What are the verses about the diligent reading of the ancients?

Ancient poems about diligent reading:

1. The three watches are lit and the five watches are the time when the boys are studying. The black hair does not know how to study early, and the white head regrets studying late. (Tang Yan Zhenqing.)

Persuasion of Learning) Translation:

Every day in the middle of the night to the time when the rooster crows, it is the best time for boys to read. But if you only know how to play, you don't know how to study hard, and when you are old, you regret why you didn't know to study hard when you were young. When I was old, I regretted why I didn't know to study diligently when I was young.

2. Mechanics is like hard farming, and diligence is self-aware. But if there are many kinds of books, there will be a time for years. (Song Liu Guo.)

Translation:

Studying hard is like a farmer working hard, whether he is industrious or lazy only knows himself. Even if there are many kinds of books, as long as you work hard, you will eventually become familiar with them and understand them.

3. The golden year will not come again, and it will be difficult to get in the morning again in a day. Be encouraged in time, and the years will not treat others. (Jin Tao Yuanming, "Miscellaneous Poems.")

Translation: Once youth has passed, it is impossible to regain it, and there is never a second sunrise in one day. You should encourage yourself while you are in the prime of life, and you should not wait for others when time passes.

4. Persuade the monarch not to cherish the golden clothes, and persuade the monarch to cherish the youth. There are flowers that can be folded straight and must be folded, and there are no flowers and empty branches. (Tang, "The Golden Threaded Clothes.")

Translation: I advise you not to cherish the luxurious golden clothes, I advise you to cherish your youth. When the flowers bloom and should be folded, they should be folded quickly, and do not wait until the flowers are gone.

1. Teenagers are easy to learn and old people are difficult to succeed, and an inch of time is indispensable.

Source: Zhu Xi's "Occasional Persuasion Poems".

Translation: The days of youth are easy to pass, but it is difficult to succeed in learning, so every inch of time must be cherished and not easily let go.

2, the third watch is lit and the fifth watch is the chicken, it is when the boy is studying, the black hair does not know how to study early, and the white hair regrets studying late.

Source: Yan Zhenqing's "Persuasion".

Translation: Every day in the middle of the night when the rooster crows, it is the most auspicious and late time for boys to read. Teenagers don't know how to get up early and study diligently, and when they get old, they regret that it's too late to study less.

3. The plan of a day lies in the morning, the plan of a year lies in spring, and the plan of a lifetime lies in diligence.

Source: Shao Yong.

Translation: The plan of the day lies in the decision of the morning, the plan of the year lies in the decision of the spring, and the plan of the whole life lies in the decision of hard work.

4. The golden year will not come again, it is difficult to make a day and then the morning, and the time should be encouraged, and the years will not treat others.

Source: Tao Yuanming Slippery Li "Twelve Miscellaneous Poems: Part I".

Translation: Once the good years of youth have passed, they will never come back, and there will never be a second sunrise in one day. You should take advantage of the prime of life to encourage yourself to work hard in the banquet tent, and the time will pass, and you will not wait for others.

5. The deceased is like a husband, reluctant to give up day and night.

Source: Chapter 12 of the Analects.

Translation: Time passes like flowing water, day and night.