If you don’t accumulate steps, you won’t be able to reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you won’t be able to reach a river or sea. "The author is Xunzi.

This sentence comes from Xunzi's "Encouraging Learning", which means: persevere in doing things, don't give up midway, and also pay attention to accumulation bit by bit, and there are It depends on the language context in which it is used.

"Encouragement to Learning" is Xunzi's representative work, and it is also the first chapter of the book "Xunzi". It consists of two parts: the former part discusses the importance of learning; the latter part discusses the steps, content, methods and other related issues of learning; and "learning cannot be done" is the central idea throughout the whole text, starting from the beginning of "Encouraging Learning". Several excerpts have been selected as Chinese language textbooks for middle schools since liberation. They are one of the traditional classics that have stood the test of time. Each paragraph of "Encouraging Learning" is very clear, and each paragraph basically explains a specific issue. . And always make clear explanations at the beginning and end of the text.

Xunzi: Xunzi (about 313 BC - 238 BC), named Kuang, courtesy name Qing, Huaxia (Han). At the end of the Warring States Period, he was a famous thinker, writer, and politician who was respectfully called "Xun Qing". In the Western Han Dynasty, he avoided the taboo of Liu Xun, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, and because the two characters "Xun" and "Sun" had the same ancient pronunciation, he was also called Sun. Qing. He served as the wine minister of Jixia Academy of Qi three times, and later the magistrate of Chu Lanling (located in today's Lanling County, Shandong).