水母虽目虾,竟自了无覩。
如人心苟盲,记诵亦何补。
当须见精义,一览洞千古。
可效章句徒,冥迷自聋瞽。
水母虽目虾,竟自了无覩。
如人心苟盲,记诵亦何补。
当须见精义,一览洞千古。
可效章句徒,冥迷自聋瞽。
水母虽然依靠虾的眼睛来看,但终究自身什幺也看不见。
就像人心如果真是盲目的,那幺死记硬背又有什幺补益呢?
应当去洞见精微的义理,一眼便能洞察千古的奥秘。
切莫效仿那些只会章句的庸徒,他们自己沉迷于蒙昧,如同聋子瞎子。
Though jellyfish rely on shrimp for sight, they still remain in utter blindness.
Just as a man whose mind is truly blind, what use is rote learning to his kind?
One must perceive the essence, pure and bright, to see through ages in a single light.
Don't imitate those pedants, lost and bound, in self-inflicted darkness, deaf and drowned.
依赖他者指引揭示了认知自主性的缺失。
借水母依赖虾引路却自身无睹,讽喻缺乏独立判断之人。
本诗为五言古诗,押平声韵。
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