It is said that a young man wrote a letter to Mr. Yang Jiang when he graduated from high school. In addition to expressing his admiration, he also wrote about his own confusion. Mr. Yang Jiang's answer is: "Your problem is mainly that you don't read much and think too much."

in ancient times, "books written on bamboo and silk" were rare and precious. Confucius read Zhouyi in his later years, and read it over and over again. I don't know how many times he read it, so that the cowhide belt of the bamboo slips was broken. "Wei bian San Jue" is not only a sign of hard work, but also shows how hard it was to study at that time.

Before the popularity of printing, although the cost of making books was reduced with paper and brush, the formation of books depended on copying. Even in the Ming dynasty, printing had become popular, and some poor children still had to copy transcripts by hand.

Song Lian, a writer in the Ming Dynasty, was fond of learning when he was a child, but his family was poor. In order to study, he often borrowed books from the library, "taking notes by himself and remembering the day to return them". In the cold winter, the ink in the inkstone was stiff and his fingers were too cold to bend and stretch, and he didn't dare to slack off. After copying, he ran to return the book, so as not to exceed the time limit and leave the impression of breaking his promise. Therefore, people borrowed more books from him, and he was able to read all the books and then make a difference.

from this point of view, in ancient times when conditions were not good, books were hard to come by and reading was hard to come by. As far as reading is concerned, we are much happier today than the ancients.

Wang Zhu, a scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty, said that everything is inferior, and only reading is high. Many times, reading is utilitarian. In ancient times, reading was mostly an official career, and once it came, the apprentice was just around the corner. As Du Fu said, wealth must come from hard work, and men must read five books. It can be seen that reading is for wealth and is a way of life. Even today in the 21st century, the purpose of studying is to change one's destiny. Especially for people from poor backgrounds, the college entrance examination is a qualitative change of carp yue longmen, and 985/211 is a prerequisite to be on an equal footing with the lucky ones who won the starting line at birth. Of course, "reading" here refers to receiving education, not pure reading. What is the significance of reading, regardless of utilitarian reading? Reading is the way and shortcut to know and understand the world.

Books are the condensation of human wisdom, reflecting the objective world, which is saturated with the author's views on the objective world. Therefore, reading is a way to know the world, and the author's point of view can help us understand the world and understand "why it is like this".

The world is full of people, and even with the wish of "The world is too big, I want to see it", I can't see all the flowers and plants by myself. Books are a shortcut to help us overlook the world and "the other mountains all appear dwarfs under the sky.". We can learn, discover, experience and comprehend in others' reports, so as to broaden our horizons, increase our knowledge and get rid of the shallowness of frogs at the bottom of the well and the resulting stubbornness and prejudice.

Kant, a German philosopher, stayed in a small town all his life, which did not prevent him from writing books and becoming a wise man, because what he saw and heard and his knowledge of the world came from books.

Cang Kejia said, "Reading a good book is like making a close friend." He will tell you all kinds of new anecdotes from all over the world, and instill all his experiences into you word for word. From his words, he can learn a lot and understand many things that he has never touched before, and then turn them into his own cognition, which is a simple way to remove the label of "hillbilly". Reading can "broaden one's feelings"

A good book must be entrusted with the author's true and profound feelings.

After reading Cao Xueqin, we can see the great changes in life and the constant infatuation; Reading Shen Fu, we can see the simple love between Shen Fu and Chen Yun, and we can also feel the floating life after the separation of his wife and children. Reading Yu Dafu, we can appreciate the young people's cry for personality liberation and sympathy for the unfortunate bottom people in that period.

In reading, you can appreciate all kinds of feelings, and there are moments of empathy, moments of surprise and then taking it for granted, thus enriching your emotions and expanding your life experience. When you encounter emotional confusion similar to that mentioned in the book, you will be normal and calm. Reading can improve one's self-cultivation

There is a poetic spirit in one's belly, and reading too much will make one's temperament look brand-new. Perhaps it is not bookish, but it is the self-restraint and intellectual connotation carved in one's bones and distributed from the inside out, which is obviously different from the hollowness and vulgarity of painting and powder and relying on external packaging.

you in the crowd must be a unique and beautiful landscape because of the nourishment of books, and everyone looks at you. Reading can dispel loneliness

Books enrich people, reading is a communication with the author, and thinking behind closed doors is a conversation between oneself and oneself.

So no matter how desolate and lonely the situation is, as long as there is a book in your hand and a book in your heart, there will be no troubles and no loneliness. This is the endurance that reading gives us to resist loneliness. Reading can make us live a better life.

