Chapter 25 Open book is beneficial

This is a cliché.If you want to trace the origin, you have to trace it to an emperor.Volume 6 of Song Wangbi's "Mian Shui Yan Tan Lu": (Song) Taizong read the three volumes of "(Taiping) Yulan" every day. Due to some shortages, he made up for it in his spare time.Taste said: "opening the book is beneficial, and I don't think it's laborious." This passage may also be a "praise" speech, which is not entirely credible.However, I would rather believe it, because it really hits the mark. Mr. Lu Xun sometimes said: "Turn through casually", and I think the meaning is the same.The reason why he can learn extensively and memorize well, and understand the past and the present, is closely related to "casual flipping".

"Juan" refers to a book, and "casual flipping" also refers to a book.Why can books have such great power?Since humans created language, invented characters, and copied or printed them into books, books have become an important carrier of cultural inheritance.If human beings want to survive, culture must be passed on, so books must be read.Especially in today's era of information explosion, we must get information in time.Only in this way can people live unrestrainedly, otherwise it will be counterproductive.How to get the information?You can get information by watching, and you can also get information by listening, and reading is still an important source of information, so reading is a must.

Who needs to read?When mankind enters the realm of great harmony in the future, everyone must and is willing to read, and take pleasure in it, not bitterness in it.Right now, we can't do that yet. The "Gang of Four" said: The more you read, the more reactionary you become.This "Gang of Four" is also called the "Gang of Four".We can ignore it.Nowadays, there are individual "big money", just like Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, they don't study.You can make a fortune without reading.However, in my opinion, this is only a temporary phenomenon and I believe it will change soon.The inheritance of culture cannot be placed on these people, but can only be placed on college students who have graduated or have not yet graduated.They are our hope, they represent our future.The burden on the shoulders of college students is heavy!They have a long way to go.For the continued survival of human beings, for the sake of being worthy of their ancestors and worthy of their descendants, college students (and of course some others) must study.This is a matter of course and there is no need to argue.

According to my contact with Peking University students and my observation of them, the vast majority of students are still willing to study.Some of them said they felt lost and didn't know what to do.They set up some associations to discuss issues together, study life, and are interested in the meaning and value of life.They even want to explore the mysteries of the universe.They are a generation who are willing to think, and they are a generation of extremely lovely young people who can be trusted.Being with them, I, an old man who is about nine years old, seems to be rejuvenated, and my heart is full of youthful vitality.It does not conform to the actual situation to say that these young people are unwilling to study.

What kind of book do you read?Of course you have to read your professional books, that's no problem.Books other than your major should also be "casually flipped through".The wider the knowledge, the better, and the more information you get, the better, otherwise it is easy to become a short-sighted person.Short-sightedness is not only not conducive to the discussion of one's own profession, but also not conducive to the competition for survival, not conducive to one's own development, and eventually abandoned by the great era. Therefore, I dedicate a word to today's college students: it is beneficial to open a book.

April 5, 1994