There is an old saying that men are afraid of choosing the wrong line and women are afraid of marrying the wrong person.
Of course, this is a thing of the past. I'm not afraid now. You can change careers if you choose the wrong job, and divorce if you choose the wrong husband! However, career change and divorce are very troublesome. It's best to stay together.
The same is true of reading.
Of course, studying doesn't mean getting married. You must be "loyal to your life" and spend the rest of your life together. Reading a new book or a new book is not difficult for divorce, and there is no moral problem. But it doesn't mean it doesn't matter what books you read. The meaning of books is sometimes more important than your spouse. Because once you get into the habit of reading, you often love reading all your life, or even only read a certain kind of books. These books will affect your life.
Even if books are not equal to choosing a spouse, at least they are close friends! What books you read means who you make friends with. As the ancients said, "I don't know who I am but see my friends." In my opinion, it doesn't hurt to say "you don't know who you are, but look at your book". To understand a person, you can guess who his friends are just by reading what books he usually reads. If there are many thoughtful, tasteful and weighty books on the bookshelf, it is natural to "talk and laugh".
This requires a choice.
It's not easy to choose. Who chooses and how to choose is a problem. It is impossible to accept all orders according to the choice of instructors and prospective instructors. That's not reliable Of course, the ranking in the media is not reliable.
So, what about your choice? It's also hard. If a person has never read a book, how can he know what kind of book to choose? Learn to choose, and choose not outrageous, unless he reads a lot.
In fact, the answer is here: if you want to learn to choose books, you must first read more books. Look at a thousand swords and recognize them. Reading is no exception. When you first study, you'd better read everything, just like making friends before marriage. Don't rush to "fix your life" just when you meet one person. Behind the tree is a forest. You can't even see a leaf.
Read more books, you will have a choice, not to say that you will only read one kind of book or one kind of book from now on. Mr. Zhou said: "Reading is like making friends, and friends who hit it off again will be bored if they stay together for too long." It is not only boring, but also leads to biased thinking and narrow-mindedness.
The so-called "choice" is just a taste. The so-called "taste" does not mean that from now on, we only look at "elegance" and don't look at "vulgarity", but have judgment and taste, and know what is good and what is bad, which is not the same as what is usually called elegance and vulgarity. A vulgar thing neglected by experts and scholars may be "elegant". Whether it is elegant or vulgar depends on your taste. Without taste, even Faust or a dream of red mansions can make him speak vulgar.
Taste can only come from reading experience. If you read more, you will naturally know whether it is good or bad. This requires a lot of reading. Think about it. Although the mountain stream is clear, how can it be like a river with mud and sand that can suck up all the rivers? If a scholar can have this kind of mind, he is probably not afraid of "choosing the wrong line" or "choosing the wrong lang"
Then aren't you afraid of being deceived or becoming a "wild fox Zen"? I'm not afraid. Choosing a book is like choosing a spouse, but it is not a spouse after all. Actually, I might as well find flowers and change my mind. Besides, "Wild Fox Zen" is also Zen! Who cares about Zen as long as it can achieve "positive results"!
Someone wants to ask, what if I have read books all my life and feel that everything I read is good, and there is no favorite or the most suitable one? If it is true, I would say that you made the best choice. You think that if a person has love and friends all the time in his life, he will not be happy.
Of course, it is best to have new friends every period, but there are also a few old friends who can communicate for life. Young couples always come together. How gratifying it is to have a few beloved books to accompany people in their later years and read them often!