Chapter sixty-four: "Hemu is born in a millimeter; The nine-story platform starts from the foundation soil; A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. "
"If you don't accumulate steps, you won't advance thousands of miles" comes from "encouraging learning"
Accumulated soil becomes mountains, and the wind and rain are prosperous; The water drops merged into the ocean and the dragon was born; Accumulate goodness into virtue, the gods are complacent, and the sacred heart is prepared. Therefore, you can't take Wan Li Road without accumulating steps; If you don't accumulate small streams, you won't be a river. Leap, not ten steps; This is a great contribution to the success of Ma Xu. Perseverance, rotten wood can't be carved; Perseverance, the stone can be carved. Earthworms do not have the advantages of minions, and their bones and muscles are strong. They eat and drink, and they care. The crab kneels six times and pinches twice. It's not that the snake hole has no sustenance, it's also impetuous.
Extended data:
"Encouraging Learning" is the first article in Xunzi. Also known as persuasion. Persuasion is to encourage learning. This paper systematically discusses the theory and method of learning. The first part (the first paragraph) discusses the importance of learning; The second half (the second and third paragraphs) discusses the steps, contents and methods of learning.
The central idea of the full text of "Encouraging Learning" is as follows: 1. Learning is not enough; Second, the heart, and third, people who learn will learn. Xunzi believes that learning first needs to cultivate moral temperament, maintain the quality of single-mindedness, specialize in learning a technology to achieve a crash (learning a crash), and then maintain perseverance and perseverance is the correct learning direction; Only by starting from the beginning to the end and never giving up halfway can we achieve a complete and pure spiritual realm.
Xunzi was one of the greatest educators in ancient times. His best students were Han Feizi, a jurist, Li Si, the prime minister of Qin Dynasty, and Zhang Cang, the prime minister of Han Dynasty. It can be seen that Xunzi's learning is practical.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Persuading Baidu Encyclopedia-A Thousand Miles Journey