A Lifetime Reading Plan

Author: Bi Ling
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: I grew up immersed in the sea of books, but as I've grown older, my habit of reading has diminished. One day, I came across Li Qingzhao's "Postscript to the Gold and Stone Records," where she described the joy of reading with her husband: After meals, Mingcheng and I would sit in the "Hall of Return" to drink tea, pointing to piles of books and saying, "This event is on page XX," competing to see who could guess correctly first. If they guessed right, they would raise their cups, often laughing so hard that tea would spill over, making it impossible to drink. Such elegant and delightful pleasures make one yearn for more, and my enthusiasm for reading was rekindled.
"100 Books You Should Know About Chinese History" takes us into the vast sea of books. How, then, should we selectively read amidst this ocean? Life is fleeting. In our short lifetimes, how can we read the masterpieces of the great minds? The 200 classic works recommended in this book are carefully selected. They will guide you through the halls of knowledge, enlighten your mind, and bring you endless joy.
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Shakespeare said, "Books are the food of the world. Life without books is like a sunless world; wisdom without books is like a bird without wings." What Shakespeare meant was to encourage people to read and recognize the importance of reading.
"Starve them with hunger when they are hungry, freeze them with cold when they are cold, and make them suffer when they are happy, and keep them lonely when they are with music." Reading is enough to please the heart, enough to broaden knowledge, and enough to develop talent. Reading is truly an indispensable part of our lives.