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Rh 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.