The famous sayings about learning and inquiry are as follows:
1. Be quick and eager to learn, and not ashamed to ask questions - Confucius' "The Analects of Confucius·Gongye Chang"
Translation:: People who are talented and eager to learn should not be ashamed to ask for advice from those whose status is lower than themselves and who are less knowledgeable than themselves.
2. The reason why saints are saints is because they like to learn and ask questions. ——Zhu Xi
Translation: The reason why a saint can become a saint is that he is eager to learn and not ashamed to ask questions.
3. There is no specific reason, and there is no end to learning, but there is no need to ask too many questions. ——Liu Kai's "Wen Shuo"
Translation: The truth is not only in the hands of a few people, but as long as they work hard to learn it, everyone can become a scholar. How can the learning process be without asking for advice?
4. If you are eager to learn but not diligent in asking questions, you are not really a good scholar. ——Liu Kai's "Ask and Talk"
Translation: Just liking to learn but not asking questions often is not really liking to learn.
5. Asking and learning complement each other. Without learning, there will be no doubts. Without asking, there will be no broad knowledge. ——Liu Kai's "Asking"
Translation: Asking and learning are complementary to each other. Without studying and studying, it is impossible to find problems, and without asking questions and asking for advice, you cannot make your knowledge broad.
6. It’s easy to ask questions when reading. If you don’t get a question once, you might as well ask again. ——Zheng Xie?
Translation: When reading, you should like to ask. If you don’t achieve your goal by asking once, you can continue to ask.
7. If you don’t learn, you won’t succeed; if you don’t ask, you won’t know. ——Wang Chong of the Han Dynasty, "Lunheng·Practice of Knowledge"
Translation: "If you don't learn, you can't do anything. If you don't ask, you don't know the truth."