Reading mottos

1. You can become a teacher by reviewing the past and learning the new. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

2. Learning without thinking is a waste, thinking without learning is a disaster. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

3. Learn it eruditely, interrogate it, think it carefully, discern it clearly, and practice it sincerely. ——"The Doctrine of the Mean"

4. Learning will benefit your talents, and sharpening will make you sharp. When I sit in a secluded place and think deeply, I am not as fast as I can learn; when I stand on my knees and stare, I am not as fast as when I climb high to gain insights. ——"The Doctrine of the Mean"

5. A gentleman does not hide his shortcomings. If he doesn't know, he will ask, and if he can't, he will learn. ——(Han) Dong Zhongshu

6. I copied and edited many books and summarized (cuō) their essence. I worked less and gained more, and I thought less and gained more. ——(Jin Dynasty) Ge Hong

7. He is fond of reading and does not ask for a thorough explanation. Whenever he understands something, he often forgets to eat. ——(Jin Dynasty) Tao Yuanming

8. Mr. Tao Yuanming kept reciting articles on the six arts, and reviewed hundreds of schools of thought with his hands. Those who record things must mention the important points, and those who compile (zuǎn) words must outline them. His mysterious nature is greedy for overdoing things, not giving away small things or big things, burning anointing oil to continue the sundial (guǐ), and living in poverty for a long time. ——(Tang Dynasty) Han Yu

9. If you don’t know how to be a pseudo-tiff, I will be your master. ——(Tang Dynasty) Du Fu

10. People in the world suffer from the fact that they have few writings and are too lazy to read. Every time they publish an article, they strive for excellence, which is rare. You don’t have to wait for others to criticize your flaws, you can see them by yourself if you do more. ——(Song Dynasty) Ouyang Xiu

11. Learning is more important than understanding, but being conservative is useless. ——(Song Dynasty) Zhang Zai

12. People's thoughts are like springs, which become newer when they are drawn. ——(Song Dynasty) Cheng Yi

13. As a young scholar, he read every book several times. They are all available in department stores like Ruihai. A mortal's energy cannot be used to absorb everything, but one can get what he wants. Therefore, I hope that scholars will seek it one at a time. If you want to ask for the rise and fall of the ancients, the role of saints and sages in regulating chaos, you should only ask for it with this intention, and don't have any other thoughts; don't ask for deeds and cultural relics once, and the same is true. He all imitates this. If you succeed in learning, you will be attacked from all sides, and you will be different from those who want to dabble. ——(Song Dynasty) Su Shi

14. Most scholars like to learn a lot but often suffer from illness and lack of proficiency. If you have enough energy, you can then read all the books and get the essence of them by reading all the chapters. If you use me to read books, you will benefit from everything; if you use books to teach me, you will be confused and confused. ——(Song Dynasty) Huang Tingjian

15. When it comes to learning, it is said: More than finesse, more than broadness; more than precision, more than brilliance. ——(Song Dynasty) Zhu Xi

16. When reading a text, it must be like a fierce general using his troops, and a fierce battle; like a ruthless official in prison, you must investigate to the end and never forgive him before you get it. ——(Song Dynasty) Zhu Xi

17. The disease of a person is that he only knows that what others say is doubtful, but does not know that what he says is doubtful. Those who try to criticize others will criticize themselves, and they will see their own mistakes. ——(Song Dynasty) Zhu Xi

18. When looking at the text, various schools of thought say that there are differences and similarities that are most remarkable. For example, A said so, and he followed A to exhaust his words; B said so, and followed B. At a loss for words. After exhausting the two theories, and taking reference to study them thoroughly, one of the truths must come out. ——(Song Dynasty) Zhu Xi

19. The ancients spared no effort in learning, and their skills only mature when they are young and old. What I have learned on paper is ultimately shallow, and I know that I have to do it in detail. ——(Song Dynasty) Lu You

20. Don’t learn from determination, don’t make progress by thinking well, don’t harm yourself by painting, don’t suffer from self-sufficiency, don’t sin from giving up on yourself. ——(Song Dynasty) Zhang Shi (shì)

21. Observing history is like being in it. When I see the pros and cons of things and the disasters of the time, I will hide it and think about it. When I encounter such things, I will take it as a How to deal with it. By viewing history in this way, knowledge can be advanced and wisdom can be advanced, which is beneficial. ——(Song Dynasty) Lu Zuqian

