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Liang Shiqiu (1903-1987), formerly known as Liang Zhihua ,Zi Shiqiu,Zijia,Qiulang,Cheng Shu,etc., a native of Hangxian County, Zhejiang (now Hangzhou), born in Beijing, is a Chinese modern and contemporary essayist, scholar, literary critic and translator. In August 1923, he went to the United States to study and obtained a master's degree in literature from Harvard University. After returning to China in 1926, he taught at National Southeast University and National Qingdao University. In 1949, he went to Taiwan and became a professor in the English Department of Taiwan Normal University. He was the first authority in the country to study Shakespeare. He has fought with left-wing writers such as Lu Xun. In his lifetime, he left more than 20 million words of works on the Chinese literary scene, and his prose collection "Yashe Sketches" and the translation of "The Complete Works of Shakespeare" have become literary classics. This article was originally written by the famous artist "Long Talk about Reading",

Published in the "Xinmin Evening News" reading music column, and later compiled into the "Famous Artists Talk about Reading" edited by Mr. Cao Zhengwen. This article describes his understanding of reading, pointing out that the value of books cannot be measured in money, and that reading books must be selective, "otherwise it is not only useless but also a waste of time." The easiest way to emphasize people's cultivation is to read, and reading never hates its lateness, "late, better than never reading."

We modern people are really happy to read. The ancients, "written in the book of bamboo", bamboo is bamboo Jane, and bamboo is the silk. Books are rare and precious things. If a person can hang on a bamboo veil, he can be immortal. Confucius read "Yi" in his later years, Wei compiled the three absolutes, using phloem through the bamboo tube, turning it over so that the phloem was broken, how difficult it was to read at that time! Later, with paper and brushes, the production of books was more convenient, but before the art of printing was practiced, the circulation of books was entirely by copying. If we look at the Tang Dynasty scriptures and the manuscripts of many ancient books, we can see that a book is not easy to come by. Since the advent of printing, stereotypes, movable type, lithography, photocopying, and even microfilm, the convenience of reading is incomparable.

Scarce things are more expensive. But books are not ordinary goods. Books are the crystallization of human wisdom and the treasure of experience, so although the valley is full of books today, the value of books is not measurable by money. Low price may not be the color difference of the goods, and the best-selling content may not be good. The value of a book lies in the refinement of its content. Song Taizong read two volumes of the Taiping Imperial Records and other books every day, and if he missed a day, he would make up for it later, saying: "It is beneficial to open the volume, and I don't think it is laborious." This is where the phrase "beneficial" comes from. The Taiping Imperial Records collected more than 1,600 kinds of books, divided into 55 doors, and the classics of the past dynasties were all collected, so that the Song Taizong Hades of Ri Li had two volumes, of course, it can be said that it is beneficial to open the volume. Nowadays we have too many books, even if they are shoddy, at least a wide variety, and the contact is very extensive. We must have choices in reading, otherwise it will not only be useless but also a waste of time.

So what books to read? It depends on the interests and needs of each person. In school, if we can meet one or two learned people in the teacher, it is the luckiest thing, and he can properly guide us in the way of reading. Leaving school is on your own. Reading never hates it too late. Late, better than never reading. There is one principle that is perhaps worth considering: as an authentic Chinese, some books must be read. It has nothing to do with the industry. Science and engineering, finance and economics, grammar, all need to read some books that have become a Chinese cultural tradition. The scriptures are, of course, an important part of this, and the history books are equally important. Blind Bible reading cannot be advocated, and the so-called "national studies" with vague meanings cannot satisfy the hopes of modern people. A series of ancient books that we should understand with a modern eye.

Huang Gu said: If people do not read, they will be born in the midst of the world, and if they look in the mirror, their faces will be abominable, and their language will be tasteless to people. Savoring his words, he felt that it seemed to make sense. In fact, the people we see are indeed the most hateful and tasteless people. I wondered, where is the causal relationship? Why is it that without reading a book, one looks abominable and tasteless? I think perhaps because reading is equivalent to the Shangyou ancients, and those ancient people who wrote books must be a momentary talent, and the ancients traveled unconsciously by its smoke, and finally received the merit of changing temperament, the realm is high, the mind is wide, and the face naturally reveals a fresh and refreshing atmosphere. At the same time, it is naturally lofty in terms of conversation. On the other hand, if people do not read, what is the matter, probably trapped in the dust of the world's net, trapped in the locks of fame and fortune, burning and covering, distressed and troubled, naturally abominable, and able to speak with taste?

Of course, changing your temperament doesn't have to depend on reading. For example, the artist has another kind of practice. "Bo Ya learned to play the piano in Mr. Chenglian, and it did not take three years. Cheng Lian yan my master Fang Zi Chun is now in the East China Sea, and can move people's feelings. He went with Bo Ya to Penglai Mountain, and left Bo Ya Su, saying: "Zi Ju Xi Zhi, I will welcome the teacher." 'The thorn ship is gone, and it will not return at ten o'clock. Bo Yayan looked at no one, but he heard the sound of the sea cave collapsing, the mountains and forests, the birds mourning, and sighed: 'Sir will move my feelings.' 'It is a song of support for the piano, a song, a series of thorn boats to welcome it back. The piano of the tooth is wonderful. This passage records that the temperament of the musician is naturally altered, although mysterious, not incomprehensible. Zen religion is transmitted outside the world. There is no writing at all, and by epidox one can see the mind. This is the extraordinary achievement of a man who is born with a different nature. For us ordinary people, the easiest way to cultivate is to read.

Books, in themselves, are fun and cute. Books of all sizes, large and small, stand on the shelf, placed on the desk, placed on the pillow, and are not suitable. A good version is especially welcome. I have a penchant for line-bound books. Mr. Wu Zhihui once advocated that all wire-bound books be thrown in the toilet pit, which was an extreme statement that was uncomfortable to hear. If I had to throw it in the pit of the lavatory, I would throw away the book in a western-bound book, and I wouldn't be willing to throw it away. Unfortunately, wire-bound books are now rare, as rare as those who wear robes. Decades ago, I searched for the Du shi version, and saw the Gu Yi series of books photocopying the Song version of Cai Mengbi's "Caotang Poetry Notes", I really loved to play and couldn't bear to let go, I wanted to see the original layout was large, the engraving was exquisite, and the ink color of the paper was also selected. The book may not be of much value on the collation notes, but the book itself is indeed a supreme work of art.