Poems such as "There are thousands of bells of millet in the book, there is a house of gold in the book, and there is beauty like jade in the book" come from the "Encouraging Learning Chapter" written by Zhao Heng, Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin used Chenqiao's mutiny to establish the Song Dynasty, but this made him physically and mentally wary, so he formulated an important national policy to depreciate military personnel from participating in politics and establish a political system of scholar-bureaucrats. All local governors across the country appointed civil servants.

The country had to employ so many civil servants at one time, and the Song Dynasty inherited the long-term wars of the Five Dynasties. Most people did not like to read, and even fewer were good at reading. Therefore, in order to implement the established national policy, the imperial court must, on the one hand, widen the channels for scholars to become officials, and on the other hand, do its best to promote the culture of reading. Zhao Heng, Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, personally wrote the "Encouraging Learning Pian", which spread throughout the world. This short chapter has fascinated scholars all over the world for nearly a thousand years.

Encouraging Learning

Author: Zhao Heng Era: Song Dynasty

Rich families do not need to buy fertile land, there are thousands of millet in the book.

You don’t need to build a tall building to live in peace, there is a golden house in the book.

Don’t hate an unscrupulous matchmaker when marrying a wife, there is beauty in the book.

Don’t regret not being accompanied by anyone when you go out. There are so many carriages and horses in the book.

A man wants to fulfill his life ambitions and reads the Five Classics diligently in front of the window.