Reading notes of The Essay on Persuasion

Preface:

It can only be said that he is a figure on the head of “ten thousand yuan” in Japan, and he is really a great man in Japan. It is hard to imagine that Japan, as a newly enlightened nation in the Meiji period, could be so forward-thinking. The book wrote a lot of things that were ahead of their time, and pointed out a lot of problems that can still be seen today in miniature. Some of the content and ideas are even forever useful at…..

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4.5 stars out of 5. Half a star less because the beginning of the content has a very contempt for the Chinese people at that time. That the Chinese were uneducated. Ethnic bias or not, much of the book is very useful.

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Do not see the name of the book to persuade you to quit, a Meiji period with close to the thoughts of modern people to teach you all kinds of knowledge. Three views of a very positive book, read the positive energy burst. A very rewarding book. Let’s dry up this toxic chicken soup.

Good quote

  • Heaven does not breed those above, nor those below

Life is not expensive or cheap, but the rich and poor create people on the people, but expensive can study, poor can also study.

  • If there is no desire, there can be no work, no work, it is impossible to enjoy happiness

Human value comes from labor (not brainwashing)

  • The secret of learning is to use it flexibly. If learning cannot be used flexibly, it means not learning at all.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

There is no art, art can be sought, there is no art, stop in the art.

  • “My studies are in Tokyo.”

Note with your hand as well as your heart

Content in this paper,

The relationship between government and people

The content of this part was also controversial at that time. The general content of fukuzawa yukichi that the government for the welfare of the people, the construction of an equal society, the management of the people, the people should also give social feedback, trust the government, serve the government heart and soul.

But when the government is corrupt, how should people treat the government?

  • Rebel against the government and commit violence. The author thinks this is irresponsible and of no benefit. The use of violence is not only unable to fundamentally solve the problem, but also likely to cause social unrest.

  • Submit to society and accept its indoctrination. The author thinks that such people do not have independent spirit, but just shirk their responsibilities, and the countless times of oppression in history is also the root of people’s outbreak.

  • Stick to the truth and maintain an independent spirit. This is the best way to deal with brainless government and corrupt governance.

A really good social order is that people have the spirit of independence. People with the spirit of independence cultivate excellent talents for the government, and excellent talents in turn promote social order and prosperity, which is the fundamental path to create a harmonious society and a prosperous society.

What is a learning

Learning is a very broad concept. In the book, there is no specific description of what learning is, but the view that everything is learning, and encourage every citizen to study wholeheartedly.

Learning is divided into learning and asking. “Learning” is a process of accumulation, just like words are something that must be learned, but words are only tools of learning, while “asking” is self-understanding and thinking about knowledge. Only when knowledge is combined and internalized into one’s own things can learning be truly useful.

The author satirised that Japan at that time was empty of the shell of civilization, but without the essence of civilization. The bachelor “learned five cars” but do not absorb digestion and thinking, and even some people think that the knowledge copied down is their own knowledge. However, how much of the transcription can be internalized by oneself? The author sarcastically said that some scholars even appeared “I lost my knowledge in Tokyo”, a very strange but real social phenomenon.

The above paragraph does not seem to be wrong nowadays. With the proliferation of educational institutions and the abundance of “free” materials flooding the Internet, our obsession with learning has turned into our obsession with learning materials. We spend too much time focusing on things that dazzle us.

The unity of action and thought

In the vernacular, it’s sarcasm. Many people say one thing and do another. Full of talk and no action. In the book refers to the time of some pedantic conservative bachelor and knowledge of shallow arrogant people.

Why are our actions and our thoughts inconsistent? On the one hand, it’s a very forgetful creature, and on the other hand, self-control and concentration vary from person to person, and when one’s thoughts are not immediately translated into action, one basically never does it. On the other hand is the 72-hour rule for people. This is a point of view from Puppy Money money, if a decision or an event does not achieve a phased result within 72 hours, then the probability of more than 90 people will not think about it. This is why we often make up our minds to change, only to forget our decision in a matter of days.

As for the unity of action and thought, I think the most basic exercise methods are:

  • Improve the time concept, grasp the time correctly, do a good job in time management.
  • Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Never force yourself to finish what you can’t do
  • Get in the habit of doing what you say you’re going to do.
  • Work and rest combine.

