1. The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.

From the Diligent Chapter of "Warning to the World". It means that good happiness and good quality will not come easily without pain. Therefore, it is said that if you temper yourself in pain, the spark of life will shine.

2. When you are reading, you will not realize that spring is already deep. Every inch of time is worth an inch of gold.

This is from "Two Poems of White Deer Cave" written by Wang Zhenbai of the Tang Dynasty. It means to concentrate on reading, and before you know it, spring is almost over again. Time is precious like gold and should be cherished.

3. Years of hard work will eventually come to fruition. Don’t waste time on the bright future.

From Du Xunhe’s "Inscriptions on My Brother and My Nephew". It means that the hard work and diligence in youth will be used throughout life, but to achieve success in learning, one must have the guarantee of time.

4. Read more than ten thousand volumes, and write like a master.

From the poet Du Fu's "Twenty-two Rhymes to Wei Zuocheng". It means that reading can only be done by reading thoroughly and reading a lot of books, so that when you put it into writing, you will be able to use it with ease, like divine help.

Extended information

Chinese scholars have a tradition of studying hard since ancient times. During the Jin Dynasty, Che Yin studied hard with the help of the faint light emitted by fireflies, and eventually became a learned man and became an official in the court.

Sun Kang, who also lived in the Jin Dynasty, took advantage of the light reflected by the heavy snow in winter to study voraciously. Finally, he also entered the court as an official and became a famous scholar with a wealth of knowledge. But if we explore the reasons why these literati students study so hard, it is easy to think of a sentence in the Analects of Confucius, "If you are good at learning, you will become an official."

"Excellence in learning leads to officialdom" is a famous saying of Zi Xia in The Analects. In fact, there is another sentence before it: "Excellence in officialdom leads to learning." Zhu Xi explained: "Excellence means having spare strength. ”

The meaning of this sentence is that if politicians have spare time, they should continue to learn, enrich and improve themselves; if scholars have spare time, they should become officials and test what they have learned. Zixia here put forward the idea that government officials should learn for life, emphasizing the combination of learning and time.

But in fact, before the formation of the imperial examination system, the impact of studying and becoming an official was not great. With the advent of the imperial examination, the concept of studying to become an official began to take root in people's hearts.

In the imperial examination era, studying, passing the examination, and becoming an official became the pursuit of the majority of scholars. The enlightenment education at this time also emphasized that "everything is inferior, only studying is high", and the temptation of being named on the gold list, fame and fortune To encourage school children to read.

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