Peng Duanshu on learning hard and vulnerable

Study hard or not? Some say it is not difficult, it is said that difficult. Person says it is not difficult, however, may not be successful, said that difficult people is not necessarily discourage. 18th century Qing dynasty scholar Peng Duanshu has this always wrote a letter to his sons and nephews. He said: \"the world has difficulty difference? To do difficult things become easier; don\'t do easy things become difficult. Is there a difference between hard and easy to do? To learn, difficult becomes easy; is not that easy to become difficult. ”

\"Even if my talent dull, mediocre than others, but I keep learning every day, no slack, there will always be successful one day, then, is not dull and mediocre. Even if my talent wise, to agile, doubly than others; but I can discard these talents and not, then I, and the dull mediocrity of people there will be no different. Confucius \' students, Zeng Shen is is famous for its blunt. But Confucius school, but by Zeng Cen down. This shows that the role of bright and dull, where is the static! ” ?牐?

\"There is a remote place in Sichuan, have two boys: a poor, one rich. One day the monk on the rich and the poor monk said: \' I think of the South China Sea, what do you see? \' Rich monks asking: \' why do you go? \' Poor monk said, \' I live on a water bottle, a rice bowl. \' Rich monk said, \' I didn\'t want to hire boat to have not done over the years. What can you go? \' After a year, poor monk came back from the South China Sea, tell rich monks, rich monks feel very ashamed. ” ?牐?

\"The South China Sea is the mount PuTuo of Zhejiang, is a holy land of Buddhism. From Sichuan province to the South China Sea, did not know there are thousands of miles. Rich boys can\'t go poor monk to became. Human structures can not do the poor monk in Sichuan? ”

\"So clever and quick, is both reliable and unreliable stuff, think smart and agile but not study hard, it will ask for failed. Dull and mediocre, have a restrictive effect on human development, but not completely limited living people found. Not limited to the born to persevere in an effort to learn, is really seeking motivated people.

Peng Duanshu this letter is very famous. It not only encouraging and motivating the Pang family\'s sons and nephews, but also encouraged and inspired many later young people. Because this letter writing sincere, analysis of dialectical, seeking truth from facts and give vivid examples, so have a lot of convincing. ”