Here specifically mentioned why the combination of work and rest is important for the unity of action and thought. Attention wanes over time, although many people learn better in the evening than during the day. But from a scientific point of view, the earlier in the day, the higher the attention. Especially when your brain is empty in the morning, you learn surprisingly well (with a good sleep routine, of course).

The trade-off of doubt

In this paragraph, the author thinks that scholars should keep a spirit of skepticism. The best state for anything is to keep perspective. of course, we can keep unconditional faith in some long-tested truths.

Whether truth should be doubted or acknowledged is a very personal and subjective matter, but from the point of view of small arguments, such as believing in the book is better than not reading at all, the time-tested words are perfectly believable truths.

Hatred of judah

The authors make an important point: When the revenge, emphasize should maintain independent spirit and harmony between man and woman, and often complain that people are often not learned man, the more cognitive is not enough on their own, the more likely they were to put things to blame on external causes, such as don’t have the time, the wrong time, bad luck, and so on factors, when opportunity comes truly did not seize the opportunity and complaints.

So resentment is a negative energy inside and out that we need to get rid of. It is a simple waste of time and life to fret about things that are meaningless or never come.

National capitalism

The author encourages people to start businesses and industry, and praises the insistence of national capitalism, which makes a living for industry and makes the country prosperous and strong, but is exploited by the government. In the context of the time, this view is quite correct, the author was influenced by the advanced ideas of western academic. Can set the vision higher and farther, and national capitalism is the advanced thought of the promoters and disseminators.

The author’s shortcomings

After reading the book, it can be clearly seen that the author Fukuzawa Yukichi is on the side of the government, more is to persuade the people to do things, rather than against the government, this very radical oppression is not worth learning. Throughout most of national history, it has been the overthrow of old governments and ruling classes that have led to new life, although revolutions do not always bring a bright future. But seen from the course of history, revolution is more a script to promote history. But the author’s extreme thought seems to have the limitation very much at this time.

I know persuasion

I don’t know how many people see this part, I hope the following paragraph can give readers some feelings. Of course, not seeing this part also shows that my writing skills are not deep enough and need to be honed.

Take a single big section to talk more about the book itself to persuade the two words. In fact, people who really want to learn, do not need to persuade. People do not like learning, the essence is because they can not find the goal. After work, I gradually hate study, which is 100% due to lack of goals, because my goal in college was to enter the IT industry. But in fact, no matter what industry you enter, lifelong learning is a must. We may have no goal, but we can’t give up the pursuit and exploration of knowledge. To abolish a man is to leave him idle.

Thank you very much for my good reading habits in the past. What the society needs is people who spontaneously burn. So it’s important to recharge your batteries. Experienced so many reading notes and “edification” after. Obviously, I feel that my understanding ability has been greatly improved.

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Personal feelings

From the author’s point of view, although the author was a foreigner in the Meiji period, many things in the book are still useful today. It is hard to imagine that Japan, which was even more closed than China at that time, could have such advanced thinkers. At the same time, the author is a person with three positive views, which is hard to refute. He can look at things from both sides and judge a thing neutrally. This was very rare in the feudal thought at that time, and it is also very rare now. In the end, many metaphors given by the author are very easy to understand and just right, which can summarize very difficult theories with simple metaphors, which requires very deep accumulation to do.

Starting from the content, what impressed me most about the whole book was the preface that the author gave to his friend. It discussed the flamboyant style of Japanese bachelor at that time. They were able to study but not to think, and they were eager to make early judgments for achievements, lacking study and their own understanding, and even taking knowledge with them. The author uses various metaphors to describe it. The contents of the book are very interesting.

Modern society is more and more impetuous, in an era of involume, each of us are anxious, but rarely pay action to fight anxiety and put into action. Want to work hard but no direction. My personal choice is to use reading to expand my horizon, and at the same time to improve my ability of expression, language organization and communication. Through continuous reading and notes, I can understand the ideas that the authors want to express more and more quickly. It also encourages me to read more books, so it’s a virtuous circle.

conclusion

I always believe that a person who cannot stand the test of learning and accumulate small steps cannot find the life he really wants. If learning didn’t bring you fame, money, fame, etc., would you continue to learn? The answer is you would, because we did this for more than 10 years into adulthood. I think the author doesn’t really want to persuade anyone to study. What the author wants to see is a society with a good atmosphere of study.