Read only one book at a time. Zeng Guofan, a politician in the Qing Dynasty, read it like this: "A hundred schools of thought contend and sweat, or he wants to read, but it is not appropriate to read a person's books from east to west." This reading method is most suitable for people who want to practice basic skills and lay a solid foundation for academic research.
2. Wave gradual method
Read one book at a time, but don't try to finish it all at once. You can read it again later. There is a book called Selected Works of Zhaoming, which I read in school and read several times in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. When time is short, or when reading some "difficult" books, you might as well adopt this method.
3. Comparative reading method
This method is to read several books at a time and read them in a comparative way. When others praised Chen Shou's History of the Three Kingdoms, Xiahou Kun, a historian who wrote Shu Wei, was unconvinced. He didn't know that the reflection was better than his own Shu Wei, and immediately burned the manuscript. You can benefit a lot from this method when doing research or writing papers.
4. Vertical reading method
Reading from top to bottom is like going down stairs. Because some books contain too little gold, you just need to browse. A faster method, also called "skip reading", is to grasp the outline of the article, cut off the background, supplement the narrative, etc., and skip without reading. Vertical reading can effectively improve reading efficiency, which is good for reading ordinary novels or browsing materials quickly.
5. Choose your words carefully
This method pays attention to reading word by word, and reads it carefully. A good work contains a lot of information and gold content, and high-speed reading will inevitably lead to indigestion, so you must think while reading. Qin Mu, an essayist, first read "swallowed the whale" roughly, and then "chewed the cow", studying the taste carefully like a cow ruminating. Reading with your eyes is just a matter of seeing and reading with your heart. Careful choice of words is especially suitable for reading classics.
6, essence extraction method
For some works, we should not only read intensively, but also summarize and refine the essence. Historian Wu Han is particularly good at making reading cards. When he was reading, he copied useful sentences on cards. He has read books for decades and made hundreds of thousands of cards. After reading a book, if you can really extract a few useful words, even if you don't read it in vain.
7. Mountain climbing method
Read with appreciation and read out the fun. As you Mao, a poet in the Song Dynasty, said, "Hungry reading is like meat, cold reading is like fur, lonely reading is like friends, and melancholy reading is like stone, piano and instrument." Reading a noble book is talking to a noble person. The more pious you are, the more you gain. This method is most suitable for reading philosophical and military classics, such as the Book of Changes and Sun Tzu's Art of War.
8, condescending method
This method is to stand on a higher level and study like a teacher checking students' homework. Several editors I know generally look at those popular "bestsellers" in this way. If we accept those "gorgeous and charming" books uncritically, we will, as Schopenhauer said, "be led by others."
9. Multidimensional reading method
We can read a book from many angles. Mathematician Hua invented the "guessing reading method"-reading from the perspective of guessing. After reading the title, close your eyes and meditate, imagine the structure and content of the book, and then read on. If the author writes as he guesses, he can read quickly. This not only greatly saves time, but also exercises thinking ability and imagination.
10, extrapolation
How to read a book alive? "I think therefore I am, I use therefore I can.
The first level of "I want to" is to communicate with the author and spark with him; The second level is to tell others, write letters to others, and spark with everyone. The first level of "I use" is that theory guides practice and benefits myself; The second level is to find new problems, find new methods and create new theories in use, surpassing predecessors.