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Doubt and Knowledge

Famous saying: It is better to believe in books than to have no books at all - Mencius

A gentleman has nine thoughts: looking for wisdom, listening for wisdom, looking for warmth, looking for respect, and speaking for loyalty. , serve the temple with respect, ask doubts, think about difficulties with anger, and think about the meaning after seeing things - Confucius

Asking a question is often more important than solving a problem - Einstein

Doubts and Not a shortcoming. Always doubting and not making judgments, this is the shortcoming - Lu Xun

Example: Zu Chongzhi showed a strong interest in mathematics and astronomy from an early age. Do not "falsely promote the ancients", and never limit yourself to ancient books and documents or the theories of predecessors. He dared to doubt the outdated theories of his predecessors, dared to overthrow the erroneous theories of his predecessors, and could critically accept the scientific legacy of his predecessors. When he was young, he carefully studied the academic achievements of Zhang Heng, Zheng Xuan and others, corrected some of their errors, and achieved many valuable research results. Later, he discovered that there were many errors in the "calendar" compiled by the famous astronomer He Chengtian for the Song Dynasty at that time, so he started to recompile a new calendar - "Da Ming Calendar"