However, among these diligent learners,
some misunderstood their focus, resulting in poor results and no real benefit
from their learning.
Ancient China has left behind many classic
books.
These books teach people correct moral
values and various ways of interacting with others. When studying these
classics, I believe we should avoid delving excessively into the source of
every sentence or analysing the meaning of each word.
Instead, we should focus on applying what
we learn from these books to our lives. Only by doing so can we truly reap the
benefits of reading and cultivate strong interpersonal relationships.
I have seen some scholars devote their
energy and attention to researching the places where Confucius lived or the
trivial details of his life. They hope to prove their superiority by possessing
obscure, unhelpful knowledge that others do not have.
I find these scholars' actions and mindset
not only ridiculous, but also a waste of their precious lives.
Each of our lives is short. Time passes
like flowing water and we cannot relive any of our minutes. We must cherish
time, because it flows onward and never returns.
I hope you won't make the same mistake as
those ridiculous scholars. Always remind yourself that the purpose of learning
is to improve your character and relationships with others day by day.
If you do this, I'll be proud of you.
This idiom means that the passage of time
feels like a flowing water.
It is used to describe how quickly time
passes.
Dear friends, what insights or thoughts
have you gained from this story?
What is your purpose in learning? Have you
ever made the same mistakes as the scholars in the story?
I hope this story will provide you with
some new insights.
光陰似水(The passage of time feels like a
flowing water.)
中國的南北王朝時代，有一個著名的大臣與文學家，他的名字是顏之推。
他寫了一本書分享自己的人生經驗給他的孩子，他所寫的這本書被大家所喜愛與傳播，這本書其中的許多內容至今為止仍然深刻地影響著許多中國人。
他在這本書中寫過一段話如下。
孔子曾經對他的學生們說過這段話。
如果你們用心的學習知識，你就可以得到從這些知識而來的許多好處。
有很多人讀了這句話後覺得很感動，所以這些人就開始努力的學習。
這些努力學習的人中，有一些人搞錯了學習的重點，所以這些人學習所的到的結果並不好，這些人沒有經由學習而從這些知識中得到任何好處。
中國古代留下了很多經典書籍。
這些書籍中教導人們正確的道德觀念與各種待人處事的方式，我認為我們在學習學習這些經典的書籍的時候，應該保持一種心態，這種心態就是不要過度地去專研這些書中的每一句話的出處與分析這些文字的字義。
我們應該要把重點放在在生活中實踐我們從這些書籍中學到的知識，只有這樣做我們才能夠真正地從閱讀中得到知識所帶來的好處，我們也才可以因此經營好我們的人際關係。
我曾經看過一些學者，這些學者把自己的精神與力量放在研究孔子所住過的地方或是孔子生前做過的一些瑣事，這些學者希望藉由這些別人都不知道的沒有多大用處的冷門知識來證明出自己比別人更加的專業。
我認為這些學者的行動與心態不僅可笑，他們在浪費自己寶貴的生命。
我們每個人的人生都很短暫，時間流逝就如同流水一樣，我們生命中的每一分鐘無法再重來。我們要珍惜時間光陰，時間就像那條不再回頭的河水一樣。
我希望你們不要犯跟那些可笑的學者一樣的錯誤，你們要隨時提醒自己學習知識的真正目的是在於讓自己成為一個品德與人際關係都一天比一天更好的人。
如果你們這樣做，那麼我會為你們感到驕傲。
這句成語的意思是時間流逝就如同流水一樣。
這句成語被用來形容時間快速流逝。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你學習知識的目的是為何呢?你曾經犯過跟那些學者一樣的錯誤嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為顏之推-顏氏家訓-勸學篇-10