Educate children to study hard, and the answers to the famous aphorisms about studying diligently are as follows:

1. Life is about hard work, what will you get if you don’t ask for it?

From "Ying Xian" by Zhang Heng of the Eastern Han Dynasty. You should be diligent in life. If you don’t pursue progress, where will you gain anything? Diligence leads to the future, which is not an empty talk.

2. It is beneficial to open the book

From Wang Pizhi's "Sheng Shuiyan Tan Lu·Wen Confucianism" of the Northern Song Dynasty. There are always benefits to reading.

3. People are learning, and if they don’t make progress every day, they will retreat.

From "Books with Friends" by Gu Yanwu of the Qing Dynasty. In terms of learning, if you don’t make progress every day, you are regressing.

4. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

From Spring and Autumn Period·Li Er's "Laozi". This sentence means that a journey of a thousand miles is made step by step. Used to describe everything starting from scratch and proceeding step by step.

5. The lights are on at three and the chickens are on at five, which is when men get angry

From "Encouraging Learning" by Yan Zhenqing of the Tang Dynasty. Life is short, we should cherish every minute and every second and study hard.

6. If a young man does not work hard, the old man will be sad

From "Long Song Xing". If you don’t work hard when you are young, you will regret it when it is time to use it. These two sentences have always been inspiring quotes, inspiring people to cherish their youth and study hard.

7. Articles are made by nature, and can be obtained by chance.

From Lu You's "Articles" of the Southern Song Dynasty. It means that highly skilled people can be obtained by chance. It is often used to describe people with high literary literacy who can accidentally come up with wonderful works of wit out of inspiration. Only with profound literary skills and creative inspiration can you write good articles.

8. Stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade

From "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Crane". The stones on other mountains can be used to polish jade. From the perspective of reading and learning, learning other subjects can help us broaden our horizons and increase our knowledge; it can help us add learning methods and shorten the learning gap; it can help us expand our ideas and enhance creative thinking.

9. As long as you work hard, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle

From Zhu Mu's "Fang Yu Sheng Lan Mo Zhen Mo" in the Southern Song Dynasty. This sentence is often used to describe how difficult things can be accomplished as long as you are determined and work hard.

10. Read old books without getting tired of reading them a hundred times. If you read them carefully, you will know yourself

From "Send Off the Scholar Andun Returns to the West" by Su Shi of the Northern Song Dynasty. This sentence was originally a word of comfort and encouragement to the scholar Andun who failed the exam, and advised him to go home and study with peace of mind. He said that "old books" are not too much to read, and the more they read, the more interesting they become. Nowadays, it often refers to classics that are short in text but profound in meaning. Only by reading more, reading carefully, and pondering carefully can we understand and appreciate the profound meaning.