In the first paragraph, Jane said what "true cultivation" is. The author defines it as "self-improvement" and "seeking the meaning of life", and points out that the real form of self-cultivation is "always giving up halfway", that is, it is a process of hard work and dynamic presentation. Here, the author's meaning is clear: self-cultivation has no utilitarian purpose, and reading is a lifelong task. Hesse said that "true cultivation does not pursue any specific purpose", and education is the pursuit of spiritual and spiritual perfection. These two words are not contradictory. Here, the connotations of "education" and "cultivation" intersect. Real cultivation has no utilitarian intention, but only for "self-improvement of spirit and soul", and "specific purpose" refers to what is usually called improving certain abilities and skills. As far as human survival is concerned, skills and abilities are important, but after all, they are the means of survival, and cultivation or education is the realm of survival.

The second to fifth paragraphs discuss the function of reading famous books. The author believes that an important way to get education is to learn "world literature", gain vivid consciousness and understanding by reading the works of writers and thinkers, and gradually get familiar with and master the ideological achievements of masters. When discussing the necessity of reading, it is emphasized again that reading is to improve oneself and to enrich, noble and meaningful life, rather than "distraction" or "false comfort".

In the in-depth analysis of this problem, the article puts forward that the pursuit of personality or personality must be the premise of obtaining education. This view of the author embodies the people-oriented thought. The article points out that reading is the pursuit of the soul, and this pursuit must have a love for civilization and respect for knowledge. The reason why this question is raised is because the author sees that there are many temptations in life and there is a phenomenon of belittling reading. Even people who love learning will misunderstand the role of reading. In the fourth paragraph, the author points out that "a large number of young people" tend to despise reading. The author suggests that reading should start with basic reading, and at the same time improve reading level, because reading popular literature can't get real education. He thinks that some people don't want to spend their efforts and energy on reading famous books, which shows that they can't correctly understand the purpose of reading and the pursuit of cultivation, so they won't find the value of famous books.

The sixth and seventh paragraphs further expound the necessity of getting education by reading classic works. Why can only some people achieve the purpose of reading? Taking the different development trends of children's reading as an example, the author vividly introduces two different levels of reading. One is "most people who lack talent", who regard reading as a natural and insignificant thing and only read vulgar words. One is that a few people who are intoxicated by the special charm of letters and characters are always attracted by new charm. The process of their reading is the process of their mental growth. The world in front of them is getting wider and wider, from kindergarten to cities and villages, until it becomes the whole world, a paradise in heaven and the Ivory Coast on the ground. With this contrast, the article emphasizes once again that learning for education is a kind of spiritual pleasure, and at the same time, this spiritual pursuit can constantly enter a new realm.

Reading can sharpen people's minds, and the classic works are "always read and always be new". At the end of the article, the author takes his own reading experience as an example and thinks that the classic works have lasting charm. After repeated reading, you can constantly feel and discover something. If you understand "reading carefully, deepening and extrapolating", the more you can see the uniqueness of every thought and every work, and this process of feeling is the way to get education.