Nothing is difficult in the world, only for those who are determined.

Learning is valuable but there are doubts. Small doubts lead to small progress, and big doubts lead to great progress.

Hearing without examining is worse than not hearing.

Reading without knowing the meaning is like chewing the bark of a tree.

If you don’t chew your food, you won’t know the taste; if you don’t read, you won’t know the meaning.

If you don’t want to study, you will be scratching your head.

Review the past and learn the new.

The more you sharpen your knife, the sharper it becomes, and the more you use your brain, the better it becomes.

The body is afraid of not being able to move, and the brain is afraid of not being used.

It is better to remember than to understand.

To think is to argue with yourself. (Spanish proverb)

One thoughtful action is worth a hundred hasty actions. (Yugoslav proverb)

Knowledge has no bottom, and learning has no boundaries

The hanging beam stabs the stock

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Sun Jing, a famous politician . When he was young, he was diligent and studious. He often closed the door and studied alone. I read from morning to night every day, often forgetting to eat and sleep. After studying for a long time, I was tired and didn’t rest. After a long time, I was so tired that I dozed off. He was afraid that it would affect his study and study, so he came up with a special method. In ancient times, men's hair was very long. He found a rope and tied one end firmly to the beam. When he was tired from studying, he took a nap. As soon as he lowered his head, the rope would hold his hair, which would hurt his scalp. He would wake up immediately and continue reading and studying.

This is the story of Sun Jing’s hanging.

During the Warring States Period, there was a man named Su Qin who was also a famous politician. When I was young, due to my limited knowledge, I went to work in many places but was not taken seriously. After returning home, his family was also very cold towards him and looked down upon him. This stimulated him greatly. Therefore, he made up his mind to study hard. He often studied until late at night and was very tired. He often took naps and wanted to sleep. He also figured out a way to prepare an awl, and when he dozed off, he would use the awl to prick his thigh. In this way, I suddenly felt pain, woke myself up, and continued reading. This leads to the story of Su Qin's "gut stabbing".

[Note]: From the story of Sun Jing and Su Qin who were studying, the idiom "hanging beams and thorns" is derived, which is used to describe the spirit of studying hard and studying hard. Their spirit of studying hard is good, but their methods of studying diligently do not need to be imitated.

Chiseling through walls to steal light

In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a great scholar named Kuang Heng. He liked reading very much when he was a child, but his family was very poor and couldn't afford candles, so he couldn't read at night. He often worried about this. That night, Kuang Heng accidentally discovered that there seemed to be some light on the wall of his home. When he got up and looked, it turned out that the wall was cracked, and the neighbor's candlelight shone through the crack. After watching it, Kuang Heng immediately came up with a way. He found a chisel and made a small hole in the crack in the wall. Immediately, a candlelight came over, and Kuang Heng read the book seriously according to this candlelight. Every night from now on, Kuang Heng would lean against the wall and read by the neighbor's candlelight. Because he was diligent and studious since childhood, Kuang Heng later became a knowledgeable Confucian scholar.

Nangying Yingxue

The idiom "Nangying Yingxue" refers to Che Yin, a poor family in the Jin Dynasty. He had no money to buy lamp oil and wanted to study at night, so he In the summer evening, you can catch a handful of fireflies and use them as lamps to read; Yingxue is a method used by Sun Kang of the Jin Dynasty to use the light reflected by the snow to read at night in the winter. Later, "the firefly in the bag reflects the snow" was used to describe a poor family and study hard. "This idiom comes from "The Book of Jin. Biography of Che Yin (yin)", Yin... The poor family does not often get oil, Xia Yue will practice the bag to hold dozens of fireflies to illuminate the book. Sun Kang's family is poor, often reflected Xue studied. "During the Jin Dynasty, Che Yin was eager to learn since he was a child, but his father could not provide him with a good learning environment due to his poor family. In order to maintain food and clothing, there was no extra money to buy lamp oil for him to study at night. For this reason, he could only use this time to recite poetry. "One night in the summer, he was reciting an article in the yard when he suddenly saw many fireflies flying in the low sky. The flickering light spots looked a bit dazzling in the darkness. He thought that if many fireflies were gathered together, Wouldn't it just become a lamp? So, he went to find a white silk bag, then grabbed dozens of fireflies and put them in it, then tied the mouth of the bag and hung it up. Although it was not very bright, it was bright. He could barely use it to read. From then on, whenever there were fireflies, he would grab one and use it as a lamp. Because of his diligent study and hard work, he finally became a high-ranking official. "The same was true for Sun Kang in the same dynasty. Since I had no money to buy lamp oil, I couldn't read at night and had to go to bed early. He felt it was a pity to let time run away in vain. "One night in the middle of the night, he woke up from his sleep. When he turned his head to the window, he found a ray of light coming through the crack of the window. It turned out that it was reflected by the heavy snow, and he could use it to read a book. So he lost his tiredness and immediately put on his clothes. After getting dressed, he took out his books and went outside. The snow reflected on the vast land was much brighter than inside. Sun Kang immediately started reading despite the cold. His hands and feet were frozen, so he got up and ran. Rubbing his fingers. From then on, whenever there was snow in the evening, he would not miss this good opportunity to study hard. This spirit of hard study made his knowledge advance by leaps and bounds, and he became a learned man.

Later, he also became a senior official.

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