劝学

勸學

Quànxué

proper noun

Meanings

1 Encouraging Learning, the first chapter of the Xunzi
2 Encouraging Study, the title of several classical poems urging the young to study

Characters

to urge; to encourage

learning; to study

Examples

HSK 7-9

颜真卿的《劝学》告诉年轻人要趁早读书。

Yán Zhēnqīng de 《 Quànxué 》 gàosu niánqīngrén yào chènzǎo dúshū.

Yan Zhenqing's poem "Encouraging Study" tells young people to study while they are young.

HSK 7-9

荀子在《劝学》里说：“学不可以已。”

Xúnzǐ zài 《 Quànxué 》 lǐ shuō: " Xué bù kěyǐ yǐ. "

In "Encouraging Learning", Xunzi says: "Learning must never stop."

Tips

history

The opening chapter of the 荀子 argues that people become noble only through steady, lifelong study. It is the source of 青出于蓝 'the pupil surpasses the teacher', 锲而不舍 'to keep chiselling away', and the line 不积跬步，无以至千里 'without piling up half-steps you cannot travel a thousand li'.

culture

Later poets reused the title. 颜真卿's quatrain ends 黑发不知勤学早，白首方悔读书迟 'with black hair you don't think to study early; with white hair you regret starting late'.

Stroke Order

劝 quàn

学 xué