Why should we read the classics?

The only purpose of reading literary classics is to cultivate our temperament and open up our spiritual space. You can break through the limitations of time and space by sitting in a small house and opening a book. You can have a friendly dialogue with people and creatures thousands of years away and thousands of miles away, and all the lives in the universe. You can achieve spiritual harmony and obtain true spiritual freedom. Keep reading and you will find that you have changed. As Ba Jin said, you have become better. (2) To read the classics is because the essence of the spirit of every nation and every era is condensed in them, and the most beautiful creations of mankind are gathered in them. The fruits of human spiritual civilization were passed down from generation to generation through the reading of classics. In this sense, the basic way to receive education was to read the classics. (3) When a person was receiving education, such as in middle school, it was not a small problem what books they read. Just like Lu Xun said, the casual pursuit of fashion, the reading of "casually picked up and swallowed", what he ate was "not nourishment, but sour wine in a new bag, rotten meat in a red paper bag." The result was not just disgust. Drinking sour wine and eating rotten meat could turn one into a freak. Therefore, Lu Xun loudly called for the correct guidance for young people to read. The idea of "reading masterpieces and classics" was a kind of guidance. Only by nourishing the next generation with the best spiritual food created by the predecessors could they ensure that they would become the "purer, kinder" and "healthy" people with a beautiful heart, as expected by Old Man Ba. (4) To read the classics, one must have the correct method. The mechanical and cold traditional reading method of "one theme, two segments, and three writing characteristics" would never enter the literary world. You should read with your heart, that is, you should read with the main body's emotional input. You should use your heart to meet, communicate, and collide with the heart of the author and the heart of the characters in the work. You should put yourself in their shoes to feel and experience their circumstances, true joy, and pain. You should use your own imagination to supplement and develop the artistic space provided by the work, taste the artistic conception of the work, and think about the meaning of the work. Basically, literary works were a form of language art. Thus, another method of reading classics was to gain an understanding of the language. The language of a true master of literature had the spirituality of life: it had sound, color, taste, emotion, thickness, strength, and texture. It should be carefully tasted, pondered, played with, and feel the interest of a language. The sensitivity and ability to control language were also important standards to measure one's spiritual quality. It was an indispensable aspect to improve one's spiritual realm and make one better. Reading classics, in the end, was the discovery and exploration of "people." Therefore, the exemplary analysis of others, no matter how wonderful, could only inspire and not replace your own reading. The true charm of a classic is to be discovered by you: through your feelings, experiences, and imagination, you can internalize it into your spirit. Everything is up to you. Young friend, open your book and read! [Question 1: What are the methods needed to read the classics?] Please contact the full text for a brief answer. (2 points)[Question 2] What did the line in the passage refer to? What kind of expression was there in writing this? (2 points)

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Reading classics can help us improve our literary attainments, broaden our horizons, increase our knowledge, and cultivate our thinking ability and aesthetic ability. Classics are usually works of high artistic and cultural value that have been filtered through history. They contain rich ideas and spiritual content that can guide us to think deeply about life, society, and the world.

Reading classics can help us better understand the world and culture, understand history and the development of human wisdom, and get inspiration from them. The story plots, characters, and language expressions in the classics can help us better understand and grasp human nature, emotions, and social laws to improve our thinking and judgment.

Reading classics can help us improve our literary appreciation ability and enhance our cultural confidence and national pride. Chinese literary classics such as Dream of the Red Chamber, Journey to the West, and Water Margins are all treasures of Chinese culture, representing the peak of ancient Chinese literature. Reading these works can help us better understand Chinese culture and history.

In short, reading classics is beneficial. It can help us improve our literary quality, broaden our horizons, increase our knowledge, cultivate our thinking ability and aesthetic ability, and at the same time, it can also improve our cultural confidence and national pride.