1. What you learn on paper will eventually make you realize it, but you will definitely know that you have to do it in detail.

From "Winter Night Reading to Show Zijin" by Lu You.

Vernacular interpretation: The knowledge obtained from books is ultimately superficial, and the true meaning of knowledge cannot be understood. To truly understand the profound principles in the book, one must practice it personally.

Meaning: Reveals the relationship principle between direct experience and indirect experience. Although it is necessary to learn book knowledge, it is more important to closely integrate the theoretical knowledge learned in books with practice and use theory to guide practice.

2. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

From Laozi's "Tao Te Ching".

Vernacular interpretation: A person's journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.

Meaning: It is a metaphor that success in things is gradually accumulated from childhood to adulthood.

3. Work hard in the morning and evening, and the taste of practice will grow.

From Lu You's "Reading the Classics with Ziyu and Showing It in Small Poems".

Vernacular interpretation: Hard work is something that can be done in the morning and evening. Only through personal practice can you know how long and difficult the road is.

Implication: Advise future generations to practice more. Only by personal participation can you feel the truth.

4. If you don’t climb a high mountain, you don’t know how high the sky is; if you don’t go to a deep stream, you don’t know how thick the earth is.

From Xunzi's "Encouraging Learning".

Vernacular interpretation: If you don’t climb mountains, you don’t know how high the sky is; if you don’t get close to deep valleys, you don’t know how deep the earth is.

Meaning: Tell people to experience the scenery for themselves instead of just imagining it from books.

5. Not hearing is worse than hearing, hearing is not as good as seeing, seeing is not as good as knowing, and knowing is not as good as doing. Learning ends with practice.

From "Xunzi·Confucian Effects".

Vernacular interpretation: What is not heard is not as good as what is heard; what is heard is not as good as what is seen; what is seen is not as good as what is understood; what is understood is not as good as practicing. Knowledge reaches its peak when it is practiced.

Meaning: Tell people that we should work hard to practice the right way, because the way is around us. If we don’t practice hard, we will still not achieve our goal. No matter how small it is, if we don’t do it, we will never achieve it. success.