"There is no end to learning" means there is no end to learning, so we should keep making progress.
"There is no limit to learning the sea" comes from the famous academic society of Han Yu in Tang Dynasty: "There is no limit to learning the sea, and it is hard to make a boat."
Book Introduction
Zengguang Xianwen, also known as Xianwen of the Past Dynasties and Xianwen of the Past Dynasties, [2] is a collection of ancient teachings and folk proverbs, and it is an enlightening bibliography for ancient children in China. The title of the book was first seen in the drama Peony Pavilion in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, so it can be inferred that this book was written in the Wanli period at the latest. Later, after the continuous supplement of the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was changed to this appearance, which was called "adding glory to the text" in history and commonly known as "adding glory to the text". Its content brings together all kinds of proverbs about treating people, which is very philosophical and embodied in all aspects of Buddhism and Confucianism.
"There is no end to learning" comes from Liu Kai's "Ask and Say" in Qing Dynasty: "There is no expertise in reason, and there is no end to learning. Can you ask less?" "The original text is as follows:
The study of a gentleman is always easy to ask. Asking and learning complement each other. If you don't learn, you don't doubt, and if you don't ask, you don't know; You can't be a good scholar if you are thirsty for knowledge and don't ask questions frequently. Reasonable, but not necessarily achieve the goal; Know its size, don't know its details, why not ask it?
If you are wise to yourself, ask how to solve your doubts. The so-called "Tao is right" is also true. Not as good as yourself, just ask how. The so-called "ask if you can, ask if you can, and ask if you can" is also true. If you are equal to yourself, ask how to learn from each other. The so-called difficulty in cross-examination is also a matter of interrogation. Isn't the book a cloud? "Ask and answer." Mencius said, "Seek reassurance" and called it "the way to learn". After studying, there are questions. Zisi said that "respecting morality" boils down to "asking about learning through Taoism", asking first and then learning.
Ancient people enjoyed goodness in vain, asked without choosing anything, asked without choosing others and took it from themselves. It is the words of a madman, the choice of a saint, and the inquiry of an ancestor. Shun negotiates with the son of heaven, views your words with great knowledge, is neither humble nor supercilious, and takes the goodness with sincerity. After three generations, friends are friends without asking. As for the rule of persuading the good, it is enough. It is urgent to consult each other with justice and reason, and it is also urgent to study hard. What happened?
It's self, not human beings, and the common customs are the same. If you don't learn enough, you must think that you understand; If there is something wrong with reason, you should speculate. If so, there is nothing to ask for in my life. Avoid people who are virtuous to themselves and are unwilling to ask questions; Those who are inferior to themselves are light and disdainful; People who are equal to themselves are unwilling to ask questions, so there are few people in the world who can't ask questions. People are not convinced, there is nothing suspicious, and this is only for the teacher's own use. For personal use, the smallest one is also; Knowing its ugliness and protecting its loss, instead of feeling inferior, it is better to keep learning and making progress, which is harmful to the soul, and those who follow it are often nine times out of ten.
Otherwise, what you ask is not what you learned: ask the strange things in the world and tell them quickly; Even if the mind is clear, ask people to measure their abilities, and things are difficult to solve, ask people to be poor and short. Those who are wrong, although related to their physical and mental life, can collect the benefits of goodness and seek compromise without getting it. Ha ha! Why can't you learn a few from the ancients (j: and)?
And the husband is not easy to ask, and the heart can't be empty; If your heart is not empty, you will learn insincerely. Nor is it an enemy who does not concentrate his strength. His learning is not the learning of the ancients, nor is it the goodness of the ancients, so he can't be seek fortune for oneself.
No one is always smart. What saints don't know, fools don't necessarily know; What a fool can do is not necessarily impossible for a saint. There is no major in truth, but there is no end to learning, but can you ask less? In The Book of Rites, the foreign court asked all the people, and Shu Ren was also asked about national politics, so he could ask Lian, Xian, Widow and Old, which is exactly what Tao achieved.
Confucius is not ashamed to ask questions. The ancients regarded asking questions as a virtue, but did not think it was shameful. It is a shame for later generations of gentlemen to argue without asking, but those who are deeply ashamed by the ancients, what later generations have done, are too much, and mourn for their husbands!
Brief introduction of the author
Liu Kai (1784- 1824), a native of Tongcheng in Qing Dynasty, was an essayist. Liu Kai was born a few months ago and lost his father. His mother, Wu, worked day and night and took good care of her. When I was a child, I often listened to the teacher outside the school window. Over time, I got used to it. The teacher was very sympathetic and stayed in the library. Liu Kai was hungry, and he was reading poetry all over. At the age of fourteen, he took an article to visit Yao Nai. Yao Nai said happily after reading it: "This son depends on Wang Xi and Haifeng, famous writers of classical Chinese in China. My hometown is lucky." He was accepted as a disciple and given the method of poetry. Master Liu Kai, together with fellow villagers Fang, Shangyuan and Mei Zengliang of Shexian County, are also called "the four sons of Yaomen". In the first year of Daoguang (182 1), he was hired to work in Bozhou and died of sudden illness.