Famous quotes and explanations about learning:

1. A thousand-foot embankment will be destroyed by ant holes; a hundred-foot room will be burned by smoke from the gaps. ——"Han Feizi" by Han Feizi at the end of the Warring States Period

Translation: A thousand-mile embankment may collapse because of ants digging holes; a hundred-foot-tall building may cause a fire due to sparks emerging from the gaps in the chimney And burned.

2. Work is accomplished by hard work, but wasteful by playfulness; success is achieved by thinking, and destroyed by casualness. ——"Jinxuejie" by Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty

Translation: Success in career or studies lies in hard work, diligence and enterprising spirit.

3. Read thousands of volumes and write like a master. ——Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty, "Twenty-Two Rhymes from Wei Zuocheng"

Translation: Read a lot of books, read them carefully and carefully over and over again. After reading them thoroughly, you will be able to use them in writing.

4. If you learn without thinking, you will be in vain; if you think without learning, you will be in danger. ——The Analects of Confucius by Confucius in the Early Warring States Period

Translation: If you only study without thinking, you will not feel confused; if you only dream without studying, you will be tired but gain nothing.

5. To know something is to know it, and to know it is to know it. It is knowledge. ——Confucius's "The Analects" in the Early Warring States Period

Translation: To know is to know. If you don't know, you should say you don't know. Don't cheat. This is wise behavior.