择己要有持,择人要有别。
浅夫脱所守,柔颜附炎热。
庸儿昧所择,目前事苟悦。
彼柔有时变,尔炎有时歇。
歇者既死灰,变者遂刚铁。
平时绸缪地,一朝等楚越。
古人论淡交,君子保常节。
作诗贻知言,不为昧者说。
择己要有持,择人要有别。
浅夫脱所守,柔颜附炎热。
庸儿昧所择,目前事苟悦。
彼柔有时变,尔炎有时歇。
歇者既死灰,变者遂刚铁。
平时绸缪地,一朝等楚越。
古人论淡交,君子保常节。
作诗贻知言,不为昧者说。
选择自己要坚持操守,
选择他人要有所区别。
浅薄之人放弃坚守,
以柔媚容颜依附权势。
平庸之辈不明选择,
只图眼前苟且欢悦。
那柔媚终有改变时,
那权势终有衰歇日。
衰歇者已成死灰,
改变者遂成刚铁。
平时亲密绸缪之地,
一朝疏远如同楚越。
古人论淡泊之交,
君子保持恒常节操。
作诗赠予知音之言,
不为愚昧之人诉说。
Choose for yourself, hold firm your ground.
Choose others, discern the profound.
The shallow man abandons his stand,
With flattering face clings to the hot hand.
The fool, blind in choice, takes delight
In what pleases the eye, shallow and slight.
That softness may in time transform,
And that heat may in time grow warm.
When warmth dies down to ashes cold,
The transformed becomes iron, hard and bold.
The place once close-knit, day by day,
Becomes as distant as Chu from Yue, they say.
The ancients spoke of friendship plain,
A gentleman keeps his constant vein.
I write this poem for the wise to hear,
Not for the blind, who won't draw near.
揭示了精英选拔中认知与认同的双重标准。
阐述择人与律己的原则,强调操守与识鉴的重要性。
本诗为五言古诗,押平声韵。
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