What ’ s beneath the surface Chang encourages pursuing knowledge for its own sake, but balanced by the proviso that studying for mere pleasure often equates with superficial study. The real pleasure in learning, she continues, is not so much in the whats, but rather in the hows or whys.
由此，張曉風強調「學問本身才是真趣味所在」；要小心的是，「快樂的學習常也意味著表淺的學習」，其實許多學問的趣味不在「知其然」，而在「知其所以然」。