1. When the book is used, you will regret it less. You will not know the difficulties until you have experienced them.

Source: Diligence Chapter of "Warning to the World"

Translation: Knowledge always makes people feel insufficient when it is used. Many things will not be known if you have not experienced them personally. How hard it is.

2. Ask the canal how clear it is, because there is a source of living water.

Source: Zhu Xi (Song Dynasty) - "Two Poems on Readings - Part One"

Translation: I want to ask why the water in the pond is so clear? It is because there is an inexhaustible source that continuously delivers living water to it.

3. Read three hundred Tang poems by heart, and can recite them even if you can’t compose them.

Source: Sun Zhu (Song Dynasty) - "Preface to Three Hundred Tang Poems"

Translation: As long as a person memorizes many Tang poems and reads them by heart, he will definitely learn to recite them. Poetry, writing poetry.

4. Read old books without getting tired of reading them a hundred times. If you read them carefully, you will know yourself.

Source: Su Shi (Northern Song Dynasty) - "Send Off the Scholar Andun Returns to the West"

Translation: Don't be afraid of trouble with classic books. You have to taste them many times before you can understand them. The true meaning of implication.

5. The books are as affectionate as old friends, and the joys and sorrows of the morning and evening are close to each other.

Source: Yu Qian (Ming Dynasty) - "Guan Shu"

Translation: My feelings for books are like friends for many years. No matter whether it is morning or evening, there is always sadness or happiness. accompany.

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