The "pyramid" reading method of Anan, the king of language learning methods

Wang Yanan's "pyramid" reading method

This is a method of reading that first seeks a wide range of solid, and then seeks depth and single-mindedness.

Comrade Wang Yanan, who served as president of Xiamen University for a long time after liberation, cooperated with Wang Dali in translating "Capital" in his early years, and later wrote various works such as "< Capital theory> Studies" and "Outline of the History of Political Economy.", and was a well-known Marxist economist throughout the country. Wang Yanan advocated the "pyramid" style of reading in his studies. He believes that reading and learning is like building a pyramid on a grand scale, and if the foundation is not thick, the spire will never be solid.

This reading method has the following requirements:

First, lay a broad foundation.

The adolescence is a golden age of reading and seeking knowledge, and it is necessary to lay a broad and solid foundation. Wang Yanan said this to those who are studying economics majors: We must do a good job in the study of the history of the theory and economic history of "Capital", and we must also learn some foreign languages and engage in some translation, and we must have a wide range of knowledge and a thick foundation, and we must understand literature, art, history, geography, and natural science.

Wang Yanan studied economics, but he was involved in some areas of literature, history, philosophy, and natural sciences. In order to read widely, he even slept in a peculiar "three-legged bed" for a long time - deliberately removing one of the legs of the bed, accidentally turning over while sleeping, and when the bed woke up, he got up and continued to study. Wang Yanan's rich knowledge accumulated over the years laid a solid foundation for his fruitful research on economics.

Second, specialize in one.

Wang Yanan proposed that after having a solid foundation for reading, we should "specialize in a major on this basis." The pyramid was built with a solid and broad foundation, but it was carried out with the fundamental purpose of "making the spire solid and firmly erect for a long time". Without the spire, there is no foundation, it is not a pyramid. Wang Yanan has devoted his life to the Institute of Chemistry and the study of Marx's economics, specializing in one point and having a clear goal.

Third, the combination of width and depth.

Yang Yanan also believes that width is for the sake of depth, and to be deeper, it must be wider and faster. Engaging in "singles and one" between micro-learning seems to be more concentrated, but in fact, it cannot be drilled deeply to a certain extent, because you lack strong knowledge reserves. Much knowledge is connected, inspired, and communicated. The study of capital > without a wealth of knowledge of universal historiography, sociology, literature, and new studies, it is absolutely impossible to carry out in-depth research.

Reading, from the content should be a combination of broad and deep, both a broad foundation and a single goal of in-depth study. From the time arrangement, it also embodies the principle of combining broad and deep, first laying the foundation, and then specializing in a goal, finding that he has defects in the knowledge of some of the consular cities, and Wu turns back to continue to expand the scope of knowledge. Repeatedly, the foundation is more solid, the research is more in-depth, the more clear the standard is, and the "pyramid" is getting taller.