Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, made a pilgrimage to handle government affairs every day. From morning till night, he often called ministers of civil and military affairs to talk about Confucian classics until midnight. The crown prince advised, "Your majesty has the wisdom of Yu and Tang, but he has lost the happiness of Huang Lao's pampering. He is willing to enjoy spiritually. " Guangwudi said, "I enjoy it, but I'm not tired."

Reading is beneficial.

In order to consolidate his rule, Zhao Ceng called hundred schools of thought and compiled an encyclopaedia "Taiping Yu Lan". After the book was compiled, despite the busy state affairs, Song Taizong insisted on reading three volumes every day. Sometimes things get delayed and he has to make up for it in his spare time. Some people think that he is really trying too hard. He said, "Opening books is beneficial, but I don't want to work hard." Later, "opening books is beneficial" became a wise saying to encourage people to study hard.

Reading is like solving a difficult problem.

In learning, many people regard difficult problems as enemies and reading as a vital task. Su Dongpo, a great writer in the Song Dynasty, put forward the method of "being attacked from all sides", and surrounded the learning object as the enemy from all sides. This law was praised by Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong also said in the 1930s that we should "attack books" in our study, regard the difficult problems in books as the enemy's fortress and resolutely attack them. Dong once wrote in his poem: "Learn to die and cross the river." It also advocates reading with an offensive spirit. Ye Jianying's poem: "You are not afraid to attack a city, but you are not afraid to attack a book." . If there are obstacles in science, efforts can pass. "

Wang Anshi's suggestion

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a scholar who loved Du Fu's poems very much. He imitated Du Fu's poems and wrote many exercises, but none of them were satisfactory. He asked Wang Anshi, a famous writer at that time, "Why are Du Fu's poems so profound and mysterious?" It is difficult for future generations to surpass him. Wang Anshi replied, "Didn't Du Fu's ability to write poems come out in his poems?" The man asked, "what is it? Why don't I know? " Wang Anshi said, "Didn't Du Fu's poems say that' reading is like ten thousand volumes, and writing is like a god'?" The man suddenly realized. After that, he studied hard and made great progress in writing poems. ?

Shu Chao

Lu You, an outstanding patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, loved reading all his life. In his later years, he was weak and sick, but he still insisted on studying. He named his living room "Book Nest" and inscribed the couplet "Never see a thousand volumes of heaven in ancient and modern times, and send a fleeting time in a dim window" to show his lofty aspirations. A friend asked him why he named the nest, and he replied; "My house is full of books, either in books or on the table. There are books on the bed and books on the pillow. I believe everything, nothing without books. " When my friend walked into the room, he saw books piled everywhere. He accidentally knocked over a pile of books. My friend couldn't help laughing and said, "What a den!"