Books have collection value: first, ancient books as cultural relics, and second, modern books as popular culture. So although e-books are booming again and again, it can't reduce the fun of people visiting bookstores at all. How can the book on the screen compare with the texture of the book? (Especially many books in the Song Dynasty, when opened, there is a kind of book fragrance, and the calligraphy font is even more refreshing. Everyone has a book and has read it over and over again, so that it is a pity not to have it. This is the real collection value of books, but it can't be called good for some people who buy books for economic dignity.
Books have spiritual value: as the carrier of cultural spirit. Every book is not a simple collection of words. "Books are the ladder of human progress". (Gorky) Books are the summary of predecessors' experience and culture, and the source of future generations' independent innovation. It is the catalyst for people to move from sensibility to rationality and the flint for people to move from barbarism to civilization. Nothing in the world can cultivate people's sentiment, enrich people's feelings and inspire people's spirit more than books. Without Uncle Tom's Cabin, there would be no American protest against slavery. Without Das Kapital, it would not promote the development of the world workers' movement. In the most vulgar words: the book has its own golden house, its own thousand bells and millet, and its own Yan Ruyu. Although the motive is not pure, it is true that "a man wants to make a living and read the Five Classics diligently to the window".
Books have research value: each book is written by a specific person at a specific time and in a specific space. Books are the most important key for future generations to understand the parties at that time. Especially in China's ancient books, there is a saying of "reconstruction": the era of the author, the era of the annotator, and the era of the annotator; We study the history, fonts, language and phonology of these times through books. Wang Guowei's "double certificate" is to use cultural relics to test books, and then use books to test cultural relics. Anyone who has studied it will know that books are of research value, especially those who study history.
Finally, send a sentence: "When you use books, you hate less, and nothing is difficult. I am afraid that you will." The prophet reads well and reads well until he reads well.
Good luck with your study ~