Idioms and their stories
Song Taizu loved reading, and when he was in office, he asked all officials to read a lot to understand the truth of governing the country. After Song Taizong succeeded to the throne, he also attached great importance to the role of books, and he usually read to the point where he couldn't put it down. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the National History Museum collected more than 10,000 books. Later, Song Taizong ordered the collection of books from all over the country to be concentrated in the capital. At that time, people were rewarded with books, and soon there were 80 thousand books in the country. These collections are concentrated in the History Museum, Zhao Wen Museum and Jixian Academy, and are called "Three Libraries". Santing was established as early as the Liang Dynasty, but the houses were very simple. After Song Taizong succeeded to the throne, he personally went to the third library to watch the books and sighed: "How does the third library receive the sages of the world?" So he ordered another new museum to be built and named it "Chongwen Academy".
Song Taizong also ordered people to write a large encyclopedia of classification. At that time, it took Li Yun and others seven years to extract thousands of ancient books, and finally compiled 1000 volume of Taiping General Category. After this book was written, Song Taizong was very happy. He said to the minister, "From today on, I will read three volumes of Taiping General Category every day and try to finish this book within one year." The minister was worried that the emperor would be overworked because he had to deal with so many state affairs every day, so he advised him: "Your majesty never tires of learning, and it is naturally a good thing to take pleasure in reading. But reading three volumes a day is so frustrating. Your majesty should pay attention to your health! But Song Taizong shook his head and replied, "I like reading. I can get a lot of fun from books. Open book is beneficial! Although this book is thick, it is only 1000 volumes. I read three volumes of books every day. As long as you finish reading it in one year, you won't feel very tired. Since then, Song Taizong has read three volumes of Tai Ping Guang Ji every day without interruption.
Even if one day I am delayed because of the busy state affairs, I will definitely make up for it when I have time later. Several years later, Song Taizong finished reading Taiping General Category on time, so he renamed the book "Taiping Magnolia". In this book, Song Taizong learned a lot of historical facts, and often discussed the gains and losses of emperors in history with ministers, making it easier to handle state affairs. At that time, ministers saw that the emperor was so diligent in reading and followed suit. At that time, reading was very popular. Nowadays, Taiping Magnolia has become a precious heritage of traditional culture, and a large number of documents before the Song Dynasty have been preserved, so it is precious. The idiom "opening an book is beneficial" has also been handed down with this book and has become the best annotation to encourage people to study hard.
Idiom implication
Reading can make people smart. Whether it's the old saying of China that "young people don't know how to study hard, but the old people regret studying late" or that "ideal books are the key to wisdom" by western sages, it reflects the great role of books as knowledge carriers and shows the importance of reading. In this era of knowledge explosion and rapid social development, reading is still one of the important ways to acquire knowledge. Reading more books can broaden knowledge, improve self-cultivation, and increase talents and wisdom. Therefore, it should be everyone's motto that open books are beneficial.
Idiom application
Open book is beneficial as the main predicate; Be an object, an attribute and a clause in a sentence. This idiom means that reading is always beneficial. It is often used to encourage people to study hard and reading more books will benefit them.
Use examples
Liang Qing Zhang Ju's "Lantern Riddle in the Notes of Returning to the Field": "I am speechless, so it is not wrong to believe something useful."
Li Yanong, a modern historian, wrote the Preface to the History of Happy Zhai: "If readers only want a book to be desirable and abandon it, then many works ... are mostly beneficial to open books."
Lu Pu, a modern writer: "He doesn't study hard and can't change his old habits: he believes that opening books is beneficial and that good books and bad books are all known as knowledge."