1. Those who have no doubts about reading must be taught to have doubts. Those who have doubts must have no doubts. Only then can they make progress.

2. The way to win people is to know them; the way to know people is to be responsible.

3. Read old books without getting tired of reading them a hundred times. If you read them carefully, you will know yourself.

4. There is poetry and calligraphy in the belly, and the spirit comes from China. Reading thousands of volumes can only lead to spiritual enlightenment.

5. If you don’t study much, you will suffer from unclear ideas; if you don’t learn enough, you will suffer from it.

6. Learn it extensively, interrogate it, think carefully, discern it clearly, and practice it diligently.

7. People are not born with knowledge. How can they be free from confusion by practice?

8. There is no doubt that there will be doubts in learning, but doubts will lead to progress.

9. If you ask questions, you will be rich; if you ask yourself, you will be small.

10. A wise man cannot succeed without learning, and cannot know without asking.