The meaning of "not looking into the garden" means to immerse oneself in study without being distracted by foreign affairs. Describes being attentive and studying hard.

The pinyin for "不peeping into the garden" is mù bù kuī yuán. "Hanshu Biography of Dong Zhongshu" records that Dong Zhongshu concentrated on studying and "not peeked into the garden for three years." Later, it was used to describe immersing oneself in reading and concentrating on academic studies. Generally used as predicate, attributive, and adverbial in sentences. Contains praise.

Dong Zhongshu is from Guangchuan. He studied "Spring and Autumn" when he was young, and became a doctor during the reign of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty. He hung a curtain indoors and sat behind the curtain to give lectures. The disciples who entered the school first taught their studies to those who entered later. Some students had not even seen him.

Dong Zhongshu did not look at the garden for three years and studied his knowledge carefully to this extent. The bachelors all respected him as their teacher because of his manners and manners when advancing and retreating, and did not do anything that was not in line with etiquette.

During the Western Han Dynasty, the great Confucian scholar Dong Zhongshu studied very hard when he was young. He often studied day and night, often not going to bed until dawn, and then came to study again when the rooster crows. *** also slept less than 3 hours.

His study is next to the colorful garden. He has not been to the garden for three years, or even glanced at it. He always reads. Someone advised him to go out for a walk instead of reading at home all the time. He went and said, "I won't go play, I will only focus on reading. Even if I go out, I will only discuss poetry and books with other people."

Later he grew up and became a famous doctor. He lectured in public and had disciples all over the world. His disciples accepted more disciples, and some of his later disciples had never met him. He concentrated on his studies to this extent (see "Hanshu Biography of Dong Zhongshu"). Later it was used to describe immersing oneself in reading without leaving home.

Quotations describing concentration on study:

1. The trick to learning a lot is not to learn too much all at once. ——Locke

2. Books are not only life, but also the source of cultural life in the present, past and future. ——Kufayev

3. There can be no life twice, but many people are not good at spending it even once. ——Lucette

4. Ask the canal where you can get such clear water, so that there is a source of living water. ——Zhu Xi

5. My efforts in studying have not yielded any other benefits, except that I am increasingly aware of my ignorance. ——Descartes