The famous saying "one bowl of water, one bucket of water" was said by optical expert Ma Zuguang.

Original sentence: If you want to give someone a bowl of water, you must have a bucket of water yourself. To teach a course well, only one or two books are not enough.

"As far as teaching is concerned, I feel that if you want to give someone a bowl of water, you must have a bucket of water. Where does this bucket of water come from? Of course it comes from the book.

"With its enlightenment, it makes others enlighten" comes from "The Second Chapter of the Whole Heart" in "Mencius" We say today: "Educators first receive education. Or say: "If you want to give students a bowl of water, you must have a bucket of water yourself." "It all means "making others enlightened by its enlightenment."

This chapter of "The Part Two of the Heart-felt Chapters" is the last chapter of the whole book "Mencius". It is still very rich in content, including some famous chapters and Famous aphorisms.

Ma Zuguang, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Ma Zuguang, male, (April 11, 1928 - July 15, 2003), optoelectronics technology expert, Harbin Institute of Technology. Professor. Born in Beijing. Graduated from the Physics Department of Qingdao Shandong University in 1953 and was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2001.