冬夜讀書示子聿
Reading on a Winter Night: For My Son Ziyu
Lu You 陸游 (1125–1210)
Song · 1199

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001064 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001064
Rights: Song dynasty poem; the author died in 1210. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/冬夜讀書示子聿 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/lu-you-reading-on-a-winter-night

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古人學問無遺力，少壯工夫老始成。
紙上得來終覺淺，絕知此事要躬行。

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古人学问无遗力，少壮工夫老始成。
纸上得来终觉浅，绝知此事要躬行。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

The ancients spared no effort in their learning;
work begun in youth was finished only in old age.
What you get from paper always feels shallow in the end;
to truly know a thing, you have to do it.