The famous sayings of Zhu Xi in the first volume of the fifth grade are as follows:

1. The method of reading is to proceed step by step, to read thoroughly and to think carefully.

Translation: The way to study is to take your time and proceed bit by bit. Read it several times and think more when you encounter problems.

2. If you don’t read for three days, thorns will grow in your mouth; if you don’t play for three days, thorns will grow on your hands.

Translation: If you don’t study for three days, your mouth will be like thorns; if you don’t play the piano for three days, your hands will be like thorns. ?

3. Ask the canal how clear it is, because there is a source of living water.

Translation: I want to ask why the water in Fangtang is so clear? It is because there is an inexhaustible source that continuously delivers living water to it.

4. There is still one breath left, and this ambition cannot be slacked off. It can be said that it is far away.

Translation: As long as there is still breath, ambition cannot be relaxed.

5. Black-haired people don’t know how to study diligently early, and white-haired people regret studying late.

Translation: If you only know how to play but don’t know how to study hard, you will regret when you are old that you didn’t know how to study hard when you were young.