This person is very poor, and his material
life is as simple as a glass of water. (一貧似水)
There was a famous poet in China's Southern
Song Dynasty, his name was (Wang Zi).
After the fall of the Southern Song
Dynasty, he lived in seclusion on a mountain. He studied Taoist knowledge on
the mountain and lived a very simple life.
One autumn he wrote a letter to his
brother. There was a poem in the letter. The approximate content of the poem is
as follows.
The roof of my present house is covered
with moss. There is a thick forest outside the house, and the sound of crickets
is often heard in the forest.
There is a spring not far from the house,
and the water from the spring collects in a small pond.
Autumn has come, and the scent of the
cattail flowers that bloomed in spring by the pond has become very faint.
I began to feel the coolness of autumn as I
sat under the oak tree in the courtyard in the afternoon.
Sometimes I drink the wine I make with my
friend, a woodcutter who comes to chop wood near my house.
Sometimes I wear a hat made of bamboo
leaves and go into the misty mountains to pick Chinese herbal medicine.
I am very poor and my material life is as
simple as a glass of water.
But I like my life now because I am far
from the government and I am free.
The literal translation of this saying is
that my life is very poor and my material life is as simple as a glass of
water.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
is very poor.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you have many material comforts in your
life? Do you like your present lifestyle?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
一貧似水(This person is very poor, and his
material life is as simple as a glass of water.)
中國的南宋王朝有一個著名的詩人，他的名字叫做(王鎡)。
他在南宋王朝滅亡之後就隱居在一座山上，他在山上研究道家的知識，他過著非常簡單的生活。
有一年的秋天，他寫了一封信寄給他的弟弟，這封信中有一首詩，這首詩大概的內容如下。
我現在這的這間房子屋頂長滿了青苔，屋外有一片濃密的樹林，樹林中常常傳來蟋蟀的叫聲。
房子外面不遠處有一處泉水，泉水匯聚成了一座小小的池塘。
秋天已經到了，池塘旁那些從春天開始綻放的蒲花的香味已經變得很淡。
我在下午的時間坐在院子裡那顆槲樹底下時開始感受到秋天帶來的涼意。
我有時候會跟那個來到我家附近砍柴的樵夫朋友一起喝我自己釀造的酒。
我有時候會戴上竹葉編造的帽子到霧氣很濃的山上去採摘中草藥。
我非常的貧窮，我的物質生活就好像一杯清水一樣簡單。
但我很喜歡現在的生活，因為我遠離政府的管轄，我自由自在。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是我的生活非常的貧困，我的物質生活就好像一杯清水一樣簡單。
這句成語被用來形容一個人非常的貧窮。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你在生活中擁有豐富的物質享受嗎?你喜歡你現在的生活方式嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為宋-王鎡-月洞吟-26-山居
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