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Author: Yan Wenjing
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: The author, Mr. Yan Wenjing, is a renowned writer in China. His works are often praised. He achieved such great success because he benefited from the good habit of reading books. When he was young, his family was not wealthy, and he didn’t have money to buy books. He had to read the books on his father’s bookshelf. From the age of 9 to 15, he finished reading several famous Chinese classics, including Journey to the West, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Dream of the Red Chamber, Water Margin, and the complete Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio and Six Records of a Floating Life, among others. When he had finished reading the books on the bookshelf, he started reading works beyond his age and comprehension, such as Hu Shi’s Collected Works and the essay collection Science and Life View. This greatly helped improve his reading ability, enhance his expression skills, and enrich his imagination. During his primary and secondary school years, his essays were always among the top in his class, grade, and even the entire school, often receiving praise and commendation. Therefore, he advocates that children can read books that are beyond their age and life experience. The more they read, the more unfamiliar characters, sentences, and meanings they encounter, and gradually they will learn to recognize and understand them. The author hopes that young readers can learn to discern from books and apply it to their own environment, distinguishing between the roar of a lion and the singing of demons wearing splendid crowns, thus avoiding being deceived.