Gratitude for the Source of Benefit

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“饮水思源”出自南北朝时期庾信的《徵调曲》：“饮其流者怀其源。”喝水的时候要想到水的来源，比喻人不能忘本。

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During the Southern and Northern Dynasties,there was a man called Yu Xin.He was born in a wealthy and1)aristocratic family in the Liang Dynasty.He grew up and became an official of the Liang Dynasty.

Later, Yu Xin was sent as an2)ambassador to the Western Wei in Chang’ an.But several years later, after the demise of the Liang Dynasty,he was forced to stay in the Northern Dynasties for more than 20 years.Often being homesick,he wrote in one of his essays that he always thought of the source of the water whenever he drank from the river, expressing his longing for his hometown in the Southern Dynasties.

1) aristocraticadj.贵族的

2) ambassadorn.大使；代表人物

南北朝时，有一个叫庾信的人。他出生在南朝梁一个富裕的贵族家庭，长大后成为南朝梁的官员。

后来，庾信作为南朝梁的使臣被派遣前往西魏的长安。几年后，南朝梁灭亡，庾信被迫在北朝客居二十多年。他常常思念故土，写文章说自己喝到河里的水就想到水的源头，以此抒发对南朝故国的思念。

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Yu Xin was born in the Northern Dynasties.

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Yu Xin was a versatile literary figure who achieved significant success in poetry, prose, and other literary forms.Yu Xin experienced the hardships of a tumultuous era, yet through his literary creations, he bore the rich fruits of “victory over the divide between the North and the South”.This underscores his notable achievements in blending the literary styles of the North and the South.

庾信是一位多才多艺的文学家，在诗、赋等方面都有相当高的成就。庾信在动荡的时代经历了许多辛酸，但他通过文学创作结出了“穷南北之胜”的丰硕果实。这表明他在南北朝文学风格的融合方面取得了显著成就。