Diligence is like a seedling sprouting in spring, but it will not thrive; Dropping out of school is like a grindstone, but it hurts every day.

"Diligence is like a seedling in spring; If you don't see its increase, you will be stronger every day; Dropping out of school is like a whetstone. If you can't see the damage, you will lose money every day. " It means:

Study hard is like a seedling in spring. You can't see it growing, but it actually grows every day. Putting aside learning is like sharpening a stone. You can't see it thinning, but the stone is thinning every day. Encourage us not to relax our study. As long as we persist, our knowledge will grow.

The truth is in the sentence: genius comes from diligence. There is no shortcut on the road of knowledge. Persistence is the key to success.

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The story of Tao Yuanming's persuasion

According to legend, one day after Tao Yuanming retired, a teenager asked him for advice: "Sir, I admire your profound knowledge and want to know your wonderful method of reading as a teenager." Please advise, the younger generation is grateful. "

Tao Yuanming laughed and said, "How can there be a wonderful learning method? The only stupid way is to work hard. If you study hard, you will advance, and if you drop out of school, you will retreat! "

Seeing that the boy didn't understand what he meant, Tao Yuanming dragged him to the edge of the rice field and pointed to a seedling, saying, "Stay here, take a closer look and tell me if it has grown taller?"

The boy looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see the seedlings grow up, so he said, "I'm not good at it!" " "

Tao Yuanming asked, "Are you sure you can't? So, how did the dwarf seedlings become so tall? "

Seeing that the teenager bowed his head and said nothing, Tao Yuanming further guided him and said, "In fact, it has been growing, but we can't see it with the naked eye. The same is true for reading and studying. "

Then, Tao Yuanming pointed to a grindstone by the stream and asked the boy, "Why is that grindstone so concave as a saddle?"

"It is ground like this." The boy replied.

"When was that ground into this?" The boy shook his head. Tao Yuanming said: "This is because we sharpen our knives and sickles on it every day, which is accumulated over time, and so is learning. If you don't insist on learning, you will owe something every day. "

The boy suddenly realized that he gave Tao Yuanming a big gift and said, "Thank you for your advice. Students will never ask for any magic again. Please leave me a few words, which I will always remember. "

Tao Yuanming happily wrote: "Diligence is like a seedling in spring. If it is not increased, it will grow stronger day by day;" Dropping out of school is like a whetstone. If you can't see its harm, you will lose money every day. "

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Tao Yuanming