What do you mean that simple kung fu is always great, but the fragmented career is ups and downs? I want to translate ancient Chinese into vernacular explanations.

"Simplicity" means simplicity and ease, "simple kung fu" means simple theory, and "ultimate greatness" means that it will eventually spread widely. "Fragmentation" refers to fragmentation and triviality, "Fragmentation" refers to fragmentary theory, and "unexpected ups and downs" refers to eventually falling and scattering.

"Simple kung fu will eventually be great, but the cause of fragmentation will be ups and downs." This is a poem written by Lu Jiuyuan in Meet the Goose and Lake, which means in the vernacular: "Simple theories will eventually spread widely, and complicated theories will eventually drift away." In other words, knowledge theory should be simple and easy to understand, so that it can be easily spread widely.

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There are 23 poems in the volume of Lu Jiuyuan Collection. "Goose Lake and Professor's Brother Rhyme" says: "The tomb of the street rises and falls in the ancestral hall, and the people of Sri Lanka have never worn their hearts. Trickle down to the clear water, and rush into Taihuacen. Yi Jian's kung fu is great in the end, but his career is ups and downs. If you want to understand the place from the bottom up, you must first distinguish between the truth and the present. "

This poem should be from Confucius' Book of Changes. Easy to know, simple to follow. People who are easy to know make friends, and people who are easy to follow make contributions. Having relatives can last a long time, and having merits can be great. The virtue of a saint can last long, and the career of a saint can be great. Easy to simplify and reasonable in the world. "

There is also an allusion in this poem: "The Meeting of the Goose Lake".

The E-Lake meeting took place in the spring of the second year of Xichun (1 175). Visiting Zhu in Wuyishan, Zhu was sent to Ehu Temple in Xinzhou. Lu Su knew that Zhu and Lu had different views on Neo-Confucianism and wanted to reconcile and unify, so Liu Jiuling and Liu Jiuyuan came to Goose Lake for a period of time to discuss academic issues. This is what people later called "the meeting of the Goose Lake".

At the Goose Lake Conference, Erlu advocated that the original heart should be invented first and then exhibited. He believes that the nature of the original heart will remain unchanged from ancient times to the present, and it will take a long time to clear the mind. Zhu, on the other hand, advocates the method of asking questions for knowledge, then visiting the World Expo and coming back. The two sides held their own words, and Lu Jiuling and Lu Jiuyuan wrote poems to express their feelings, mocking Zhu's gradual cultivation of kung fu as "fragmented", which inevitably led to general opinions.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Lu Jiuyuan