-- "Leading Cadres Should Love Reading, Read Good Books, and Be Good at Reading-Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Second Batch of Advanced Classes and Special Seminars of the Central Party School in the Spring Semester of 2009" and other articles

■Interpretation

Comrade Mao Zedong once said that reading is study, and using is also study, and it is more important study. Objectively, reading and learning is a process of removing the crude and refined, removing the false and retaining the true, and it must be linked to reality and the unity of knowledge and action. Comrade Xi Jinping has always emphasized the application of knowledge and the integration of knowledge and action. He also quoted a sentence from Liu Xiang in the Han Dynasty's "Shuo Yuan Zhengli", "It is better to hear than to see, and what to see is not as good as to practice", which is the same truth.

Anyone who has made a difference pays attention to the combination of reading and application, not reading dead books or dead books. Comrade Xi Jinping believes that judging whether a leading cadre's level is high or not is not simply to see how much he reads, whether he is "rich in learning and talented", but mainly on whether he is strong in applying theory and knowledge to solve practical problems. In order to strengthen the application of knowledge, leading cadres must make efforts in three aspects: First, they must have the courage to practice and transform knowledge into ability; Second, we should use theory and knowledge to focus on transforming the objective world; Third, it is necessary to use theory and knowledge to consciously transform the subjective world.

■Original text

The ancients were unrelenting in their learning,

Young and strong, old and old.

On paper, I finally feel shallow,

I don't know how to do it.

——(Southern Song Dynasty) Lu You, "Reading on a Winter Night"

■Definition

"Reading on a Winter Night" is a group of eight poems by Lu You, and this poem is the third most famous, written at the end of the fifth year of the reign of Emperor Qing of Song Ning (1199). Ziyu is Lu You's youngest son. In the poem, Lu You encouraged his son to work hard early and persevere, emphasizing that he should not be satisfied with book knowledge in doing learning, but must "bow down" - learn and apply knowledge in practice in order to succeed in learning.

The first two lines of the poem say that the ancients always tried their best to do their best, and only when they were young people worked hard could they achieve a career in the future. The three words "spare no effort" summarize the degree of diligence and tirelessness of the ancients in learning. The last two sentences "On paper, I finally feel shallow, and I never know that I have to bow to it" is a poetic eye. Paper: Books. Knowing: Deep, thorough understanding. This means that the knowledge gained from books is inevitably superficial, and in order to understand things thoroughly, it is necessary to practice them firsthand. He writes from the relationship between book knowledge and social practice, emphasizing the importance of practice. The poet's feeling of reading on a winter night is the most essential realization of his life. The poet told his son: A person who has both book knowledge and practical experience is a truly learned person; Reading must strive to be "heart-to-heart, eye-to-eye, and mouth-to-mouth", and be able to draw inferences from one case and integrate the other in practice. This kind of insight of the poet is also a very valuable experience for future generations to learn and seek knowledge.