There has never been any era in the past when reading was more advocated than now.

So how to read? What books do you read? What counts as reading a good book, what counts as reading a first-class book?

The famous writer Yu Qiuyu has five secrets about reading to share with you!

Secret 1: Enter from a high position, read good books, read first-class books

There are more than ten thousand books published in this world every day, and a person's reading volume is really a drop in the ocean in front of it. Some people think that reading popular books is fun, but reading world classics is laborious. And Yu Qiuyu said: You must get used to entering from a high position! Force yourself to enter from a high position! Reading and being a human being are all like this.

If you are accustomed to a lower level of taste from the beginning, then your taste may always be that low.

Here you can share a useful method that can improve your reading taste step by step. First of all, let yourself read some relatively popular novels among the world's classics, which are easy to read. We can find these books in the book lists of some students' must-read classics. Remember to read the original novels and not the youth adaptations. Then It will lose the flavor of the original work. When you read these popular novels, such as "Pride and Prejudice", "The Wandering Child", "Alive", etc., they are almost the same. You can read some advanced books, such as Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", Shakespeare's four famous plays, Chekhov's short stories, etc. In this way, step by step, you will slowly understand how to talk to all kinds of great souls.

Secret 2: Dedicate a period of time to reading one type of book

Don’t read too many things. Even if it is a good book, remember to read it in a disorganized manner. To form a system, a good book needs to be separated from the world, and needs to be chewed, digested and savored slowly.

Just like watching movies, even a few world classic movies, if you watch them continuously, they will inevitably conflict with each other, and will inevitably wash away each other's vision, hearing, and "taste" to pieces. As a result, you are bound to get no impression at all. It's like if a person's stomach eats things that conflict with each other and cause indigestion, no matter how good the nutrition is, it will be exhausted. Enjoy a movie carefully and write down your thoughts after watching it, which will help you digest it.

The famous scholar Liang Shiqiu once said this famous saying:

There should always be only one book on the table!

Although this sentence is a bit exaggerated, it is indeed his secret to reading.

Yu Qiuyu said that when he was in college, an old library staff said to him: "I can predict a student's future just by looking at his library card." I believe this has been his experience for many years. of experience.

Countless facts show that it is not about reading too much, but about being "fine", whether you have a reasonable system and plan, and whether your system and plan have a good logical relationship.

For example: If you read poetry books, you can read a Tang poem specifically for a period of time, and read Li Bai specifically for a certain period of time. After you have intensively read Li Bai's masterpieces, write down your thoughts after reading them. Take another look at the research articles about Li Bai, and you will have a deeper understanding and understanding of Li Bai.

Secret 3: When reading, you should seek fate, seek "isomorphic relationship", and establish your own "idol"

To put it bluntly, reading should not be forced, you should read what you like, " "Fate" book. Even if it is a first-rate good book, if you can't read it no matter how hard you read it, if you feel a headache, brain swelling, dozing off, or find it unacceptable, then put it down for the time being. Don't waste the book or yourself.

You have to believe that among the world-class knowledge constellations shining all over the sky, there is always one that is destined to you, or has some kind of "isomorphic relationship". What is "isomorphic relationship"? It is your life information, aesthetic taste, acceptance band, trust each other, communicate with each other, and echo each other. In this "wave band" you can produce the greatest amplitude of cries between each other.

For example, when Yu Qiuyu was in college, he heard that his classmates had read "Dream of Red Mansions" three times, five times or even seven times. Yu Qiuyu was very surprised and envious, so he also picked up "Dream of Red Mansions" I came to read it, but I still couldn’t feel it after gnawing it over and over, so I had to put it down. Several years later, when Yu Qiuyu picked up "Dream of Red Mansions" again, the feeling was different again, because with the passage of time and the growth of experience, his aesthetic taste and acceptance range had changed, and his "Dream of Red Mansions" finally The loudest roar was produced.

For young people, reading is also very important, which is to establish their own "idol". To put it bluntly, who do you admire? Whose book do you like to read the most?

Today’s young people often think that entertainment requires chasing stars. . In fact, reading also requires idols. In the author's opinion, without worship, there is no ladder of progress, no motivation to move forward, and no goal to catch up.

Reading without a goal is obviously blind and ridiculous.

When Yu Qiuyu teaches graduate students, he always asks them every once in a while: What books are you reading? What are your favorite authors and books? In this way, you can feel the pulse of this student's intellectual life.

Yu Qiuyu’s good friend is the poet Zhou Tao, and the ancient poet he most admires is Xin Qiji. To this day, whenever anyone mentions Xin Qiji in front of him, he is still very excited and even bursts into tears when talking about it.

When Yu Qiuyu was in college, the writer she particularly admired was Victor Hugo.

Later, he was fascinated by the masculinity in Hemingway's books for a long time. Yu Qiuyu feels that only by worshiping a person can you have the passion to read him, understand him, and surpass him.

Secret 4: Reading should not rely on making cards

Many people, including some scholars and professors, are used to making reading cards, which are excerpts of famous quotes. Yu Qiuyu has a different view on this. Especially for humanities and social sciences, Yu Qiuyu believes that reading should read its essence and charm, rather than breaking them down into an aphorism in isolation.

Reading a good book is like admiring a beautiful flower. It should grow in the soil and sway in the wind, exuding a refreshing fragrance. What we "read" is intoxicating. It should be her overall charm or charm. If we dismember this flower into petals, will we still love her so much? What other ornamental value does this flower have?

Secret 5: Be a good "book hunter"

This has a certain "isomorphic relationship" with the second point mentioned above.

This is similar to the famous saying of the famous scholar Liang Qiushi, "Always put only one book on the table!"

A good reader should also be a good "book hunter".

Taoshu here refers to "elimination", which means to keep throwing away your own books.

Every time Yu Qiuyu moves, she has to throw away a lot of books.

The most I threw away was more than 10,000 copies. Shanghai newspapers reported it as news. What books has Yu Qiuyu thrown away? To sum up, there are roughly the following categories:

1. Outdated old books. Mainly refers to books with outdated concepts and knowledge structures;

2. Books that I haven’t touched in ten years and probably won’t touch in the next ten years;

3. Bought before , books that have absorbed nutrients, or are simply malnourished;

4. Books with outdated packaging, incomplete sets, messy systems or poorly translated versions.

In short, in addition to reference books and databases, what we leave for ourselves in our study rooms should be first-class products, and keep mediocrity and triviality as far away from our desks as possible.