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At the beginning of the exhortation article, people are warned that "learning is not enough", which means that learning should be persistent and not given up halfway. He said: "Green comes from blue, and green is blue; Ice, water is cooler than water. " It means that cyan dye is extracted from blue dye, but it is darker than blue; Ice condenses when it is cooled by water, but it is colder than water.
Only by learning the knowledge accumulated by predecessors, being knowledgeable and thoughtful, summing up and refining can we surpass our predecessors and catch up with them. He added: "I have been thinking all day, so it is best to learn what I have learned in a flash."
I've tasted all my limbs and I'm looking forward to it. I might as well learn from it. Climb a trick, the arm does not lengthen, but the person you see is far away; Call with the wind, the sound does not add disease, but the listener is obvious. Cheating horses is not good enough. And those fake boat trips thousands of miles away can't swim, but they will never reach the river. "It means that with knowledge, you can stand tall and see far, just like crossing Wan Li Road with chariots and horses and crossing the river with paddles.
Xunzi believes that the effectiveness of learning comes from hard accumulation. "Storms accumulate mountains, Xing Yan's water drops merge into the ocean, and dragons give birth to Yan. 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. You can't jump ten paces, but you can't help it. Wedge and don't give up, rotten wood can't be carved, and wedge can't be carved. "
The mounds of earth are mountains, and the wind and rain can start from there. Mosquitosaurus can only grow when water droplets form an ocean. Only when good deeds are accumulated can we be complacent and have a sacred heart.
So only by walking step by step can we reach our destination. Only a trickle can make thousands of waves. A good horse like Miracle can't jump ten steps, and the effect is that the horse won't give up after ten steps. Stop carving with a knife, you can't carve rotten wood, but stick to carving, even hard metal and jade can be carved successfully.
Xunzi believes that learning should be absorbed, not eager for success. For example, he said, "Earthworms don't have the advantages of wannabe, and their bones and muscles are strong. They eat the earth and drink the yellow earth, and they are also careful. The crab kneels six times and stings twice. Those who are not in the snake hole have nothing to place and are impatient. "
Xunzi also emphasized applying what he had learned. He said, "If you don't smell it, you won't smell it. If you don't see it, you will see it. If you don't know it, you will know it. If you don't do it, you will stop."
It means that learning itself has a wide connotation, and there should be four essentials: listening, watching, knowing and doing. Only by applying what you have learned and putting it into practice can you achieve the purpose of learning. Xunzi also particularly emphasized "learning from Mo and being close to the people" and "long ceremony", being close to mentors and friends, being honest and prudent, and paying attention to moral cultivation, so as to achieve "the power cannot be tilted, the people cannot move, and the world cannot be swayed". Only the all-essence, all-essence morality can make a noble person.
Xunzi's "Encouraging Learning" is a famous article about learning. This article repeatedly expounds the importance, purpose, attitude and method of learning, and emphasizes that learning is an important condition for people to think about problems and understand things. Only by studying can they grow their talents, improve themselves and surpass their predecessors, thus achieving hector's achievements.
Some people give up halfway before they taste the sweetness, so don't hesitate to do so! Some people are anticlimactic, too obsessed with "a good beginning is half the battle" and ignore the unremitting efforts of the other half. Finally, they plant watermelons and get sesame seeds. Don't hesitate! "You can't take ten steps in one leap, and you can't do it in ten steps."
Perseverance is very important if you want to reach the other side of victory. When dealing with learning, you are a little self-righteous, and you will feel depressed when you encounter a little setback. People with this attitude can hardly achieve great things. Li Huaxi, a German chemist, failed to delve into the end when studying seaweed, and as a result, he missed out on new elements. Tan Qian, who is over 500 years old, lost 27 years of hard work overnight and never recovered. But with superhuman perseverance, after 1 1 years of hardships, completed the masterpiece "Guo Que".
Thick iron bars can be ground into tiny embroidery needles, relying on the indomitable spirit, and trickle can penetrate hard stones, relying on the indomitable spirit.
If you have this perseverance and single-minded attitude, you will be like a duck to water. "Earthworms don't have the advantages of minions, and their bones and muscles are strong. They eat the earth and drink the yellow land, and they are also diligent. " If you are determined to be a painter today, a poet tomorrow and practice the piano hard the day after tomorrow, your ambition is certainly commendable.
However, the "single-mindedness" of "not listening to things outside the window, only reading sage books" is not commendable. In today's world, the situation changes suddenly; Nowadays, the times are changing rapidly, and all these things, even piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and football computer, are not ignored. This requires us to learn in all directions and gain energy in all directions on the basis of this skill.
A person's life is spent in constant learning and accumulation. It is also a busy life. Some people draw water with a sieve and accomplish nothing, while others have achieved fruitful results and become household names, which is inseparable from their learning attitude. The former may not be able to jump step by step, or like a crab with six knees and two claws, while the latter is like a ten-legged worm, like a single-minded earthworm, that's all.