"To establish oneself, learning is the first priority, and to establish learning is to read." means:

Studying is the most important task for self-cultivation. If you want to teach knowledge, , it should be based on the knowledge in books. In layman's terms, it means: Cultivation of character starts with learning, and learning is based on reading.

“To establish one’s life, one must first establish one’s studies, and to establish one’s studies, one must first read.” This is the famous saying of Ouyang Xiu, a poet, writer, and politician in the Northern Song Dynasty. "Establishing a body" means cultivating one's character and settling down in life. In today's terms, it is called the formation of personality charm, adapting to society, and developing the ability to coordinate various complex interpersonal relationships. It is based on "establishing learning", which is the basis of learning. above; and the fundamental method of "establishing learning" lies in reading.

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Building a career is based on learning, and learning is based on reading. If a person's reading level determines that person's ability to learn, create, and develop, then a nation's reading level determines the height that nation can climb on the peak of civilization. Advocating reading is the cultural tradition of the Chinese nation.

The ancients said that establishing one’s life is based on establishing one’s studies first, and establishing one’s studies is based on reading. If a person's reading level determines that person's ability to learn, create, and develop, then a nation's reading level determines the height that nation can climb on the peak of civilization.

Reading ability is a kind of soft power and a kind of competitiveness. Studying is not only a personal matter, but also a major event related to the strength of the country and the rejuvenation of the nation, and we must not relax for a moment.

Advocating reading is the cultural tradition of the Chinese nation. In ancient times, those scholars who compiled Wei's three masterpieces, cut through walls to steal light, and captured fireflies to reflect the snow, always persisted in their reading life in extremely harsh environments. Intellectuals in modern times who cared about the country and the people never forgot the family motto "The first good thing is to study" for future generations during their years of wandering.

Even during the turbulent war years, our founders still adhered to the reading principle that "you can go a day without eating, you can go a day without sleeping, and you can't go a day without reading books."

It can be said that it is the cultural tradition of loving and enjoying reading that has created the breadth and depth of Chinese civilization. It is also the cultural inheritance of being good at reading and diligent reading that continues the brilliance of Chinese civilization.

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China News Network-Commentary: Advocate reading for all to enrich our spiritual home