Intelligent people don t learn, they don t ask, I don t know who said it

Wang chong.

From "On Balance and Practical Knowledge", the original text is as follows:

Unknowable things, learning from the heart, although small and easy. Therefore, intelligent people can't learn it, and they don't know if they don't ask.

Translation: Things that cannot be known, even if you study and ask others with your heart, no matter how small things are, it is not easy to understand, so even if you are smart, you will not achieve anything if you don't learn, and you won't know if you don't ask others.

Wise people, if you don't learn, you can't do it, and you don't know what you don't know, so even if you have intelligent people, you won't have success if you don't learn, and you won't know if you don't ask others.

Source: Han Dynasty Wang Chong.

On Balance and Actual Knowledge": "The things that the husband can know, but the essence of thinking, although it is not difficult; The unknowable, the hard to learn, although small and easy. Therefore, intelligent people can't learn it, and they don't know if they don't ask. ”

Translation: What can be known, as long as you think about it carefully, no matter how big it is, it is not difficult to understand; Things that cannot be known, even if you study and ask others with your heart, no matter how small things are, it is not easy to understand, so even if there are intelligent people, if you don't learn, you won't be successful, and if you don't ask others, you won't know.

No matter how smart a person is, he must learn to achieve something, and he can understand the truth by asking.

It means that no matter how smart a person is, he will not achieve anything if he does not learn, and he will never know if he does not ask.

From [Eastern Han Dynasty] Wang Chong's "On Heng and Actual Knowledge", the original text is:

If you don't learn to know yourself, you don't know if you don't ask, and you can't do anything in ancient and modern times. What the husband can know, but think about it, although it is not difficult; The unknowable, the hard to learn, although small and easy. Therefore, intelligent people can't learn it, and they don't know if they don't ask.

Translation: If you don't learn, you can know, and you can understand yourself without asking others, and there has been no such person doing things from ancient times to the present. Things that can be understood, as long as you concentrate on thinking, even if the problem is big, there is no difficulty; Incomprehensible things, learn to ask by heart, even if the questions are small, it is not easy to grasp.

Therefore, even if there are wise and capable people, they will not achieve anything if they do not learn, and they will never know if they do not ask.

Brief introduction of the work. "On Balance and Actual Knowledge" is an important chapter for the Eastern Han Dynasty philosopher Wang Chong to expound knowledge, dividing things into two categories: knowable and unknowable, and accordingly emphasizing contemplation and hard learning, in order to obtain an understanding of the two types of things. This proposition contains the materialist element of attaching importance to practical experience, and criticizes the theory of "saints are born to know" at that time.

Wang Chong opposes the idealistic "theory of knowledge" of "being born to know", and adheres to the "theory of knowledge of learning" of "learning and then knowing" and "not learning and not knowing".

He believes that even people with superior wisdom like Xiang Tuo and Yin Fang must "learn and know". Therefore, Wang Chong proposed that "talents are superior, and knowledge is learned." To learn is to know, not to ask and not to know".

My understanding of this is that for a smart person, a wise person, is to be good at learning, for what you don't understand, don't understand, you must be good at asking questions without shame, ask more masters, professionals, and you can get greater improvement!

Even if you are smart and wise, you will not achieve anything if you do not learn, and you will not know if you do not ask others.

No matter how smart a person is, he will not achieve anything if he does not learn, and he will never know if he does not ask.

No matter how smart a person is, he will not achieve anything if he does not learn, and he will never know if he does not ask.

The more you know, the more you can achieve great things, and the more you don't learn, you can't achieve great things.

No matter how smart a person is, if he doesn't ask and learn, he won't learn much.

No matter how smart a person is, if he doesn't learn, he won't get results.

People are not born to know, who can be free from confusion.

It means that if you don't learn, you won't be able to achieve anything, and you will never know if you don't ask.

No matter how smart a person is, he will not fail to learn, he will not have achievements, and if he is not asked, he will never know.

It means that if talents do not learn, there is no knowledge, and they do not know if they do not ask.