It means that if you don't study hard, you can't increase your knowledge and improve your talents, and if you don't have firm aspirations, you can't finish your studies and achieve something.
Source: "If you don't learn, you can't learn." It comes from Zhuge Liang's Book of Commandments.
Original text:
Translation: People with moral cultivation rely on inner peace to cultivate their body and mind, and cultivate their noble character by saving money and property. You can't make your ambition clear unless you are quiet, and you can't achieve your lofty goals without excluding external interference. Learning must be quiet and single-minded, and talent comes from diligent study.
If you don't study, you can't grow your talents, and if you don't have a clear ambition, you can't achieve anything in your studies. Indulging in debauchery and negative neglect can't encourage the mind to refresh the spirit, and taking risks rashly and impatient can't cultivate the temperament.
Time flies with the light at any time, and the will gradually fades away with the years. In the end, most of them are out of touch with the world and are not used by society. They can only be sadly trapped in their own poor shacks. How can they regret it?
Creation background: This article was written in 234 AD (the 12th year of Jian Xing in Shu Han Dynasty), and it was a letter from Zhuge Liang to his eight-year-old son Zhuge Zhan. Zhuge Liang devoted all his life to his country and died. He worked day and night for the national cause of Shu and Han, and neglected to educate his son personally, so he wrote this letter to warn Zhuge Zhan
about the author
Zhuge Liang (181 -234), a native of Langya (now Linyi, Shandong), who was a descendant of Zhuge Feng, a captain of Sili in the Han and Yuan Dynasties, and his wife was Huang Chengyan's daughter. He lost his parents in his early years and lived with his uncle Zhuge Xuan. After Zhuge Xuan died, he lived in seclusion in Longzhong for ten years.
Appreciating
This Book of Commandments not only explains the ways and methods of self-cultivation, but also points out the relationship between determination and learning; It not only explains the importance of tranquility and indifference, but also points out the harm of indulgence, neglect and extreme impatience. Zhuge Liang is not only strict with his son in terms of big principles, but also shows subtle concern for his children in some specific matters. The main purpose is to encourage my son to study hard and be determined, and to cultivate self-cultivation should work hard from indifference and tranquility, and avoid laziness and rashness.
In this article, there is the power of tranquility: "Quiet to cultivate one's morality", "Nothing is far without tranquility"; Have the power of thrift: "frugality to cultivate morality"; Have the power of detachment: "If you don't stay at home, you can't be clear-minded"; Have the power to be eager to learn: "If you study quietly, you have to learn"; Inspirational power: "If you don't learn, you can't be versatile, and if you don't have ambition, you can't learn"; The power of speed: "you can't be excited if you are slow"; The power of character: "you can't cure sex if you are dangerous"; Have the power to cherish the time: "years go with the times, meaning goes with the years"; Have the power of imagination: "If you become withered, you will not meet the world, and you will stay in poverty, where will you return?"; Have the power of simplicity. This article is just a few tens, and the message it conveys is much better than a long speech.
The Book of Commandments is also a family instruction full of wisdom, and it is a famous work in ancient family instruction. It can be regarded as Zhuge Liang's summary of his life, and later it became a famous piece of self-cultivation and determination.