Why do many people find reading useless?
From ancient times to the present, there are many positive sayings about reading: for example, "the book has its own ** house, and the book has its own Yan Ruyu," "Books are the ladder of human progress", "Knowledge changes fate".
There are also a lot of negative statements: for example, "nerd", "bookworm", etc.
So is it useful to read books? From time to time, this question has become a confusing topic.
Talking about whether reading is useful or not is actually talking about whether books can help people solve practical problems.
There are two basic functions for reading a book:
1. Cultivating sentiment and reading is a kind of improvement on the spiritual level.
This kind of reading is not very useful for changing life situations. This is also the reason why most people don't like to read books - many people prefer to visit the mountains and rivers, listen to **, dance, sing, play mahjong, and even be in a daze and other ways to delight the spirit. And don't like to rely on words to cultivate sentiment, more people feel that tourism, playing ** singing is more intuitive than words. It's also very easy to understand.
If you just read books for entertainment every day, such as: watch your favorite romance, detective**, read books for the sake of reading, and don't practice real life, it is really not very useful, if you delay your business because of reading idle books, it is still harmful, to be honest, it is really not worth advocating.
For example, when it's time to eat, everyone is busy cooking, but you take the trouble to pick up a book to read, ignoring the family's food and clothing, that's not nonsense, what is it?
If you read books regardless of time, and only indulge in books, and do not focus on the reality of life, you are a real nerd, a bookworm.
If books are just a medium for cultivating sentiments, providing an emotional value. "Whether you like to read or not" is indeed a matter that varies from person to person.
And more people are thinking about another function of reading - whether they can change their life circumstances and even their own life destiny.
This brings us to the second function of reading:
The practical effect of changing lives.
If you want to make reading useful, in the final analysis, you need to use the methods and knowledge and experience learned from books to solve the pain points in life. If just reading a book can solve all the problems in life, then people don't do anything and just go to the library every day. Obviously, this will not work.
So, if the book you read can be used to solve a real problem, then it can still be useful.
There is a person who can give us a very good note on this.
This person's name is Su Qin, a scholar in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Su Qin was a native of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and a student of Guiguzi.
Although he worshipped a famous teacher, this identity did not bring Su Qin glory and wealth, he spent a few years after graduation to find a job and seek a future, but still achieved nothing, and now he is desperately admitted to 985 in the college entrance examination, and after graduation, he has to worry about the rent.
Sima Qian wrote into Su Qin's embarrassment in just 8 big characters, "I traveled for a few years, and returned in great difficulty", through these 8 words, it seems that you can see Su Qin's tattered clothes, unkempt hair, and lamentations one after another.
At first, he hoped to get ahead in reading, but later he became poor because of reading, and his mood can be imagined.
After returning to his hometown in Luoyang, his brothers, wives and sisters-in-law and other relatives laughed at Su Qin: The custom of the Zhou people is to buy land or do business to make money, but you do the opposite. specializes in playing tricks, and deserves to be reduced to this step of the field. ”
Su Qin People are poor and short-minded, horses are thin and long-haired, what can Su Qin say? Quickly retreated in shame, locked himself in the room, and wept secretly. Like a poor middle-aged man, his face is full of stories, and his sighs are unwilling.
Later, after painful reflection, Su Qin gradually understood that studying and studying cannot be prosperous and rich, so what is the use of reading so many books? It's nothing more than a walking bookcase.
This sentence seems to be "the uselessness of reading", but in fact, Su Qin realized the true meaning of reading.
What is a book?
Books are things that record knowledge, and there is no sacred place beyond that, and knowledge is a tool whose only function is to serve human society. In other words, the knowledge in the book must be combined with reality in order to burst into earth-shattering power, otherwise it will have no meaning.
Su Qin used to read books simply and did not combine knowledge and reality at all, so he "returned in great difficulty", because what most people like is not knowledge, but the benefits generated by the combination of knowledge and reality.
Knowing this, Su Qin was like opening up the second vein of Ren and Du, and the world in front of him suddenly opened up.
