The famous sayings about being diligent in asking questions are as follows:

A person who is eager to ask questions is only five kinds of fools; a person who is ashamed to ask questions will be a fool for life. Anonymous people who like to ask questions will be rich, and those who use it for themselves will be small. "Shang Shu·Zhong Hui's Edict": Black-haired people don't know how to study diligently early, white-headed people regret studying late. "Encouraging Learning" A gentleman must be good at asking questions when learning. Questioning and learning complement each other and lead to action.

Study diligently and ask questions well

Study diligently and ask questions well, Chinese idiom, Pinyin means to study diligently and ask if you don’t understand, which is a metaphor for being good at learning. It comes from Zhu Xi's "The Analects of Confucius" by Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty.

Origin of the idiom

Song Dynasty Zhu Xi's "Zhu Zi Yu Lei·Analects": "Now that he is diligent in learning and inquiring, he is posthumously named Yi Wen."

Zhu Zi Yu Lei

"Zhu Xi Yu Lei" is a collection of quotations from Zhu Xi's questions and answers with his disciples. Li Jingde compiled it by category in the fourth year of Jingding in the Song Dynasty in China. In the sixth year of Xianchun, it was published as the 140-volume "Complete Collection of Zhu Zi's Language", which is now the current version of "Zhu Zi's Language".

This book is arranged in order. It first discusses the fundamental issues of the world such as reason, qi, nature, ghosts and gods, taking Tai Chi and reason as the beginning of heaven and earth. It then explains the ethics and morals such as heart, nature, affection, benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom, etc., as well as the human life. Original; Let’s discuss the methods of knowing and doing, practicing hard, reading, and how to learn. It also discusses the "Four Books" and the "Five Classics" in order to clarify this theory, and uses Confucius, Mencius, Zhou, Cheng, Zhang and Zhu as the transmitters of this theory to exclude the old and Ming Taoism.

"Zhu Xi Yu Lei" basically represents Zhu Xi's thoughts, with rich content and precise analysis.

The main editions include the book and photo version of "Zhu Xiyu Lei" in the second year of Xianchun of the Song Dynasty, the engraved version of Chen Wei in the 9th year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, the engraved version of Baogatang in Liuliang of the Qing Dynasty, and the Guangzhou Bookstore version. The Chung Hwa Book Company has a printed version.

About the author

Zhu Xi was a famous Neo-Confucian, thinker, philosopher, poet, educator and writer in the Southern Song Dynasty. Han nationality, the courtesy name is Yuanhui, later changed to Zhonghui, and the name is Hui'an. Nicknamed Ziyang, his ancestral home is Wuyuan, Huizhou, and he lives in Chong'an, Jianyang. His father, Zhu Song, was a county lieutenant in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province during the Xuanhe period of the Song Dynasty. He lived in Chong'an, Jianyang, and later moved to Kaoting.

His father, Zhu Song, was a Jinshi and served successively as a scholar, official, etc. He left Zhiraozhou because he opposed Qin Hui's compromise, but died before he arrived. At this time, Zhu Xi was 14 years old. Following his father's orders, he studied under Liu Zi and others, and settled in Chong'an with his mother.