be understood as well as if we had seen them with our own eyes.
These things the mouth should recite and the heart consider; in the morning be found at them, and in the evening be still at them.
Chung-ni [another name for Confucius] once called a boy of ten years of age his instructor; for, of old, even perfect and wise men learned diligently.
Chao, when he held the office of Chung-ling, read Sun-yu. Though filling so high a situation, he yet learned diligently—so much so, that he never laid the book out of his hand.
In the time of the emperor Sung, Lu-wen-shu was constantly looking over the books engraven on leaves.
Wu-yao made leaves of the reed bamboo, by paring it thin. Though he did not possess books [as we do], he exerted himself in the pursuit of knowledge.
Sun-king suspended his head by its hair to the beam of the house, to prevent his sleeping over his books.
Su-tsin pricked his thigh with an awl, to prevent his sleeping.
