Study diligently and ask questions, study hard and practice hard, hang on the beam to stimulate the buttocks, read in the snow, and forget to eat and sleep.
1. Study diligently and ask questions
Pinyin: qín xué hào wèn
Definition: Study diligently and ask questions if you don’t understand. A metaphor for being good at learning.
Source: Song Dynasty Zhu Xi's "Zhu Zi Yu Lei·The Analects": "Now he is diligent in learning and good at asking questions, so he is posthumously named Li Wen."
2. Study hard and practice hard
Pinyin: qín xué kǔ liàn
Definition: Study hard and train hard.
Source: Qin Mu's "Secrets": "After hearing this, his son no longer dared to take a shortcut by chance. After real hard study and practice, he finally became a calligrapher."
3. Suspended beam thorns
Pinyin: xuán liáng cì gǔ
Interpretation: Describing hard study
Source: "Warring States Policy·Qin Ceyi" by Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty 》: "(Su Qin) felt sleepy while studying, so he stabbed his ass with the awl, and blood flowed to his feet."
4. Yingxue Reading
Pinyin: yìng xuě dú shū
p>Interpretation: Using the reflection of snow to read to describe studying hard.
Source: Volume 4 of "Shangyoulu" by Liao Yongxian of the Ming Dynasty
5. Forgetting food and sleep
Pinyin: fèi qǐn wàng shí
Interpretation :? I couldn’t care less about sleeping and forgot to eat. Describes concentrated efforts.
Source: "Preface to Qushui Poems" by Wang Rong in the Southern and Northern Dynasties: "It is still clear that people have forgotten their sleep; they have forgotten their meals in the sundial." In the "Yan Family Instructions" by Yan Zhitui in the Southern and Northern Dynasties: "The Emperor Yuan was in Jiang, In Jingjian, he resumed his beloved studies, recruited students, and became a professor himself. He forgot about food and sleep, and stayed up late at night."