There are various stories in the book, including happiness and sadness. There are places worth learning, and there are places for us to take warning, telling us what is right, what is wrong, what should be done and what should not be done.

In a word, books provide us with a reference, and they are the beacon of life, which can guide us to live a better life, with more happiness and less regret. This is what books teach us.

Knowing the meaning of reading, let's look at the sentence "Your problem is mainly reading too little and thinking too much".

"thinking too much" has two meanings.

First, "thinking too much" means thinking too much about some important issues, such as life planning, development direction, how to live better, how to live yourself, and how to reflect your own value. However, due to too little reading and insufficient nutrients absorbed from wise men and sages, the understanding of the world is not comprehensive, and it is difficult to find solutions and references because of being confined to one's own narrow world, thus giving birth to many puzzles. Maybe he can find the answers to his puzzles in books, but if he doesn't read much, those puzzles will not be easily solved. We often hear the saying, "I don't read much, so don't lie to me", which is actually the reverse expression that reading can increase your knowledge.

Secondly, "thinking too much" refers to meaningless thoughts. Busy is a good medicine to treat melodrama and paranoia, while idle leisure is easy to melodrama and paranoia. Reading can stop those meaningless thoughts, because you can't read other people's stories and indulge in them at the same time. However, there is too little reading, and those thoughts can't be replaced or transferred, and a series of problems come out. Learn to read correctly

Reading is a good thing, but improper methods can also become a bad thing. Nowadays, there are many kinds of books, so it is necessary to choose carefully when reading. If you don't pay attention, you may be biased by books of little value. I've had this experience, and it's really painful, and it's too late to regret it.

so, how to read correctly?

I think, first of all, reading a recognized good book, since it is "recognized", the wisdom in it must be universal and enlightening to people, so it is right to follow the crowd at this time. Secondly, reading books that interest you, interest is the best teacher, and you will take the initiative to jump into the sea of books without external supervision, so the efficiency and significance of reading will be obvious. Just like a good appetite, it can be digested and absorbed automatically without the help of Xiaoshi tablets and become a part of itself. Finally, it is better to read one book intensively than to read ten books extensively. There is a saying in Laozi: "If you hear more and count the poor, don't stay in the middle." It means that if you hear too much, it doesn't make sense. It's better to stop. This sentence is used in reading, that is, extensive reading is not as good as intensive reading, otherwise it will be useless and waste time, and wasting time is equal to chronic suicide.

However, there are famous sayings that teach us to study hard, and there are also famous sayings that warn us to stay away from books and not to be mistaken by them.

Lisa Schwartz said, "Reading more books is just like being trapped in a cocoon, and it is open to the mind and body if you don't believe it. We must always beware of other people's thoughts disturbing our own unobstructed thinking. "

Einstein said: "After a certain age, reading too much will affect creativity."

Yes, when reading, we take the road paved by the author. It's up to the author to decide where to turn and change lanes. At this time, we don't have our own thoughts, and the author of the book throws them at us everywhere. In the long run, the brain will be lazy and lose the motivation of thinking, because since you can easily get ready-made ideas, there is no need to bother thinking about it yourself. In this way, reading is not only a bad thing, but also a resistance to our independent thinking.

what I want to say is that reading is ok, and you should be skeptical at the same time. When reading, you should not only accept the views in the book with an open mind, but also have your own views.

The philosopher Feng Youlan's reading experience is: "Choose carefully, interpret what he says, know what he means, and make sense of it." Among them, "understanding the truth" means that you should have your own truth when reading and not be mistaken by the "truth" in the book. Comparing your "theory" with the "theory" in the book, you can complement each other and correct each other, so as to get a more correct "theory" and apply it to your real life to help you solve problems. This is what you have learned. Books should be used by me, not by me.

In addition, books are not the master key, which can't solve all the problems. "It's too shallow to get what you get on paper, so you should do it when you know it.".

When reading thousands of books, we should also follow the Wan Li Road. Some things can't be solved by reading alone. We should discover the truth in practice and find ways to solve problems that can't be solved in books.

Only by combining reading with practice can you be comfortable and comfortable when you encounter trouble and deal with it. Reading is to think better

Learning to read correctly can broaden people's minds, and they can start thinking from multiple angles, so there are more possibilities, and they are not so laborious, and they are not conformity with others' opinions.

"Too little reading, too much thinking" can also be said to be too little reading, so it is not thoughtful, and too much thinking will not help. "Thinking too much" is more anxiety, confusion and entanglement when you can't find a solution.

Learning is for application, and reading is for better thinking.