On the main contents of "Preface to seeing Ma Sheng off to Yang" in concise language.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Song Lian sent an article to Ma Junze, a young man from Dongyang County, Zhejiang Province. In this message, the author tells about his early experience of seeking advice with an open mind and studying hard, encouraging young people to cherish a good reading environment and concentrate on their studies. This paper vividly and concretely describes the difficulty of borrowing books from teachers and the pain of running around hungry and cold, and compares it with the superior conditions of Taiji students, which strongly shows that whether or not academic achievements depend mainly on subjective efforts, not on the level of talent and the quality of conditions. This understanding still has reference significance today.

About the author:

Song Lian (1310 ~1381), whose name is Jinglian, and whose alias is Xuanzhenzi, Xuanzhendao and Xuanzhendun. Posthumous title Wenxian. Pujiang (now Pujiang, Zhejiang) is a native of Han nationality. A writer in the early Ming Dynasty was once praised by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Because the eldest grandson was involved in the Hudang case, the whole family was exiled to Maozhou (now Sichuan Qiang Autonomous County) and died on the way in Kuizhou (now Chongqing fengjie county).