开卷有益

Kāi Juàn Yǒu Yì

打开书本，总能有收获。鼓励人们多读书。

Opening a book is always worthwhile — reading, in any form, brings benefit.

宋sòng朝cháo的de皇huáng帝dì宋sòng太tài宗zōng特tè别bié喜xǐ欢huān读dú书shū。他tā让ràng人rén编biān了le一yī部bù大dà书shū，一yī共gòng一yī千qiān卷juàn，叫jiào《太tài平píng御yù览lǎn》。

宋sòng太tài宗zōng定dìng下xià一yí个gè目mù标biāo：每měi天tiān至zhì少shǎo读dú三sān卷juàn。国guó事shì再zài忙máng，他tā也yě不bù放fàng过guò一yī天tiān。大dà臣chén们men看kàn他tā太tài辛xīn苦kǔ，劝quàn他tā休xiū息xī一yí下xià。宋sòng太tài宗zōng笑xiào着zhe说shuō：“开kāi卷juàn有yǒu益yì，只zhǐ要yào翻fān开kāi书shū，就jiù会huì有yǒu收shōu获huò，读dú书shū一yì点diǎn也yě不bù觉jué得de累lèi。”

有yǒu时shí因yīn为wèi事shì情qíng多duō，当dāng天tiān没méi读dú完wán，他tā就jiù在zài第dì二èr天tiān补bǔ上shàng。就jiù这zhè样yàng，一yī年nián之zhī内nèi，他tā把bǎ一yī千qiān卷juàn的de大dà书shū全quán读dú完wán了le。他tā的de学xué问wèn也yě因yīn此cǐ越yuè来lái越yuè广guǎng。

“开kāi卷juàn有yǒu益yì”这zhè个ge成chéng语yǔ从cóng此cǐ流liú传chuán下xià来lái，鼓gǔ励lì每měi一yí个gè人rén：只zhǐ要yào肯kěn打dǎ开kāi书shū本běn，就jiù一yí定dìng能néng学xué到dào东dōng西xī。

In the Song dynasty, Emperor Song Taizong loved books. He had scholars compile a great collection in a thousand volumes, called the Taiping Yulan.

The emperor set himself a goal: three volumes a day, no matter what. However busy the affairs of state, he didn't skip a single day. His ministers, seeing how hard he was working, urged him to rest. The emperor smiled. “Opening a book is always worthwhile. Every time I turn a page I learn something — reading never feels like a burden.”

On days too busy to finish, he made up the reading the next day. And so, in a single year, he read through all thousand volumes. His knowledge grew wider and deeper than ever.

The saying “opening a book brings benefit” has been passed down ever since, encouraging everyone: open a book, and you will always learn something worthwhile.