Example Sentences
1. The work is accomplished by hard work but neglected by play; the success is achieved by thinking and destroyed by follow-up. ——Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty, "Jin Xue Jie"
Vernacular interpretation: academics are specialized due to diligence, and are wasted due to play; virtues are achieved due to independent thinking, and corrupted due to following the custom.
2. If you are a person of three, you must have a teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. ——The Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius's "The Analects of Confucius"
Vernacular translation: There must be something worth learning from other people's words and deeds. Choose what others have learned from, see the shortcomings of others, reflect on whether you have the same shortcomings, and if so, correct them.
3. Black-haired people don’t know how to study diligently early, and white-haired people regret studying late. ——Yan Zhenqing's "Encouragement to Study" in the Tang Dynasty
Vernacular translation: When I was young, I only knew how to play and didn't know how to study hard. When I get older, I regret why I didn't know how to study hard when I was young. ?
4. Foolish people envy knowledge, and smart people use knowledge. Knowledge itself does not teach people how to use them; this kind of application is a kind of intelligence other than and above learning. It can only be obtained through observation and experience. ——[British] Bacon: "Essays on the Pursuit of Knowledge".
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), an English Renaissance essayist and philosopher. British materialist philosopher, founder of experimental science, and founder of modern induction.
5. Knowledge makes people kind-hearted and easy to govern, while ignorance only makes people rough and arrogant and easy to rebel. ——[British] Bacon: "On the Progress of Learning."
Francis Bacon was a pioneer in logically organizing scientific research procedures. His major works include "New Tools", "On the Advancement of Science" and "The Great Revival of Academics".