Wanjuan originally refers to the emperor's examination paper. Reading thousands of books means: studying in order to go to Beijing to catch the exam and be the top scholar. Taking Wan Li Road means: entering the official career and serving the emperor.
Now it's a metaphor to study hard, make your talent superior, and let what you have learned be reflected in your life. At the same time, you can increase your knowledge, integrate theory with practice and apply what you have learned.
From Dong Qichang's "Essays on Painting Zen Rooms-Volume II" in the Ming Dynasty: "However, there is something to learn. Read thousands of books, walk on Wan Li Road, get rid of the dust and turbidity in your chest, and naturally camp in the hills and valleys. "
A famous poet in the Tang Dynasty once wrote a famous sentence in the poem "Twenty-two Rhymes for Wei Zuocheng": "Reading is like a book, and writing is like a god."
The significance of "reading thousands of books and taking Wan Li Road";
"Walking" is understood as learning by doing. Human evolution began with walking. The first thing you learn from the tree to the ground is to walk. The purpose of walking is to get more food and find a safe place to rest. At the same time, it broadens our horizons and learns a lot of useful knowledge.
When Dayu and his father were managing water, they realized the principle of "water should be drained rather than blocked". Confucius attached great importance to the role of practice in learning, and proved what he had learned by traveling around the world to run the country and make it safe. Li Shizhen, Xu Xiake, Kyle Poirot, Darwin and Columbus all wrote great works or made great discoveries by "walking".