Ask him how he could get such clarity? Come to have a source of living water.

Meaning: Asking why the water in the river is so clear, because there is water constantly flowing down from the source.

Principle: Continuous learning can keep people's thinking progress forever.

Other famous quotes:

The best way to read is to think carefully in order. ——Zhu Xi's "Xingli Jingyi"

Step by step, read carefully and think carefully. ——Zhu Xi's "The Essentials of Reading"

I have always been wasting my efforts in vain, but today I am in the middle of the flow. ——Zhu Xi's "Reflections on Reading"

There are three aspects of reading, namely, understanding with the heart, understanding with the eyes, and understanding with the mouth.——Zhu Xi

Zhu Xi (1130.9.15-1200.4.23), His courtesy name was Yuan Hui, also his courtesy name was Zhong Hui, his nickname was Hui'an, later he was called Hui Weng, his posthumous title was Wen, and he was known as Zhu Wengong in the world. His ancestral home is Wuyuan County, Huizhou Prefecture (now Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province), and he was born in Youxi, Nanjian Prefecture (now Youxi County, Fujian Province). A famous Neo-Confucian, thinker, philosopher, educator, and poet in the Song Dynasty, a representative of the Fujian School, and the master of Confucianism, the World Honored One called him Zhu Zi. Zhu Xi was the only one who was not a direct disciple of Confucius and was worshiped in the Confucius Temple. He was among the twelve philosophers in the Dacheng Hall who received Confucian sacrifices. Zhu Xi was a student of Li Tong, the third disciple of "Er Cheng" (Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi). Together with Er Cheng, he was called the "Cheng-Zhu School". Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism had a great influence on the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties and became the official philosophy of the three dynasties. He was another person in the history of Chinese education after Confucius.