- 荀子 儒效
Simplified: 不闻不若闻之，闻之不若见之，见之不若知之，知之不若行之；学至于行之而止矣
Transliteration (pinyin): Bù wén bù ruò wén zhī, wén zhī bù ruò jiàn zhī, jiàn zhī bù ruò zhīzhī, zhīzhī bù ruò xíng zhī; xué zhìyú xíng zhī ér zhǐ yǐ.
Not hearing is not as good as hearing, hearing is not as good as seeing, seeing is not as good as mentally knowing, mentally knowing is not as good as acting; true learning continues up to the point that action comes forth.
- Xun Zi (荀子 8.儒效 23)
Transliteration (pinyin): Bù wén bù ruò wén zhī, wén zhī bù ruò jiàn zhī, jiàn zhī bù ruò zhīzhī, zhīzhī bù ruò xíng zhī; xué zhìyú xíng zhī ér zhǐ yǐ.
Common: I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand.
Moral: You can only understand something by trying it yourself.
Revised: Tell me and I [will] forget. Show me and I [will] remember. Involve me and I [will] understand.
Also: You can't understand until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes.
가르침을 듣지 않는 것은 듣는 것만 못하고 듣기만 하는 것은 보는 것만 못하며, 보기만 하는 것은 아는 것만 못하고 알기만 하는 것은 행하는 것만 못하다. 학문이란 이를 실천하는 데 이르러서야 결론된다.
- 순자(荀子, BC 298?~BC 238?), 荀子(순자) 유효(儒效)
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