He found a copy of the "Yin Fu Book", and felt that the knowledge in this book was related to the real world, so he read it hard, carefully figured out the knowledge in the book, and used the knowledge in the book to deconstruct the real world. He read word by word, conquered knowledge point after knowledge point, and knowledge and world affairs slowly passed through Su Qin's mind like a movie.
A year later, Su Qinhe sighed in the scroll: "I understand, I understand, I already know everything about the world, and I can lobby the kings of various countries and achieve some achievements." ”
The so-called lobbying is to objectively analyze the basic national conditions of a certain country on the basis of skillfully judging the trend of the world, summarize the advantages and disadvantages of the country, and then put forward guiding opinions for the monarch to adopt.
It seems to be a lip service, but in fact, it is a great test of people's comprehensive quality, and they must have the ability to "strategize and win thousands of miles away" in order to be a qualified lobbyist. This kind of person is called a national soldier.
Su Qin went to see Zhou Tianzi first, but Zhou Tianzi during the Warring States Period had no status, as long as he could maintain his daily life, he didn't dare to act rashly at all.
Moreover, Zhou Tianzi's territory is not big, and if there is anything new, it will be spread everywhere by the street aunt, so Zhou Tianzi and Jincheng know Su Qin very well and don't believe his words at all.
Then Su Qin went to the Qin State and said to King Qin Huiwen from the standpoint of the Qin State: "Qin is the country of abundance, the people are hardworking and the army is strong, and it is completely possible to annex the Tianxia Zhou Tianzi and replace him, and establish the imperial industry to rule the Quartet." You think about it, but King Qin Huiwen said that now that the Qin State has not yet achieved its wings, it is still necessary to accumulate national strength, and your suggestion will be talked about later. ”
Su Qin hit a wall again, so he went to Zhao ......Still didn't work out.
Su Qin can't figure out what's the problem? I obviously spoke from the other party's standpoint, and what I said was right, why didn't the other party approve? Su Qin pondered and meditated. Always get to the point. He took this question all the way to Yan Kingdom, but still didn't figure it out.
At this time, the monarch of Yan State did not summon Su Qin immediately, and hung him out for a year before informing Su Qin to come and talk.
Fortunately, there was a year of free time, which gave Su Qin the opportunity to think deeply, so that he could figure out the key to the problem, if he was like lobbying the Son of Heaven Qin Huiwen, like the monarch of Yan Guoguo said some false big empty words, he might still not have a chance.
Because the analysis of the world's major events is the premise of lobbying, the final foothold is to give "where to go" guidance, if there is no final guidance, what is the previous paragraph that is not a fake big empty words?
Especially for the lobbying of King Qin Huiwen, Su Qin made this mistake.
Su Qin could see that the Qin State was strong and prosperous. Can King Huiwen not understand? People just don't want to say it, and to annex the world, the establishment of the first is not just lip service, there must be a reasonable military, political, economic and diplomatic strategy and feasible tactics, this is the most critical issue.
Su Qin didn't say anything, only said that the Qin State wanted to annex the world and establish the first, if King Qin Huiwen believed it, it would be really stupid.
Now that Su Qin has figured it out, he has also begun to embark on the road to the pinnacle of life.
He said to Yan Wenhou, "Yan ......."The place is more than 2,000 miles, with hundreds of thousands of ......Su Zhi has been in power for several years, and this so-called Tianfu is also. This is a realistic analysis of the problem, and by the way, it is good to be a sycophant.
Then it began to fall into the real problem, the world was in chaos, and the strife was endless, especially the desire of the Qin State to go east was very strong, but the Yan State did not have the vigilance of the soldiers, why? It's all because Zhao blocked Qin in the south. It means that Qin is the far-sighted concern of Yan, and Zhao is the near-term concern of Yan, and conversely, they are also friends who can be united.
So what to do?
Su Qin proposed his own solution: "I hope that you and Zhao will love each other, and even unite with all the countries in the world to fight against Qin, and Yan will definitely be able to sit back and relax." Yan Wenhou was overjoyed when he heard this, and he felt that it was in his heart. However, the Yan Kingdom is weak, and the surrounding Zhao and Qi are all big countries, and if you want to use the method of cooperation to stabilize the Yan Kingdom, you still have to bother Mr. Su.
