Zhu encouraged people to read widely and deeply, because only with profound and precise knowledge could one think clearly and act with the greatest effect. The Joy of Study Later generations of scholars were infected by Zhu's love of knowledge.
他勸人博學知書，因為學問精深，才能思慮清明，發揮無比力量，有如小小「半畝方塘」的人心，也才不至於凝滯不通。讀書之樂樂無窮