22. Instructions for entering and exiting when reading: At the beginning, you should seek for the reason why you enter, and at the end, you should seek for the reason why you come out. If you see it in a friendly way, this is the result of calligraphy; if you use it thoroughly, this is the expression of calligraphy. If you can't get the book in, you don't know the intentions of the ancients; if you can't get the book out, you will die under the words. Only by knowing the way out and knowing the way in can you master the method of reading. ——(Song Dynasty) Chen Shan

23. Everything has reality, words have wonderful realm, things have their own principles, and everyone has their own method. What is valuable is that scholars learn this. If you don’t have the place to learn, if you don’t have the time, you won’t learn, if you don’t have the thoughts, you won’t learn, if you don’t know everything, if you don’t know the best, then you are called a scholar. ——(Ming Dynasty) Lu Kun

24. There is no limit to the sea of ??learning and no bottom to the book bag. How can one read all the books in the world? As long as those who read are sharp-sighted and sharp-minded, they will be careful and bold. A sharp eye is skillful in picking things up, a sharp hand is easy to cut, a careful mind is good at distinguishing, and a bold hand is good at keeping and leaving.

——(Qing Dynasty) Zhang Dai

25. As a student, if you don’t make progress every day, you will retreat. If you study alone without friends, you will be lonely and difficult to achieve; if you stay in one place for a long time, you will become accustomed to it without realizing it. ——(Qing Dynasty) Gu Yanwu

26. Reading and being a human being are not two different things. Taking every sentence of the book you read into consideration is the way to be a human being. Only in this way can you be able to read. ——(Qing Dynasty) Lu Longqi

27. Always read with special knowledge. There is no point in following the same pattern. And special knowledge is nothing more than the ultimate emotion and rationality, which is twisted and twisted and has no merit. ——(Qing Dynasty) Zheng Banqiao

28. The word “knowledge” needs to be taken apart. Learning is learning, asking is asking. Today's people have knowledge but no questions. Although they have read thousands of books, they are just dull people. ——(Qing Dynasty) Zheng Banqiao

29. A certain person in his early years only liked to read books that made sense, but in recent years he has chosen no books. When I read the poem, I feel that there are many principles in it. Looking at history, one realizes that there are many truths in history. It's so easy to read. But it's a pity that he is already old. Zhu Zi has been like this since he was in his twenties, so he made infinite efforts. ——(Qing Dynasty) Li Guangdi

30. Reading and reading should be clearly divided into two things. It is advisable to read as often as possible and quickly. If you do not read quickly, you will not be able to finish reading, which is not permanent. Reading should be refined and mature. If you can be familiar with it but not complete it, there is no permanence. ——(Qing Dynasty) Zeng Guofan

31. When reading, you must carefully look at how the ancients thought about one thing and another. How's the weather? When dealing with things in society, he carefully compared them to the ancients. If the ancients faced this, how would they have dealt with it? What should I do if I do whatever I want? Then one's own faults begin to be seen, and the principles of the ancients begin to emerge. ——(Qing Dynasty) Zuo Zongtang

32. If you want to know how to read, I would like to give you an explanation. This method is extremely old, clumsy and troublesome, but it is extremely necessary. What method? It's a note or note. ——Liang Qichao

33. The standard of learning is high, and the so-called method can only be obtained among them. If you are humble and self-sufficient at first, it will be difficult to hope to reach far. The level of standards will be revealed if you read more. The problem is that the trend of the times is the same. If you can't look at the ancients, you will end up being trapped. ——Qian Mu

34. Books are easy to read, but also difficult to read. It is easy to taste briefly, but difficult to go deep. It's easy to see the words lying flat on the paper; it's difficult to see some words floating and protruding from the paper. It is easy to see that the characters in the book are all of the same size; it is difficult to see that the characters in the book have different importance and become larger or smaller. It is easy to read in the order of the text and sentences in the book; because of the thoroughness of its meaning, it is difficult to see the previous sentences as if they are running to the back, and the following sentences as if they are running to the front, and the flat paper becomes a roll. ——Tang Junyi

35. Those who believe in all people’s words and thoughts in books will never truly believe in anything. If you study in this way, you will never have your own thoughts. At most, you can only remember other people's words or the words in books. ——This is the study of remembering questions. The scholar who records questions is nothing more than a human-shaped dictionary and a human-shaped dictionary. This is called reading dead books and listening to dead words. The beginning of people's own thinking is to doubt other people's words, doubt what is said in books, and also doubt their own opinions and thoughts, fearing that they are wrong. As for the different, opposite and contradictory thoughts, seek a decision and a general understanding. ——Tang Junyi

