Source: Yuncheng News Network
"Cultivate and read for a long time, and the poetry books will be passed down for a long time." Since ancient times, this ancient precept has been regarded by many families as a family discipline, placing on the elders' sincere teachings and ardent expectations for future generations. So, why did the ancients attach so much importance to cultivation and reading? Today, let's talk about the word "farming and reading heirlooms."
Regarding farming, there are two different interpretations in the Shuowen Jiezi. One theory is that ploughing is a shape sound word, "ploughing, ploughing also, from the sound of the well"; the other theory believes that ploughing is the meaning of the word, "a day of the ancient well, said from the well, will mean". That is to say, ploughing from the well, "ploughing" is a farm tool, and "well" is a field. The original meaning of ploughing is "plough also", which refers to the use of ploughs to turn over the loose soil, and generally refers to farming and farming. China has been a big agricultural country since ancient times, and farming and labor is an important part of daily life and the way our ancestors have lived for generations. And "ploughing", often associated with the quality of hard work, facing the loess with its back to the sky, engaged in farming in the field is very hard, so there are words such as "force farming".
Reading, is a shape and sound word, "Shuowen Jiezi" is interpreted as: "reading, reciting the book also, from the words to sell the sound", the original meaning is to recite the verses of the poems, and later extended to the meaning of reading and learning. Ouyang Xiu said: "Establishing oneself is the first to establish one's studies, and establishing one's studies is based on reading. Wang Fuzhi said, "What will be the purpose of the husband's reading?" Discern its great righteousness, cultivate its own body and govern others, and observe its subtle words, and use it with goodness and righteousness. It can be seen that the ancients respected reading, not only for the sake of reading and becoming an official, but also as an important way to cultivate morality.
For thousands of years, many literati in ancient China have greatly respected the life of cultivation and study. Some scholars gave their study studios names such as "Ploughing Reading Xuan" and "Cultivating Reading Mountain House". In poetry and song, it is also common to describe the life of farming and reading. For example, Tao Yuanming of the Eastern Jin Dynasty wrote "Reading the Classics of Mountains and Seas: "Both ploughing and planting, when still reading my book"; The Yuan Dynasty Wang Guan's "Ploughing reading Xuan": "The plough hoe is on the shoulder, and the horn book is a bunch"; Xu Bo of the Ming Dynasty", "Visiting the Brother Wen Tong Yi of the Jingyu Island": "Half a bed and a cloud push pillow, a plough spring rain to cultivate books". (China Discipline Inspection and Supervision Daily)