To learn a hundred things, one must first be determined. (Zhu Xi)

The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.

The pen fell in the storm, and the poem became the weeping ghosts and gods. (Du Fu)

Bie Zai Pseudo-Tai Qin Fengya, Zhuan Yiduo is your teacher. (Du Fu)

Extensive observation and apprehension, thick accumulation and thin hair. (Su Shi)

Learn eruditely, interrogate it, think carefully, discern clearly, and practice it diligently. ("Book of Rites")

If you don't climb a high mountain, you don't know how high the sky is; if you don't go to a deep stream, you don't know how thick the earth is.

("Xunzi")