36. I think that a person’s discovery of his favorite writer is the most important thing in his intellectual development. There are indeed some people with similar minds in the world. One must look for a writer with a similar mind among the ancient and modern writers. Only in this way can he obtain the real benefits of reading. One must independently find his teacher. No one knows who your favorite writer is, maybe not even you. It's like falling in love at first sight. Readers cannot be told to love this writer or that writer, but when a reader finds a writer he likes, he will know it instinctively. ——Lin Yutang

37. Books are just a tool, like saws and hoes, they are all for human use. Instead of saying "reading", we should say "using books". There is true knowledge and false knowledge in books. You won't be able to tell whether it's true or false after reading it for a lifetime, but once you use it, the true nature of the book will be revealed. If it's true, you can use it, but if it's false, you won't be able to use it. ——Tao Xingzhi

38. He has read a lot of books and has unique ingenuity. He has melted hundreds of flowers and made his own thing. They all have their origins and have their own unique features. ——Qian Zhongshu

39. The ancients, foreigners and modern writers seem to be unable to finish what they say. It does not mean that they "cherish ink like gold", but that they cherish ink no matter what they intend. I can't even finish what I want to say. The more verbose and nonsense, the more it means that he has something to say that he cannot say or has not said yet. The one who only said a few words was even more thoughtful.

So I read the words together with the blanks, as if there were many words hidden on each page, not in the words but in the blanks. ——Jin Kemu

40. I don’t like to read books that are stuffed with long prefaces and postscripts, as if they are being led by the nose. Reading such a straight-faced preface and long-winded postscript often makes people angry. And adding such things would make the book very expensive. ——Wang Zengqi

41. All works have shortcomings, including those great works. When reading, don’t care about the shortcomings in the works, but care about the advantages, because other people’s shortcomings have nothing to do with you, other people’s Strengths will help you improve yourself. ——Yu Hua

42. I also did a job. I brought Hemingway’s things over. When I had nothing to do at night, I took a piece of paper and a pen and wrote out the entirety of his novel. Swipe down. I once gave an analogy, a leaf, how do you think this leaf grows? No one knows, but this leaf is already withered. If you hold it in your hand and shake it, everything will fall off except the veins. Looking back at the leaves, it's easy. ——Bi Feiyu

43. I firmly believe that words can only present two kinds of existence-"powerful" existence and "powerless" existence. "Powerful words" must contain the energy to "destroy everything", no matter what the target of this energy is trying to destroy is "dullness of perception", "paleness of questioning", "lack of imagination", or "intolerance of thought" , is it "moral hypocrisy" or "self-obsolescence, sluggishness and limitation". ——Wang Qiang

44. Those who spend their lives reading and gaining wisdom from books are like those who understand a country through travel guides. They can pick up some information about a lot of things, but fundamentally they do not have a coherent, clear, and comprehensive knowledge of what the country is like. On the contrary, those who spend their lives thinking are like those who have personally visited the country. Only they are truly familiar with it, have coherent knowledge about it, and truly linger in it. ——(Germany) Schopenhauer

45. Three memories that fill me with gratitude: a home full of books, a childhood spent in a provincial countryside, and a mentor to whom I can confide my heart. ——(U.S.) W. H. Auden

46. There is only one type of story in the world, your story. ——(U.S.) Ray Bradbury

47. If an illiterate person dies at my age, he has only lived one life; but I have experienced Napoleon, The Many Lives of Caesar and D'Artagnan. Therefore, I always encourage young people to read, because it is an ideal way to expand the memory capacity and greatly enrich the personality. Then, by the end of your life, you will have experienced countless kinds of life, which is an amazing privilege. ——(Italian) Umberto Eco

48. A classic work is a book that brings discovery every time it is reread as if it were the first time. A classic is a book that, even when we first read it, seems like we are reliving it. A classic is a book that never exhausts everything it has to say to the reader. ——(Italian) Calvino

49. In essence, people are not interested in other people. Only a work of art can truly enable them to communicate. ——(Hungary) Kertesz Imlay

50. A truly excellent novel must have its own secret. This secret is also hidden in the writers who discovered the secret. of readers. ——(Hungary) Kertés Imlay