1. When the book is used, you will regret it less. You will not know the difficulties until you have experienced them.

Source: "Diligence Chapter" of "Warning to the World"

Translation: Knowledge always makes people feel that it is not enough when it is used. Many things will not be known if you have not experienced them personally. How hard it is.

2. Ask the canal how clear it is, because there is a source of living water.

Source: Zhu Xi (Song Dynasty) - "Two Poems with Reflections on Reading · One"

Translation: I want to ask why the water in the pond is so clear? It is because there is an inexhaustible source that continuously delivers living water to it.

3. Read three hundred Tang poems by heart, and can recite them even if you can’t compose them.

Source: Sun Zhu (Song Dynasty) - "Preface to Three Hundred Tang Poems"

Translation: As long as a person memorizes many Tang poems and reads them by heart, he will definitely learn to recite them. Poetry, writing poetry.

4. Read old books without getting tired of reading them a hundred times. If you read them carefully, you will know yourself.

Source: Su Shi (Northern Song Dynasty) - "Send Off the Scholar Andun Returns to the West"

Translation: Don't be afraid of trouble with classic books. You have to taste them many times before you can understand them. The true meaning of implication.

5. The books are as affectionate as old friends, and the joys and sorrows of the morning and evening are close to each other.

Source: Yu Qian (Ming Dynasty) - "Guan Shu"

Translation: My feelings for books are like friends for many years. No matter whether it is morning or evening, there is always sorrow or happiness. accompany.

Extended information

The full name of "World Book Day" is "World Book and Copyright Day", also translated as "World Book Day". The original idea came from the International Publishers Association. In 1972, UNESCO issued a call to the world to "move towards a reading society", requiring everyone in society to read, making books a necessity of life and reading becoming an indispensable part of everyone's daily life.

In 1995, the International Publishers Association proposed the idea of ??"World Book Day" at the 25th Global Conference, and the Spanish government submitted the plan to UNESCO. Later, Russia believed that the concept of copyright should also be added to "World Book Day". As a result, the 28th General Conference of UNESCO, held from October 25 to November 16, 1995, passed a resolution to formally determine April 23 of each year as "World Book and Copyright Day". This day is also the death anniversary of the writer Cervantes and the famous British writer Shakespeare.

Reference materials

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