These chats reminded me of a book "Reading" written by Hao, a senior publisher. He was the first person to introduce how to read a book in China. He expressed a lot of thoughts and feelings about reading in Yue Reading, among which, there is a very interesting point-reading, like eating, also pays attention to the combination of meat and vegetables, and also needs a balanced nutrition.
Speaking of eating, I believe everyone knows that we should have all kinds of staple food, non-staple food, fruits and vegetables, and distribute carbohydrates, protein and vitamins in a balanced way, so that we can eat healthy bodies. If you are partial eclipse or anorexia, it will lead to malnutrition or excess, or even eat three highs, which will eventually threaten your life.
In fact, reading is the same. If you only read professional books and textbooks, just like eating rice and noodles every day, although it can meet the needs of survival, it has no nutrition. Long-term intake may lead to malnutrition and may also lead to decreased taste. Just like the doctoral student, he has little to talk about except professional content. He is embarrassed every time he chats. Even his wife often complains that he is bored.
Similarly, if older single girls only likes reading leisure and entertainment books, just like eating chocolate and cream cakes every day, it will not only make people feel bored, but also hurt their bodies and brains. After a long time, they may become "mentally retarded" and "brain-disabled". Just like the popular overbearing president's novels and crossing Xiuxian. com, reading occasionally can relax your mood, but reading too much may make people divorced from reality and it is difficult to live and work in a down-to-earth way.
Therefore, in order to keep a clear head and quick thinking through reading, it is necessary to enlarge the reading range, reasonably allocate the reading types and time, and let the brain obtain balanced wisdom and nutrition.
In Yue Reading, Hao divides reading into four categories: staple food reading, gourmet reading, fruits and vegetables reading and sweets reading.
The purpose of staple food reading is to solve various problems in reality. Including: entrance examination, career development, business management, financial management, interpersonal relations and other books, basically teaching people how to better improve their skills, so as to survive and develop in the fierce competition.
The purpose of food reading is to let us experience the resonance in the depths of human life and find the crystallization in the depths of thought. Including: classic books on literature, history and philosophy, science, art and so on. Since it is a classic, most of them cross the boundaries of time and space and need translation or interpretation. It's best if you can read the original. If not, you need to find an excellent translation or interpretation version.
The purpose of reading fruits and vegetables is to help us digest and absorb the nutrients in the book. Including dictionaries, dictionaries and other reference books for reference or verification.
The purpose of reading candy is to entertain and relax. Including: comics, all kinds of leisure novels and so on.
We need practical books to improve our skills in work and life; It is also necessary to explore human nature and find the meaning of existence through Chinese and foreign classics; Need to use reference books to better digest and understand the wisdom in the book; You also need leisure books to relax and entertain yourself.
In this sense, no book is absolutely beneficial or harmful. As Lin Yutang said: "There is no book that everyone must read in this world, only one person must read at a certain time, place, environment or age." Therefore, according to our own situation, we should make up for any nutrition we lack and try to achieve a balanced mix.
Of course, when reading, we need to calculate the time cost and "waste" our limited time on nutritious books.
A practical book with an interesting title, but unknown author and patchwork contents; The works of people who pretend to be profound in literature, history and philosophy; That kind of shoddy translation; The kind of reference book that has not been revised for many years; The kind of bestseller that is widely circulated but can't be read ... can stay at a respectful distance from sb.
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