Zhu Xi’s famous sayings about reading are as follows:

1. To learn to read, you must be patient and careful, and must not be careless. There are numerous heavy objects wrapped inside, with no chance of being seen. I must have gone to one level today and seen another one. I'll 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

2. When reading, when you first read, you will have doubts about the unknown; secondly, you will gradually have doubts; in the middle, you will always have doubts. After this, doubts will gradually be cleared up, until you have a comprehensive understanding and no doubts at all, and that is when learning begins. ——Zhu Xi

3. In general, before you can read a book, you must first read it thoroughly so that the words come out of your mouth. After thinking carefully, if all the ideas come from my heart, then I can get enlightenment. ——Zhu Xi

4. There is no other way to study, but to be determined and open-minded, and to play it repeatedly and carefully, which will be effective. ——Zhu Xi

5. Reading is like eating and drinking. If you chew slowly, the taste will be long; if you chew too much, you will not know the taste. ——Zhu Xi