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Quote teacher Guo Jicheng.

Reading classics, why is it a shortcut for people to grow?

To learn China's excellent culture and inherit Chinese traditional virtues, we should read more classics of Chinese studies. Such as The Analects of Confucius, Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Classic of Tao Te Ching, Mencius, Zhuangzi, Huangdi Neijing, etc. These are excellent works after wave after wave, which have been circulated for hundreds of years and last forever. These books are the royal jelly of human culture, which embodies the most wonderful wisdom of the Chinese nation. Reading classics and drawing wisdom from them is a shortcut to one's growth.

Reading sage books, people will find a problem, that is, they can't feel the wisdom in them. In practice, reading classics often requires someone to carry it with him. It's like crossing a river. There are beautiful scenery on the other side of the river. If you want to cross the river to see the scenery, you need a bridge or a ferry. A master of culture like Mr. nan huaijin is a "bridge" to help us cross the river and see the scenery.

To learn the classics of Chinese studies, we must understand their connotation, not take the road of idolatry, but open our consciousness and spirituality under the inspiration of the wisdom of sages. We respect everyone who is trained and our saints, but whether we realize this fundamentally depends on ourselves, and whether life can be saved depends on ourselves. This is just as Yi Zhuan said: "Heaven is healthy, and gentlemen are constantly striving for self-improvement."

Reading the classics handed down from generation to generation, learning the most wonderful wisdom of mankind and living our lives well are the choices made by the wise.