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[Tang Dynasty] Yan Zhenqing's "Encouragement to Study": "The lights are on at three o'clock and the rooster is on at five o'clock, it is the time for men to study. Black hair does not know how to study early, and white head regrets that it is late to study."
[Tang Dynasty] Wang Zhenbai's "White Deer Cave Poetry": "While reading, I don't realize that spring has advanced, and every inch of time is every inch of gold. It's not the Taoist who comes to make people laugh, but Zhou Qing and Confucius Sizheng are pursuing."
[Tang] Du Xunhe's "Idle Residence" Book Affairs": "The shadow of the bamboo on the window shakes on the desk, and the sound of wild springs enters the inkstone pool. The hard work of a young man will eventually come true, so don't wait for the light to work hard." ": "I don't get tired of reading old books a hundred times. If you read them carefully, you will know yourself. I will inevitably become a famous official in the future, but I can catch up with you today."
[Song Dynasty] Lu You's "Reading on a Winter Night" : "In ancient times, knowledge has left no stone unturned, and kung fu can only be accomplished when one is young. What one learns on paper will eventually become shallow, and one must know that one must practice it."
[Song Dynasty] Zhu Xi's "Reflections on Reading": "Half an acre is a small area. As soon as the pond is opened, the skylight and cloud shadows are lingering. I ask where the canal can be so clear, so that there is a source of living water." Swimming is very interesting. You might as well let it go before dawn, but you need to think about it urgently."
[Ming Dynasty] Yu Qian's "Guan Shu": "The scrolls are as affectionate as old friends, and the joys and sorrows of morning and dusk are close to each other. Three thousand people fall directly before my eyes. There is not a speck of dust in my chest."
[Qing Dynasty] Xiao Luan said in "Reading has insights and writings": "The human heart is like a good seedling, and it will grow if it is nourished; the seedlings are fed with spring water, and the heart is filled with water. Literary education. If you don't read for a day, you will have no good ideas. If you don't read for a month, your ears and eyes will lose their clarity."
[Qing Dynasty] "Reading" by Fa Shishan: "Reading is like a tree, you can't ask for sudden growth. Planted in the empty mountains, the sun comes and the moon goes. The dew leaves are luxuriant, and the smoke is becoming more and more wild."