This poem is a reply from Zhang Ying, a graduate student of Kangxi annual leave in Qing Dynasty, to his family.

The original text is:

Make the poem on the wall-clear? Zhang ying

A thousand miles to repair books is just for the wall. What's the harm in making him three feet?

The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but I haven't seen Qin Shihuang.

Explanation:

Writing to someone thousands of miles away is just for a wall. What can he do?

The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but Qin Shihuang, who ordered the construction of the Great Wall, is long gone.

Extended data:

Liuchi Lane starts from West Backstreet in the east and reaches Baizitang in the west. Xiangfu in the south and Wuxiangfu in the north, with a total length of100m and a width of 2m, are all paved with pebbles. The main buildings in Liuchi Lane include the driveway, the "comity" stone archway in the east, the "Yide Liu Fang" stone archway in the west, leisure square, poems and paintings, rockery and so on.

Historical allusions about Liuchi Lane;

During the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Ying served as a university student and minister of rites in Wenhua Hall. The official residence of my hometown Tongcheng is adjacent to the Wu family, and there is an alley between the two courtyards for both sides to use. Later, the Wu family wanted to build a new house and occupy this public lane, but the Zhang family did not agree. Wu Jiahe Zhang argued that the lawsuit was brought to the local county government. Considering that both families are famous families, the county magistrate dare not end it easily.

At this time, the Zhang family wrote an urgent letter asking for a solution. After reading the letter, Zhang Ying felt that neighbors should be humble, so he wrote these four sentences in his reply to his family: A thousand miles of books are just separated by a wall, so why not let him be three feet? The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but I haven't seen Qin Shihuang.

After reading it, the family understood the meaning and offered to give up three feet of open space. Wu Jia was deeply moved by this scene and offered to give up the three-foot homestead, hence the name "Six-foot Lane".