The famous sayings to encourage learning are as follows:
1. Green, taken from blue and green from blue.
2. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not be broken; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved.
3. God is greater than the Tao, and blessings are greater than the absence of disasters.
4. A gentleman serves things, and a villain serves things.
5. A gentleman who is knowledgeable and examines himself every day will know clearly and act without fault.
6. Therefore, if you don’t climb a high mountain, you don’t know how high the sky is; if you don’t go to a deep stream, you don’t know how thick the earth is.
7. A horse can’t take ten steps with one leap; a horse can ride ten times, but it’s hard to give up.
8. It is better for me to think about it all day long than to learn what I have learned in just a moment; to stand on my knees and look at it is not as good as to gain insights from climbing high.
9. Great skill does not do anything, and great wisdom does not worry about anything.
10. The emergence of things must have a beginning; the coming of honor and disgrace must be like their virtues.
The background and significance of "Encouraging Learning"
"Encouraging Learning" is an essay written by Xunzi, a thinker and writer during the Warring States Period. It is the first chapter of the book "Xunzi" . This article comprehensively and profoundly discusses the issues related to learning from the aspects of the importance of learning, the attitude of learning, and the content and methods of learning, and more systematically embodies Xunzi's educational thoughts.
The full text can be divided into four paragraphs. The first paragraph explains the importance of learning, the second paragraph explains the correct attitude towards learning, the third paragraph discusses the content and methods of learning, and the fourth paragraph explains the ultimate destination of learning. The language of the article is concise, the metaphors are appropriate, the reasoning is in-depth, and the structure is rigorous, which represents the mature stage of pre-Qin essays.