Because I am old, I began to study, practice and study. What does this mean?

It means: Just because you are old, you are virtuous. Like a child, you study again and again to cultivate your mind and learn.

Original text:

Give it to the old monk

Wang Jian in Tang Dynasty

Because of my age, I began to study and study.

After the snow, I often lie at the same table, and I didn't save two mountains after spending it.

The hunter begged for the injured goose at the bottom of the arrow, and the fisherman begged for live fish at the end of the pole.

I'm always worried about dust, but I don't know it's hard to get rid of the disease.

Vernacular translation:

Just because you are old, you have virtue. It's like a child. You learn to cultivate your mind and cultivate your nature before you study. I often sit at the same table with him in winter and have lived near him since I was born. Ask the hunter to let go when he sees the geese, and ask the fisherman to let go when he sees the fish. Always looking for trouble for yourself, I don't know that all diseases in the world can't be ruled out.

This poem comes from Wang Jian's collection of poems in the Tang Dynasty.

Extended data writing background:

Wang Jianji consists of ten volumes, of which Wang Jiangong's Ci is contained in Zhi Zhai Shu. Today, there are ten volumes of Wang Jian's poems, including three volumes of Yuefu, six volumes of poems and one volume of Gongci. There are engravings of Chen Shu in Southern Song Dynasty, The Complete Poems of Tang Poetry compiled by Chyi Yu in Qing Dynasty, and various manuscripts in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

1959 The Shanghai Editorial Department of Zhonghua Book Company was revised and published in the Southern Song Dynasty. In addition, Liu Chengde in the Ming Dynasty carved eight volumes of Poems of Wang Jian in the Tang Dynasty, which was compiled into Six Sets of Tang People by the school magazine, and the eight volumes were named Poems of Wang Jian. In the Qing Dynasty, Wang Sima Collection compiled by Hu Jie included eight volumes, two volumes of ancient prose, six volumes of modern prose and Sikuquanshu.

It is also clear that Zhu's Poems of Twelve Schools in the Middle Tang Dynasty is a volume, while Wang Zhongchu's Poems are not divided into volumes. Wang Jiangong Ci has a single edition, which was edited by Lu as Sigong Ci, Sangong Ci, Qijiage Sangong Ci, Shigong Ci and the rest as Shigong Ci. The first compilation was based on Qi Jiage's Sangong Ci.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were two volumes of Notes on 100 Poems in the Palace of Sima Wang, one volume of Poems in the Palace of Tang Dynasty and Wanli Block Edition.

About the author:

Wang Jian (765? —830? ), the word Zhong Chu, Yingchuan (now Xuchang City, Henan Province) people. Tang Daizong was a scholar in the 10th year of Dali (775). He used to be Xian Cheng, Weinan County Party Committee Cheng, Taifu Miaocheng and Shaanxi Sima Secretary Cheng. Wang Jian was famous for his palace poems in his early years, but his poetic style changed greatly after middle age. He often used Yuefu poems to reflect the social reality and the sufferings of the people at that time. The Wang Sima Collection consists of eight volumes and nearly 500 poems.