Disciples

Chapter 4

Original
Love everyone and be kind;
If you have spare energy, study literature.

Translation
To be a person, one must be caring, love all living beings, and care for the common people, and should be close to those who are of high moral character; with plenty of energy and time, one should read more and love learning.

allusion
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Du Lin. When he was young, he had a calm and stable personality and was very fond of learning.He not only read a lot of books at home, but also worshiped the gentle Zhang Song as his teacher and asked him for advice.Therefore, Du Lin was well-informed and knowledgeable, and people at that time called him "Tongru".After Wang Mang's defeat, Du Lin was arrested and imprisoned.After Emperor Guangwu ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he released him and made him an official censor.Officials in the capital thought he was very knowledgeable.

At that time, Wei Hong from the East China Sea was good at ancient literature and classics, Xu Xun from Jinan worshiped Wei Hong as his teacher, and later they both worshiped Du Lin as their teacher.Du Lin once obtained a volume of lacquer books and ancient texts in Xizhou, and he always treated this book as a treasure, and never left the book.When Du Lin showed this book to Wei Hongxu for inspection, he also taught him: "I am very afraid that this book will be destroyed, and I am afraid that this knowledge will disappear from now on. Although ancient scriptures are not valued now, I hope you Be able to cherish what you have learned." Due to the great attention of Wei Hong and others, the study of ancient Chinese classics was able to spread.

(End of this chapter)