Reading is enough for entertainment, enough for study and enough for knowledge. When you are isolated from the world alone, its happiness is also the most obvious; Its erudition is also the most common in conversation; Its talents are also the most common in judging things in life. Sophisticated people can handle the details individually or distinguish them one by one, but they must be thirsty for knowledge and thoughtful about the overall planning. Too much reading time is easy to be lazy, and there are too many literary talents and decorations. Judging things completely according to the provisions is a pedant's state. Reading makes up for the deficiency of nature, and experience makes up for the deficiency of reading. Natural talent is like natural flowers and plants. After reading it, you will know how to trim and transplant. As the book shows, if you don't imitate experience, it will be too big and useless. Cunning people despise reading, ignorant people admire reading, and only smart people use reading. However, the book does not tell people its usefulness. The wisdom of using books is not in the book, but outside the book, all by observation.

When reading, don't deliberately question the author, don't believe everything in the book, don't look for chapters and sentences, but think carefully. Some books can be tasted, some can be swallowed, and a few need to be chewed and digested. In other words, some people only need to read part of it, some people just need to dabble in it, and a few people have to read it all. When reading, they must be absorbed and tireless. You can also ask someone to help you read this book, but only if the subject matter is inferior or the value is not high, otherwise the refining of the book classics is like the distillation of water and the taste is like chewing wax. Reading makes a full man, discussion makes a witty man and writing makes an accurate man. Therefore, people who don't write often must have a strong memory, people who don't discuss often must be born smart, and people who don't read often must deceive the world. Only when they have skills can they be ignorant and obvious.

Reading makes people wise, poetry witty, mathematics subtle, science profound, ethics grave, logic rhetoric able to contend. Everything you learn becomes a character. A person's mental retardation can be alleviated by proper books, just as all diseases of the body can be eliminated by proper exercise. Rolling ball is good for testis and kidney, archery is good for chest and lungs, walking is good for stomach, riding is good for brain, and so on. If the intelligence is not concentrated, mathematics can be read and calculus must be absorbed. If it is slightly scattered, it must be repeated; If you can't tell the difference, you can read the scholasticism, covering this generation of picky people; If you are not good at seeking common ground while reserving differences and trying to prove one thing to another, you can look at the lawyer's file. In this way, whenever there is a defect in the brain, there is a specific medicine that can be cured.

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With the progress of social civilization and the endless history, is it material abundance or spiritual enrichment? After reading Bacon's Talking about Reading, I can't help thinking about a question, that is, what is the meaning of reading? The ancients said, "Opening books is beneficial." Then the reason why reading is important must have its great contribution to individual spirit, social progress and human harvest.

Cultivate temperament and realize life. "Reading is enough for entertainment, enough for learning, enough for knowledge." The purpose of reading is to cultivate temperament, add luster and acquire talents. The reading spirit of ancient sages with three unique skills and Bao is a pure realm without utilitarian purpose. Reading does not necessarily bring material direct returns, but it gains spiritual enrichment and observation of life, and cultivates the feelings of managing the world and settling down. As Bai said, "Reading can give you an outlook on life, a feeling and reflection on life." Different people have different attitudes towards reading. In Bacon's view, reading and experience should complement each other. I believe that books are better than no books. You have to understand by observation, and get all kinds of understanding of life outside of books.

Enjoy reading and enlighten wisdom. In Bacon's works, reading can not only lead people to explore knowledge, but also bring people the enjoyment of reading and the enlightenment of wisdom. The beneficial spirit of open-book lies in the "active participation" of reading. Only by enjoying the process of reading from the heart can people truly communicate harmoniously with their thoughts and actions, and in this communication, they can truly gain insights and enlighten their wisdom in life. "Reading makes up for the lack of nature." Bacon believes that people's defects can be made up by reading, and emphasizes that reading can enlighten people's wisdom, truly improve themselves and enhance their wisdom.

There are different methods of intensive reading. Reading more books and reading good books have an important role in promoting personal spiritual shaping and life values. How to read is also a problem to consider. The methods of intensive reading vary from person to person. For example, Mr. Lu Xun's reading is extremely profound, and at the same time he advocates not to limit his reading range too narrow. For another example, when Qin Mu talked about reading, he advocated taking the way of cattle eating whales, that is, "chewing cattle" and "swallowing whales". All these, because of their unique way of reading, finally became a family statement. In addition, when it comes to reading, Bacon also advocates that reading should adopt the methods of "tasting", "swallowing" and "chewing and digesting" according to different contents, and should not be superstitious about the author, let alone looking for chapters and sentences, but should be thoughtful and dare to question.

Bacon's Talking about Reading gives readers many unique insights from the aspects of reading motivation, methods and significance, which is not only his own reading experience, but also an excellent work worthy of reference by later scholars.