1, accumulate goodness and become virtue, the gods are complacent, and the sacred heart is prepared.

Accumulate good deeds and cultivate noble character, then the spirit and wisdom will be improved and the sage's state of mind will be possessed.

2, so don't accumulate steps, not even thousands of miles; If you don't accumulate small streams, you won't be a river.

Therefore, there is no way to reach thousands of miles away without accumulating half a step; Without the accumulation of tiny flowing water, there is no way to merge into the rivers and seas.

3, perseverance, rotten wood can not be carved; Perseverance, the stone can be carved.

Stop carving with a knife, and then continue carving with rotten wood; Carving with a knife never stops, so stones can be carved successfully.

4. A fake boat is not water, but a river.

People who use boats and boats can't swim, but they can cross the river.

5, the gentleman is the same, good and false.

The essence of a gentleman is no different from that of ordinary people, except that a gentleman is good at using foreign things.

Persuasive learning

It is an essay written by Xunzi, a thinker and writer in the Warring States Period. It is the first article in Xunzi. This paper comprehensively and profoundly discusses the problems related to learning from the aspects of the importance, attitude, content and method of learning, which systematically embodies Xunzi's educational thought.

The full text can be divided into four paragraphs, the first paragraph expounds the importance of learning, the second paragraph expounds the correct attitude towards learning, the third paragraph describes the content and method of learning, and the fourth paragraph expounds the final destination of learning. The language of the article is concise, the metaphor is appropriate, the reasoning is in-depth and the structure is rigorous, which represents the level of the mature stage of pre-Qin essays.