It means: if you want to reach the top of the towering mountain of knowledge successfully, diligence is the only way to reach the top; If you want to swim in the boundless ocean of knowledge, patience, diligence and hard work will be a sailing ship, which can take you to the other side of success.

On the road to study, there is no shortcut, and there is no boat sailing with the wind. If you want to learn more and more knowledge in the mountains of books and knowledge, "diligence" and "assiduousness" are two indispensable and the best conditions.

This poem can be used as a motto to inspire generations of young people. Even if they are not smart in their studies, they will gain something and succeed as long as they work hard. This sentence comes from Han Yu, a famous writer and the first of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. This is a famous saying of his scholarship, which aims to encourage people to study more regardless of difficulties. This sentence is also included in the augmented sages.

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This sentence comes from Han Yu's "Ancient and Modern Sages Persuade Learning" in the Tang Dynasty. It is his famous academic saying, which aims to encourage people to read more books, not afraid of hardship, and only hard work can succeed.

Second, poetry appreciation.

"Learning the sea" means "learning the mountains", "boundless" means "endless" and "working hard for the boat" means "diligence". No matter in rhyme, part of speech, connotation and artistic conception, every word is steady and appropriate everywhere. This should be the truth of this link! Some people may not understand it at the moment. Since "learning the sea is boundless", how can we say "there are thousands of books and mountains"? Isn't that contradictory?

Although "Xuehai" and "Shushan" are related, they are not the same concept and cannot be confused. There is no end to learning the sea, which stems from Zhuangzi's "knowledge is endless", and there is no end to learning and research.

As far as Shushan is concerned, it is objective and practical. As a material form, books always have their limits. Therefore, "the mountain of books is boundless" and "the sea of learning is boundless" embodies a dialectical unity of things.