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When hundreds of rivers flow from the east to the sea, when will they return to the west? If a young man does not work hard, an old man will be sad.

It means: Time is like a river flowing eastward into the sea, never to return; if a person does not study hard when he is young and accomplishes nothing when he is older, he will have to be sad and regretful. From "Han Yuefu? Chang Ge Xing"

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If you are an adult, you are not at ease, and if you are at ease, you are not an adult.

It means: If a person wants to achieve something, he must work hard and not let things go. From "Helin Jade Dew Yin? Zhu Xi's Short Slips" by Luo Dajing (Song Dynasty)

3

Read a book a hundred times, and its meaning will become apparent.

It means: If you read a book a hundred times, you will naturally understand its meaning. ".

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After reading more than ten thousand volumes, I feel like I have divine help when writing.

It means: After reading a lot, I feel like I have divine help when I write. (Tang Dynasty) Du Fu's "Twenty-Two Rhymes from Wei Zuocheng"

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Great ambition requires learning, and great talent requires learning.

It means. : Without talent, great ambitions cannot be realized; without learning, one cannot become a great talent. From "Excerpts of Zheng Jingzhong" by Zheng Xincai in the Ming Dynasty

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Non-learning. Without ambition, there is no way to learn.

It means: Without learning, it is impossible to increase talents, and without ambition, it is difficult to achieve academic success.

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Being so motivated that you forget to eat, being happy and forgetting your worries, you don’t know that old age is coming.

It means: determined to study, even forget to eat; When you gain something, you will be so happy that you forget about your worries. You don’t know that old age is approaching.

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The merits are based on ambition, and the achievements are broad based on diligence. ; Only to be decisive is to ignore the difficulties.

It means: Achieving great achievements is due to having great ambitions; accomplishing great achievements is due to hard work and unremitting work; being decisive and having no troubles in the future. "Shang Shu? Zhou Guan"

9

It is better to accumulate tens of millions of wealth than to have only a few skills.

Meaning: It is better to accumulate a lot of wealth. Learn a small technique. From "Yan's Family Instructions? Encourage Learning"

10

Determination is the foundation, and self-cultivation is the first.

Meaning. It is: Loyalty in words is the foundation of a person's determination; to cultivate one's own character, actions should be the first priority. From "Words and Actions" by Wu Shuda (Tang Dynasty)

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Mo. The young man's head will turn gray, and he will feel sad.

It means: Don't waste your years, otherwise you will have nothing to do when your hair is gray. From "Man Jiang Hong" by Yue Fei (Song Dynasty). >

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Character and knowledge are all formed by ambition; without ambition, one cannot achieve anything.

It means: the reason why a person has noble character and profound knowledge. His knowledge is all due to his ambition; a person without ambition can't accomplish anything. From "Xiyan Ziyu" by Shen Juyun (Qing Dynasty)

13

The mountains are high and the marshes are long.

Meaning. Mountains are made of earth and rocks that have accumulated over time, and the Yangtze River is made of drops of water that have accumulated over a long period of time. It is a metaphor that knowledge and performance are accumulated, created and succeeded over a long period of time from small to large, from small to large. From (Tang Dynasty) Liu Yuxi's "The Supervisory Censor of the Tang Dynasty presented a gift to Shangshu Youpushe Wanggong's Shinto Inscription".

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The way to learn must be based on thinking. If you think about it, you will know; if you don’t think about it, you will not know.

Meaning: Learning must be based on thinking. If you think, you can get knowledge. If you don’t think, you can’t get knowledge. From "Chao's Hakka Language" by Chao Shuo (Song Dynasty)

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To learn is like pitching a boat on water, and you cannot slow down for a moment.

Meaning: Learning is like holding a boat against the current, and you cannot relax even for a moment. It is a metaphor for learning not to be complacent but to persevere. From "Quotations of Zhu Xi"

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In order to learn, you must first be determined.

It means: To learn, you must first be determined. From "Zhu Xi's Quotations"

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Scholars are not afraid of having low ambitions, nor are they afraid of not being able to follow them;

It means: Scholars are not afraid that their ambitions are not high, but they are afraid that they cannot persevere; they are not afraid that the words in their works are not beautiful, but they are afraid that they will not act accordingly. From "Xue Fangshan's Narrative? Part 1"

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It is not advisable for scholars to have small ambitions and be light-hearted. If the ambition is small, it will be easy to settle down, and if the ambition is too easy, there will be no progress; if the ambition is light, the unknown will be regarded as known. , not yet learned is already learned.

Meaning: Learning requires establishing ambition. Without ambition, it is easy to become complacent. Once complacent, it is difficult to make progress.

You must have courage to learn. If you lack courage, you will think you have understood something you don't understand, and you will think you have learned something you haven't learned. From Volume 2 of "Collected Notes on Recent Thoughts".

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Those who are not knowledgeable will not be able to keep their promises; those who are not determined will not be able to do it.

It means: If you are not knowledgeable, you will not be able to get the essentials; if your ambition is not sincere, you will not be able to work hard. It comes from "Er Cheng Cui Yan? Theory" by Yang Shi (Song Dynasty).

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It is important to learn and understand doubts. Small doubts lead to small progress, and big doubts lead to great progress.

Meaning: The key to learning is knowing how to ask questions. When small questions are solved, small progress can always be made; when big questions are solved, big progress can be made. From "Maxims Lianbi? Learning Class".

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Diligence in learning can lead to thousands of books in the window. Three winters are enough now, who laughs with an empty stomach.

It means: Learning can only be achieved through hard work. After three years, you will learn a lot of knowledge. From "Poems of a Prodigy".

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Career is accomplished by hard work, wasteful by play, accomplished by thinking, destroyed by casualness.

It means: the proficiency of studies lies in hard work, and the waste lies in playfulness; the success of moral behavior lies in careful consideration, and its ruin lies in following the rules. From Han Yu's "Jin Xue Jie".

23

Aim high.

Meaning: People should have lofty ambitions. It comes from Zhuge Liang's "Book of Honest Nephew" (Three Kingdoms? Shu).

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Since ancient times, there are no sages who have achieved great virtues and great achievements without learning.

It means: Since ancient times, the virtues and great achievements of saints and sages have all been achieved through learning. From (Qing Dynasty) Huang Zongxi's "Confucian Studies in the Ming Dynasty".

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Sitting on the cold felt, grinding through the iron inkstone.

It means: the felt has been torn by sitting on it, and the iron inkstone has been worn through. Describes studying hard and perseveringly. From the first fold of Fan Zian's "Bamboo Leaf Boat" (Yuan Dynasty).