Thoughts on Reading
朱熹
半亩方塘一鉴开
天光云影共徘徊
问渠那得清如许
为有源头活水来
bàn mǔ fāng táng yī jiàn kāi
tiān guāng yún yǐng gòng pái huái
wèn qú nǎ dé qīng rú xǔ
wèi yǒu yuán tóu huó shuǐ lái
A half-mu square pond opens like a mirror; sky-light and cloud-shadow wander together. Why so clear? Because living water comes from the source.
Learning stays clear only with living sources.
朱熹《观书有感》：半亩方塘——源头活水才能清。读书如活水，不在堆量而在流通。水不清，多半是源停了，不是塘小。今日：信息过载时，问你的「源头」是否仍在更新，而非只在转发。
Zhu Xi’s Thoughts on Reading: half-mu square pond—only living source-water stays clear. Study as circulation, not stockpile. Today: in overload, ask whether your source still renews—or you only forward.
知识焦虑时问：我的活水从哪来？不是更多标签，是源头。
When anxious about knowledge, ask where your living water comes from.
Read first, then practice — fill in lines and write a character.
Fill in the blanks
Practice calligraphy
This poem is linked from a city essay—open the place to read the name and the verse together.