It can be roughly divided into three categories.
The first category, thought books.
Like philosophy and religion. For example, the Analects of Confucius, Diamond Sutra, Tao Te Ching and so on. Reading such books requires repeated intensive reading. Even need to recite. In order to grasp the essence of this book.
For example, I began to study the Analects of Confucius more than 10 years ago, and I have been studying it intermittently for several years. I have recited 100 times and 100 times.
Of course, this is very beneficial to yourself. Although the understanding of the Analects of Confucius is still superficial, and many contents have been forgotten. But I know a little literal meaning. When you see the words related to Confucius, you will know whether they come from the Analects of Confucius, The Doctrine of the Mean, Mencius and other places.
In a word, books on thought take a lot of effort and energy. Of course, there is a premise that I want to read this book well. If you are not interested in this, you have no intention of learning this kind of book. That's another matter.
The second category is reference books.
Such as dictionaries, maps, etc. Read such a book. Read by analytical method. You just don't have to read intensively, and you don't have to know everything. Probably know its content. Understand its directory and scope. Look it up when you use it.
The most typical example is the dictionary, which knows how to look it up. When you come across a word or phrase you don't know, look it up. Of course, this is the internet age. Dictionaries are rarely used, and they are basically looked up directly on the Internet.
I remember when I was at school. I heard that there are some fierce people. I memorized all the words in the English dictionary and the Oxford dictionary. That's really incomparable. You can recite all the reference books. Therefore, even tool books can be intensively read by people who study deeply because of their different purposes.
In other words, even reference books. For different people, the time and energy spent are different.
I remember 10 years ago when I left school to study English again. The first 20 articles of New Concept English 3 have been recited at least 100 times. And for those who don't learn English, or don't use this book to learn English. Maybe it's just a look.
For example, maps and guidebooks. I just started to know the general content of it. When you go out, you encounter a route or a place. Read it in detail. So like a map, you may look at it often. Every time I pass by a place I want to go or a place of interest. You don't have to read it from beginning to end every time.
Others include financial management, technology and foreign language learning. Not strictly speaking, it can also be classified as a tool class. Because it provides a learning tool. But this kind of tool, for those who don't enter this field, is purely a tool, just know it. For those who want to enter this field, it is similar to an ideological course, which requires intensive reading and becoming a professional.
The third category, entertainment materials.
Such as novels, magazines and newspapers. For many people, it can be understood as a pastime. Of course, the title of this article replaced magazines and newspapers with books. Strictly speaking, books here refer to reading. In fact, it can also be extended to listening to recordings and watching videos. The reason is the same.
Of course, this is the internet age. Paper books, novels, magazines, newspapers and so on. Has been reduced a lot. Many times, people get information on the Internet. So the scope can be extended from paper to electronic data.
This kind of entertainment information. If you just have a simple understanding of the content and don't intend to study in depth, it is basically not needed in work and life, and can be classified as a pastime. For entertaining materials, it is generally simple reading, that is, simple browsing.
Because it may just pass the time, or just get to know it. Maybe after a long time, the details have been forgotten, or even completely forgotten.
One last point. For different people and different purposes. Even if the content of the same book is the same, the classification is different.
For example, for the book A Dream of Red Mansions. Some people just kill time. After all, it's a masterpiece, and they still have to turn it over. Can be classified as a pastime.
But for the designer of clothing, it is different and can be understood as a reference book.
For example, when the 87th edition of A Dream of Red Mansions was filmed, besides writers such as Shen Congwen and Zhou, there were also fashion designers. From Shi Yanqin's point of view, focus on the description of clothing in the original work, and then design the corresponding clothing.
For example, what clothes Baoyu wore when he appeared, and what clothes he wore when he met his grandmother. What clothes and jewelry does Wang Xifeng wear every time she goes out? Furthermore, we can also study the clothing structure in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Many people think that the time described in A Dream of Red Mansions is the Qing Dynasty. Taking Cao Xueqin's family as the background. Of course, some people think it is the last year of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, different people have different views.
The costumes presented in the 87-edition TV series of A Dream of Red Mansions are mainly in the Ming Dynasty. The picture below is found online, not necessarily in version 87. But the basic version of clothing is mainly from the Ming Dynasty.
At least the costumes and headdresses in the picture above are not from the Qing Dynasty. Because in the Qing dynasty, the clothing was Manchu style. And in terms of headgear, men should at least shave their heads.
In this case, for clothing researchers. From the perspective of clothing research, A Dream of Red Mansions can be understood as a reference book. We should sort out all the parts about clothing and compare and summarize them.
Even many scholars write another book. You can combine the clothes in A Dream of Red Mansions with those in other books. Investigate the evolution of costumes in Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and even the whole history.
For example, Shen Congwen wrote a book called Research on Ancient Chinese Costume. Described the clothing research from Yin Shang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty. Illustrated with pictures and texts, it is very wonderful.
Of course, for redologists. A Dream of Red Mansions may be a book close to ideology. In-depth study of the theme and connotation. It reveals the social, humanistic, ideological, religious and psychological significance.
So the three classification methods themselves are generally speaking. How to classify a book and how to read it will be different for different people.
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