This sentence means that self-cultivation should start from learning, and learning should start from reading. This sentence emphasizes the importance of study and study, which is the foundation of one's foothold.
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Ouyang Wenzhong's official document collection, also known as Ouyang Wenzhong Collection, Ouyang Yongshu Collection and Ouyang Wenzhong Collection, is the complete works of Ouyang Xiu. This episode *** 153, and the other appendix 2.
Ouyang Xiu (1007- 1072) was born in Yongfeng, Jizhou (now Yongfeng County, Ji 'an City, Jiangxi Province), a politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, and was politically famous. Because Jizhou originally belonged to Luling County, it called itself "Ouyang Xiu of Luling". Posthumous title Wenzhong, a bachelor of Hanlin, a deputy envoy of the Council and a political adviser, is called Ouyang Wenzhong. Later generations also called him "the four great writers of the ages" with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Su Shi. Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Su Shi, Su Xun, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong, they are called "the Eight Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties".
Ouyang Xiu was the first literary leader to create a generation of literary style in the literary history of the Song Dynasty. He led the poetry innovation movement in the Northern Song Dynasty, and inherited and developed Han Yu's ancient prose theory. His high achievements in prose creation and his correct theory of ancient prose complement each other, thus creating a generation of writing style. Ouyang Xiu not only changed the style of writing, but also innovated the style of poetry. In historiography, there are also high achievements.