So Yan Wenhou prepared a huge amount of money in luxury cars and sent Su Qin to Zhao on a business trip to further complete the great cause of cooperation.
Su Qin still uses this formula**.
He illustrated the advantages of Zhao in a sycophant: "At this time, the founding of Shandong is not stronger than Zhao. Zhao is more than 2,000 miles, with hundreds of thousands of armor, thousands of cars, 10,000 horses, and several years. "It is said that the national strength of Zhao is very strong, and it belongs to a promising country.
Then he analyzed the dilemma faced by Zhao: "Qin did not dare to raise troops to attack Zhao, the main reason was that Han and Wei were on the side to check and balance, but this situation would not last long. Because there are no mountains and rivers in Han and Wei, it is difficult to resist the offensive of Qin, and once Han Wei becomes Qin's bag, then Qin's next target must be Zhao. ”
In the end, he proposed a solution: "Only the alliance of Han, Wei, Qi, Chu, Yan, and Zhao Hezhong Whenever Qin attacks any country, the other five countries must send troops to help, and if there is a breach of the alliance, the five countries will jointly attack it." Once the situation of the six countries was formed, the Qin State would not dare to send a letter to Guguan, and the overlord of the Zhao State would become. ”
Like Yan Wenhou, King Zhao was very happy and gave Su Qin a hundred luxury cars of 100 billion yuan and 100 pairs of white splendid thousand tons, and asked him to persuade other monarchs.
Su Qin's career will not stop.
Han, Wei, Qi, and Chu were successively hit by Su Qin, and they were willing to form alliances with other countries in accordance with Su Qin's plan to jointly fight against Qin. As the core figure of Hezhong, Su Qin wears it. The six countries are in the middle of the coordination of the problems in the process of the six countries.
He has achieved his own career while solving the difficulties of others.
Su Qin, who had completed the merger, was about to go north to repay King Zhao, and when he passed by his hometown of Luoyang, the most interesting thing happened.
Because of Su Qin's entourage, there were a lot of cars, and like the pomp and circumstance of the princes of various countries, Zhou Tianzi was frightened. Hurry up and clean the streets, and let the people of Luoyang welcome the reward.
It just so happened that Su Qin's brothers, seventh sisters-in-law and other relatives were also in the crowd, probably thinking of the previous impolite behavior, they lowered their heads shyly, raised their hands high and waited for Su Qin to enjoy the food, Su Qin was also happy when he saw it, and said to his sister-in-law with a smile: "Wasn't it quite arrogant before?" Why are you respectful now? ”
Listening to this, it is obviously a mockery.
The sister-in-law's answer was also very down-to-earth: "I am proud because you are poor, and you are now in a high position." "Of course, you have to be respectful, sure enough, you are poor in the downtown and no one asks, and the rich have distant relatives in the mountains.
So Su Qin sighed: "Let me have Luoyang and Guo Tian Erqing, how can I admire the six countries?" ”
At the beginning, as long as Su Qin could survive with a mere second-leaning land, he would not have to endure the white eyes of his brothers, wives and sisters-in-law, and naturally he would not have the desire to get ahead. In that case, you can go to any reading and lobbying, and the days of hot kang for wives and children are so fragrant.
The glory of being able to match the seal of the six countries is all forced out by you.
When Su Qin said this, there must have been light in his eyes, from poverty to fame, he gave up everything, gambled everything, and completed a gorgeous counterattack. He deserves the spirit of this sentence.
This is a story about life, in which there is a reluctance to fate, a symbol of career, a method of reading, and it is also a man's revenge.
From ancient times to the present, most of those who think that they have no place for heroes because they have no ambition to study, or who always feel that they are born at the wrong time, have not met talents, and are depressed? It is that they do not combine the books they read with the actual environment in which they live to improve their own situation. The words on the book are put in the book, put in the brain, or words, only when they are combined with reality, can they burst out with earth-shattering power.
Do you have anyone like this around you? If so, tell him Su Qin's story and see how he feels? If you can wake up early, it is the last word to use your knowledge and ability to change your life situation as soon as possible!
Speaking of which, do you think reading is useful or useless?
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