Zhuge Liang did not forget to eat and sleep, but worked and slept normally. "Every morning and night, he is calm and often screams with his knees." He said to his friends, "You guys can be the secretariat and defend the county politically." The three men asked Zhuge Liang about his career, and Zhuge Liang "laughed but didn't answer".
Tao Yuanming | Reading Method of "Knowledge"
Tao Yuanming's "knowledge" reading method. In the Biography of Mr. May 6th, he once wrote: "You are good at reading, not seeking more knowledge. Every time I know something, I will be so happy that I forget to eat. " Tao Yuanming pays attention to grasping the key points, eliminating the complexity and simplifying, and thinking independently. In fact, what he pursues is reading and understanding, focusing on understanding the deep will in the book, rather than picking up individual words.
Su Shi | "Surrounded by Enemies" Reading Method
Su Shi, a famous writer in Song Dynasty, put forward and practiced a reading method in Answer to Wang Yaoshu. Su Shi said in his letter: "A teenager is a scholar, and all books count. Books are like the sea, and department stores have everything. You can't have both, but each has his place. So I hope that scholars will make one intention at a time. " It means that a good book is like an ocean of knowledge, rich in content.
Zheng Banqiao | "Accurate" Reading Method
The "essence" of Zheng Banqiao, a painter and calligrapher in Qing Dynasty, is to have a choice in reading, choose a good book and read excellent books; "Appropriate" means just right, and it should be suitable for your own level and work needs. In fact, Zheng Banqiao is not against extensive reading, but only emphasizes that extensive reading must be based on intensive reading, and the content of intensive reading must be linked with new knowledge and deepened around a topic. If you don't make progress if you read too much, you will be stuffed in your chest; If you don't pursue more perfection in reading, you can read the book and grasp the main points, but it doesn't mean that you understand it deeply and master it all.
Ouyang Xiu | Pronunciation "Numeric Recitation"
Ouyang Xiu, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, summed up the reading method of "reciting numerals every day" according to his reading experience. He once selected ten books, such as The Book of Filial Piety, The Analects of Confucius and The Book of Songs, with a total of 455,865 words, and then stipulated to read 300 words every day, which took three and a half years to finish. Reciting the word 150 every day takes only seven years. He said, "Although there are countless books, you can add more work as time goes on. Why not? " Indeed, over time, he recited many books. This kind of quantitative counting of words every day, continuous running water, many a mickle makes a mickle, has been proved to be an effective reading method in Ouyang Xiu's personal practice.