He said, "A good reader says attack and sweep". "Attack is to go straight through the tight encirclement"-only by peeling layers can we grasp the main points. In this way, everything can be done, and other problems will be solved, so it is nothing to say "sweeping."
However, grasping the essentials does not mean that you have a deep understanding and complete mastery. This needs further exploration and research. Because the rich and profound connotation contained in the book "subtle words, subtle essence" is often "the more you explore, the more you study and the more you walk, the less you know how poor you are."
And "asking" is an important means to explore the "essence" in the book. He said: "The word learning needs to be taken apart. Learning is learning, and asking is asking. People nowadays learn without asking questions. Although they have read hundreds of books, they are just pure Chinese. " He advocated that "when reading, you should be good at asking questions, but if you can't ask them once, you might as well ask them repeatedly, but if you can't ask one person, you might as well ask dozens of people", thus "solving doubts and revealing the essence".
"Reading thousands of books makes me feel comfortable; It's like getting rich and it's hard to use money. " ? These are some poems that he exhorted people not to read dead books. He has repeatedly stressed that reading must be "independent", "knowledgeable", "from the eyes, from the spine" and "from the banner" and must not be "bound by the ancients". In this way, "the heart is empty and clear, and it is reasonable."
In addition, in the relationship between expository writing and intensive reading, he did not object to expository writing, but paid more attention to intensive reading: "Reading is not demanding too much, not too much, but only much better, and many people are not good." If you are insatiable and don't make progress, you will be "a mess in your chest." Think that all history books, "reading every sentence is an idiot"; All poets, "every family is a fool."
He advocated "learning half, staying half, not learning all;" If you don't want to be complete, you can't be complete and you don't have to be complete. " Similarly, "what should be forgotten should not be forgotten and what should not be forgotten should not be forgotten." "
What he is most opposed to is "take a look at it and recite it", because "when you are in a hurry, your heart is also very anxious, and there is not much space, so you will often be at a loss. For example, if you look at the beauty in the field, it will pass at a glance, which is nothing to me. " He pointed out that this is not only the "worst thing", but also leads to "all-encompassing ugliness".
Zheng Banqiao once said in a letter to his family, "If the topic of a subject doesn't come, the knowledge lies with me, not the business that loses money", and "Reading is a good way to save the poor". It is not surprising that this sentence comes from the mouth of feudal literati; This view that books are a stepping stone to fame and fortune is definitely not enough training. However, he warned his family to be "learned and patient" in reading, which is a wise saying.
There is no limit to learning the sea, and there is a road in Shushan. This road is the scientific reading method. While we are learning Zheng Banqiao's reading methods, we should also remember another sentence he said-"We are not rigidly attached to ancient laws, we are not rigidly attached to our own opinions, we are just living".