【韋編三絕】
The * Records of the Grand Historian *, " The Hereditary House of Confucius ," records that Confucius, in his later years, became very interested in the ancient book * I Ching *, a profound and difficult text. He studied it repeatedly until he understood it. The *Records of the Grand Historian* uses the phrase " the leather thongs broke three times " to describe Confucius's diligence. "Leather thongs" refers to tanned cowhide. In ancient times, before the invention of paper, characters were written on bamboo slips and bound together with leather thongs. "Broken" means broken. Confucius, while studying the *I Ching*, constantly turned the pages, causing the leather thongs binding the bamboo slips to break several times. Later, "the leather thongs broke three times" became a metaphor for diligent and painstaking study. 《史記．卷四七．孔子世家》記載孔子晚年對《易經》這本古書很有興趣，它是一本深奧難懂的書，孔子一次一次地反覆研讀，...
