What does it mean to drop out of school like a grindstone?

It means that the accumulation of knowledge comes from daily dribs and drabs, which can not be achieved in a short time.

From —— A famous sentence by Tao Yuanming, a poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Diligence is like a spring seedling. If it doesn't increase, it will get stronger every day. Dropping out of school is like a whetstone. Can't see the harm, losing money every day.

Study hard is like a seedling just sprouting in spring. It doesn't look so long at ordinary times, but it grows every day. Laziness and neglect of study are like grindstones. Although you can't see any losses at ordinary times, you are actually losing money every day and getting thinner.

Tao Yuanming (352 or 365-427), also known as "Jingjie", was born in Xunyang Chaisang (now Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province). A great poet and poet at the end of Eastern Jin Dynasty and the beginning of Southern Song Dynasty.

He served as Jiangzhou Wine Sacrifice, Jianwei Army, Zhenjun, and Pengze County Order, and the last official position was Pengze County Order. He left his post for more than 80 days and retired to the countryside. He is the first pastoral poet in China, and is known as the "School of Ancient and Modern Hermit Poetry", with a collection of Tao Yuanming.

Tao Yuanming was a great thinker in the Middle Ages. His literary thought is an important part of the literary thought in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. His understanding of truth not only pays attention to the truth of history and life, but also pays attention to the truth of thoughts, feelings and ambitions, which is a perfect artistic truth. At the same time, his understanding of nature also shows the uniqueness of his literary thought.

He doesn't talk about enlightenment, he doesn't carve things, he pays attention to the free expression of emotions and the naturalness of poetry, which is a very high realm. However, both advocating artistic truth and advocating literary essence are for the free expression of life.

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Tao Yuanming's exhortation story:

According to legend, one day after Tao Yuanming retired, a teenager asked him for advice: "Sir, I admire your profound knowledge and want to know your wonderful method of reading as a teenager." Please advise, the younger generation is grateful. " Tao Yuanming laughed and said, "How can there be a wonderful learning method? Only stupid methods rely on hard work. "

Seeing that the boy didn't understand what he meant, Tao Yuanming dragged him to the edge of the rice field and pointed to a seedling, saying, "Stay here, take a closer look and tell me if it has grown taller?" The boy looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see the seedlings grow up, so he said, "I'm not good at it!" " "Tao Yuanming asked," are you really not good at it? So, how did the short seedlings become so tall? "

Seeing that the teenager bowed his head and said nothing, Tao Yuanming further guided him and said, "In fact, it has been growing, but we can't see it with the naked eye. The same is true for reading and studying. " Then, Tao Yuanming pointed to a grindstone by the stream and asked the boy, "Why is that grindstone so concave as a saddle?" "It is ground like this."

The boy replied. "When was that ground into this?" The boy shook his head. Tao Yuanming said: "this is because we sharpen our knives and sickles on it every day, year after year, and so does learning." If we don't keep studying, we will owe something every day. "

The boy suddenly realized that he gave Tao Yuanming a big gift and said, "Thank you for your advice. Students will never ask for any magic again. Please leave me a few words, which I will always remember. " Tao Yuanming happily wrote: "Diligence is like a seedling in spring. If it is not increased, it will grow stronger day by day;" Dropping out of school is like a whetstone. If you can't see its harm, you will lose money every day. "

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