There’s a popular Chinese proverb that often kindles two different arguments.
The proverb says du wanjuan shu， xing wanli lu， or translated literally “to read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles.”
The saying was first quoted in “Notes from the Painting-Meditation Studio” written by Dong Qichang (1555-1636)， a famous painter， calligrapher and politician in the late years of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
三亚市和达胶带有限公司Dong’s saying was urging people to study more and gain knowledge， then put into practice what they learned while further broadening their horizons. He thought this was the ideal ethos of Chinese scholars.
However， later on， some people twisted Dong’s saying to du wanjuan shu，坡头区粒机颜料有限公司 buru xing wanli lu， 绍兴屹通纺织品有限公司 or “to travel ten thousand miles beats reading ten thousand books.”
The latter version obviously emphasizes that experience is more important and meaningful than what one can glean from books.
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物业But this is not a unique Chinese idea. Westerners have had similar reflections.
For instance， 增城市利大麻类有限公司 Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-430)， a theologian and philosopher， once said: “The world is a book， and those who do not travel read only one page.”
David Rockefeller (1915-2017)， an American investment banker， was quoted as saying “I am a passionate traveler， and from the time I was a child， travel formed me as much as my formal education.”
深圳市欣盛源贸易有限公司All these sayings and quotations seem to agree on one point: By seeing new places and meeting new people， travel can be as enlightening and enchanting as reading books.
兴宁市振阳农用车有限公司The unspoken moral is: Do both as much as possible.展会