Reading thousands of books and Wan Li Road is a famous saying written by Dong Qichang. Dong Qichang wrote in "Essays on Painting Zen Rooms" that "the old man commented on New Year pictures and called thousands of books in his chest. What's more, the imperial clan is not allowed to travel far during the Spring Festival. Every time I go back to the mausoleum, I will write down the mountains, rivers and valleys in my heart. I want to be a painter instead of Wan Li Road and thousands of books. What can I get? " Guwanjuan refers to the emperor's examination paper. In Beijing, if you want to be the number one scholar, it is now a metaphor to study hard, let your talents surpass others, let what you have learned be reflected in your life, and at the same time, you can increase your knowledge, integrate theory with practice and apply what you have learned.

"Reading thousands of books" as he said in "Essays on Painting a Zen Room" means that one must learn from tradition and the ancients if he wants to become an artist. At the age of 65,438+07, he wrote Yan Zhenqing's "Many Pagodas" when he began to learn calligraphy. At the age of 22, he studied under Huang. Later, he learned it from other schools. This practice of learning from the ancients lasted for 80 years and accompanied him all his life. He widely absorbed the strengths of the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties and learned from others, which made his paintings and calligraphy achieve artistic achievements beyond the ancients.

Wan Li Road and reading are complementary, reading is static, walking is dynamic, and the knowledge in books is limited, which can only be made up by eyes and ears.

Compare the relationship between "reading" and "traveling": "reading thousands of books" is like people seeing the golden hill of knowledge and ability through a window, but if they really want to get the golden hill of knowledge and ability, they have to go out and "travel to Wan Li Road".