1. A person who is good at asking questions is like attacking a difficult tree. He should change it first and then the program.

Source:

From "Book of Rites·Xue Ji": A good questioner is like attacking a strong tree. He should first change the subject, then the program, and after a long time, explain it to each other. Those who are not good at asking will do the opposite.

Vernacular translation:

A person who is good at asking questions is like a carpenter cutting down wood. He starts with the easy part first and then cuts out the knots.

2. Be sensitive and eager to learn, and not ashamed to ask questions.

Source:

"The Analects of Confucius·Gongye Chang"

Vernacular translation:

Be willing to learn from people whose knowledge or status is lower than yourself Learn without feeling embarrassed.

3. If you don’t learn, you won’t succeed; if you don’t ask, you won’t know.

Source:

Han Wang Chong's "Lunheng·Practical Knowledge": If you can know things, just think about them carefully, although it is not difficult; if you cannot know things, study hard , although it is small but not easy. Therefore, a wise person cannot succeed without learning, and cannot know without asking.

Vernacular translation:

Things that can be known, as long as you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to understand no matter how big the matter is;

Things that cannot be known, even if Study hard and ask others for advice. No matter how small a thing is, it is not easy to understand.

So even if you are intelligent, you will have no achievements if you don’t learn, and you won’t know if you don’t ask others.

When four or three of us travel together, we must be my teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, choose the bad ones and change them.

Source:

"The Analects of Confucius? Shuer"

Vernacular translation:

When several people walk together, there must be something they can do People who are my teachers should choose their strengths to learn from.

If you see their shortcomings, you should reflect on whether you have the same shortcomings as them. If so, you should correct them together.

5. Ask where you can get such clear water, so that there is a source of living water.

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"Reflections on Reading" by Zhu Xi

As soon as the half-acre square pond is opened, the skylight and cloud shadows linger endlessly.

Ask him how clear it is? Come for living water from a source.

Vernacular translation:

The half-acre square pond is displayed in front of you like a mirror. The brilliance of the sky and the shadow of the floating clouds all move together in the mirror.

I want to ask why the water in Fangtang is so clear? It is because there is an inexhaustible source that continuously delivers living water to it.