1. Scholars who have the ambition to be self-reliant should break away from popular customs and not drift around in the world. ——Tang Bin

2. The sound of wind and rain and the sound of reading are in my ears; I care about everything about my family, state, and the world. ——Gu Xiancheng

3. Traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books.

4. There is no better way to nourish the heart than to have fewer desires; there is no better happiness than reading. ——Zheng Chenggong

5. I advise you not to stir-fry vegetables with oil and leave it to your children and grandchildren to study at night.

6. A bad book is like a bad friend, it may kill you. ——Fielding

7. Books are tools for cultivating wisdom. ——Comenius

8. It is better to raise a pig than to raise a son who does not study. ——Li Chengpeng

9. Reading should be done step by step. Only when you are familiar with a book can you read it. ——Hu Juren

10. Understanding a page of a book is better than hastily reading a volume. ——Macaulay

11. Your problem mainly lies in not reading much but thinking too much. ——Yang Jiang

12. Live with your tail between your legs and bury your head in reading. ——Yi Zhongtian

13. A gentleman is knowledgeable and examines himself every day. Then he will know clearly and act without fault. ——Xunzi Translation

14. Those who suffer from books cannot observe their ears. If they observe, thousands of volumes are not too many, and only one word is not too few. ——Wu Yingqi

15. When three people are walking together, there must be one who is my teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. ——Confucius Translation

16. It’s spring before you realize that you are reading. Every inch of time is worth an inch of gold. ——Wang Zhenbai

17. If you don’t know the taste of reading, it is better to sit in a high cabinet; what a stupid fish, eating dross all day long. ——Yuan Mu

18. Learning does not mean imitating something, but mastering skills and methods. ——Gorky

2 Selected Quotes and Aphorisms about Reading

1. Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. ——Liu Yi

2. Black-haired people don’t know how to study early, and white-haired people regret studying late. ——Yan Zhenqing

3. The books are as affectionate as old friends, and the joys and sorrows of the morning and dusk are like each other. ——Yu Qian

4. Books are like medicine. Good reading can cure stupidity. ——Liu Xiang

5. If young people don’t work hard, old people will be sad. ——"Han Yuefu·Long Song Xing"

6. Don't wait for a while, the young man's head will turn gray, and it will be empty and sad! ——Yue Fei

7. Work hard to know all the characters in the world, and resolve to read all the books in the world. ——Su Shi

8. If a bird wants to fly high, it flaps its wings first; if a man wants to make progress, he first studies. ——Li Kuchan

9. If you are determined to achieve true character, you must work hard to study. —— Ruan Yuan

10. Without indifference, there is no clear ambition, and without tranquility, there is no far-reaching goal. ——Zhuge Liang

11. Do not do evil because it is small, and do not do good because it is small. ——Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms"

12. Familiar with three hundred Tang poems, and can recite them even if he can't compose them. ——Sun Zhu's "Preface to Three Hundred Tang Poems"

13. When the book is used, it will be regretted. It will not be difficult until it has happened. ——Lu You

14. Ask him how clear he is? Come for living water from a source. ——Zhu Xi

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

16. A bookworm must be good at writing, and an art nut must have good skills. ——Pu Songling

17. Read it a hundred times, and its meaning will become apparent. ——"Three Kingdoms"

18. To establish oneself, one should first establish one's studies, and to establish one's studies, one should take reading as the basis. ——Ouyang Xiu

3 Famous sayings about reading, both ancient and modern, both at home and abroad

There is no other way to read, but to be determined and open-minded, and to read carefully over and over again, which is the way to achieve success. --Zhu Xi

Examine one thing and draw inferences about three others, hear one thing and know ten, and the scholar has studied deeply and is familiar with the principles, and then he can integrate them and understand them all, so that he can reach this point. --Zhu Xi

To learn to read, one must be patient and pay attention to it, and must not be careless. There are several heavy objects wrapped inside, and there is no chance to see them. I must have gone to one level today and seen another one. I will go to another level tomorrow and see another level. Remove all the skin to reveal the meat. Remove all the meat and see the bones. Only after removing all the bones can the marrow be revealed. ——Zhu Xi

Those who have no doubts in reading must have doubts, and those who have doubts must have no doubts. Only then can they make progress. --Zhu Xi

Think before you read, and read before you think. --Zhu Xi

It is the time for men to study when the lights are on at three o'clock and the chickens are on at five o'clock. Black-haired people don't know how to study diligently early, and white-haired people regret studying late. --Yan Zhenqing

It is most unhelpful to rely on reading and reciting what you read. My eyes are blurred, my heart is in a hurry, there are so many things in my mind, and I am overwhelmed by the traffic. It is like looking at the beauty in the field, and it passes by just one glance. What's the benefit to me? --Zheng Banqiao

Having read more than ten thousand volumes but not having a suitable plan in mind is like a man who suddenly got rich and has a hard time spending money. (Or: After reading thousands of volumes, writing is like a spirit) - Zheng Banqiao

Read old books a hundred times without getting tired of reading them, and you will know yourself after reading them carefully - Su Shi

The writing is like a mountain and a foot. Jane, after reading thousands of volumes, you will gain enlightenment. --Su Shi

Books are as rich as the sea, and they can be found in all department stores. Human energy cannot be absorbed at the same time, but it can only be achieved by spring. Therefore, I hope that scholars will seek it one at a time.

——Su Shi's "A Brief Story of Dongpo's Collected Works"