Said by: This is a reading couplet written by Xu Wei, a great scholar in the Ming Dynasty: "Good reading is not good for reading, and good reading is not good for reading."
Meaning: The first couplet means that when a person is young, he is alert, energetic and has a good life, so it is also a good time to study; It's a pity that some people don't know the importance of reading. They only play and don't like reading. It's called bad reading. The second couplet means that you know the importance of reading when you are old, but you are deaf and blind and can't learn well.
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Wei Xu (152 1 March12-1593), Han nationality, was born in Fushanyin, Shaoxing (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). The first word was Wen Qing, which was later changed to Wen Chang. The names were Old Ivy, Taoist Ivy, Tianchisheng, Tianchishan, Tianchi Fishing Hidden, Jin Lei, Jin Huishan, Yinshanbuyi, Baihushan, Goose-nosed Shan Nong, Tian Danshui and Tian Shuiyue (Shuitianyue). A famous writer, painter, dramatist and strategist in Ming Dynasty.
He was Hu Zongxian's aide, helping him capture Xu Hai and seduce Wang Zhi. After Hu Zongxian went to prison, Xu Wei committed suicide nine times in fear and madness. Later, he went to prison for killing his stepwife and died. After being imprisoned for seven years, he was rescued by Zhang Yuan and other friends. Then travel to Jinling in the south and go to the valley in the north. Throughout the frontier fortress, I often lament generously. In his later years, he suffered from poverty and illness, and thousands of books were sold out. Self-proclaimed "Southern accent to the North", he died in the 21st year of Wanli (1593) at the age of 73.