Life without books is like a life without sunshine; life without books is like a bird without wings.

——Shakespeare

The mission of books is to help people understand life, not to replace thought's understanding of life.

——Kolchak

Good books have the ability to be immortal. They are the most fruitful and long-lasting fruits of human activities.

——Smeers

Books are the summary of human knowledge.

——Shakespeare

Books helped me stand up from a muddy pond. Without the help of books, I would have been drowned by stupidity and obscenity.

——Gorky

All kinds of stupid things, under the influence of reading good books every day, gradually burn out like paper on the fire.

——Hugo

Loving reading is equivalent to changing the lonely and boring time in life into moments of great enjoyment.

——Montesquieu

Reading is the best way to learn, and it is interesting to follow the thoughts of great people.

——Pushkin

Books are the most patient, tolerant and delightful companions. It will never abandon you in any difficult or difficult time.

——Smiles

Reading and learning is to build one's own thoughts and knowledge with the help of other people's thoughts and knowledge.

——Pushkin

World Book Day

Ten years ago, UNESCO designated April 23 as “World Book and Copyright Day” (also known as World Book and Copyright Day). (called "World Book Day"). April 23, 2005 is the 10th "World Book Day". Since the announcement of World Book Day in 1995, more than 100 countries and regions in the world have held this day every year with the support of the government. , publishing institutions, schools, libraries, communities and other people from all walks of life must carry out colorful reading day celebration activities to turn the reading day promotion activities into a lively and happy festival.

However, In China, this global reading festival is not known to the public, let alone a festival. According to a 2004 survey by Sohu Reading website, only 6,27 people know about "World Reading Day". I have said it but don’t know the details. 67 people have never heard of this day

Stories of reading by ancient celebrities

1: Kuang Heng, courtesy name Zhigui, was born in Donghai (the name of Han County in the Western Han Dynasty). , from the area east of Pi County in present-day Jiangsu Province and east of Ziyang County in Shandong Province. His grandfather and father were farmers for generations, but his family loved reading when he was young. He was poor and worked as a hired worker during the day, so he had time to study at night. But his family was so poor that he couldn't even light a candle, so he thought of a way. He cut a hole in the wall next to the neighbor's house and "stole" some light from it, letting the light from the neighbor's house shine through. He held a book and read in front of the hole.

2: There was a man named Sun Jing in the Han Dynasty who was diligent and studious since he was a child. He studied late every night. In order to avoid getting sleepy, he tied his hair with one end of a rope and tied the other end to the beam. During the Warring States Period, there was a famous saying. A man named Su Qin wanted to do a great job, so he studied hard. Whenever he was studying late at night, he always liked to take a nap, so he would prick Sun Sun's thigh with an awl to cheer him up. The story of Jinghe and Su Qin moved later generations. People used the word "hanging beam to stab the buttocks" to express the spirit of hard study.

3: Che Yin, a native of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was eager to learn when he was young. , He worked hard during the day and studied hard at night. However, due to his poor family, he often had no money to buy oil lamps, so he was very distressed for a whole summer. At night, Che Yin was sitting in the yard silently recalling the contents of the book he had read, when he suddenly discovered that there were many fireflies dancing in the air in the yard.

Suddenly, something came to his mind. If he gathered these fireflies together, wouldn't he be able to read by using their light? So he started catching fireflies, caught a dozen of them, put them in a bag sewn with white gauze, and hung them on his desk. From then on, he studied hard every day by the fluorescent light.

4: Mr. Ouyang Xiu’s father passed away when he was four years old. His family was poor and had no money for him to study. The wife used reed stalks to draw pictures on the sand and taught him to write. He also taught him to recite many passages from ancient times. When he got older and there were no books to read at home, he would go to nearby scholars' homes to borrow books to read, and sometimes copy them. In this way, I worked day and night, forgetting to eat and sleep, just studying. From his childhood poems and poems, his writing has reached an adult level, which is so high.

5: In the Yuan Dynasty of China, there was a man named Song Lian. He loved reading. Because his family was poor, he had to borrow books to read. As he read more and more books, Song Lian felt that he needed guidance from a teacher, so he He pawned his clothes, went through all kinds of hardships to come to the city, and was admitted to the school. Unexpectedly, the academic officer had a weird temper. Song Lian went through many twists and turns, and finally succeeded in studying hard.

6: Fan Zhongyan’s father died when he was two years old. My mother was very poor and had no support. So he remarried to the Zhu family in Changshan. (Fan Zhongyan) When he grew up, he knew his life and death, bid farewell to his mother with tears in his eyes, and left to study at Nandu Academy in Yingtian Mansion. (He) studied hard during the day and late at night. In five years, I never took off my clothes and went to bed. Sometimes I feel drowsy at night and often pour water on my face. (Fan Zhongyan) I often study hard during the day and eat nothing until the sun turns west. In this way, he understood the main purpose of the Six Classics, and later set up his ambition to benefit the world. He often preached to himself: "Be worried about the world's worries first, and be happy after the world's happiness."