Learning, Chinese Proverb

不聞不若聞之，聞之不若見之，見之不若知之，知之不若行之；學至於行之而止矣。

- 中國俗談

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。

不 bù | 聞 wén | 不 bù | 若 ruò | 聞 wén | 之 zhī | 聞 wén | 之 zhī | 不 bù | 若 ruò | 見 jiàn | 之 zhī | 見 jiàn | 之 zhī | 不 bù | 若 ruò | 知 zhī | 之 zhī | 知 zhī | 之 zhī | 不 bù | 若 ruò | 行 xíng | 之 zhī | 學 xué | 至 zhì | 於 yú | 行 xíng | 之 zhī | 而 ér | 止 zhǐ | 矣 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

- Chinese Proverb

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.

From Xun Zi (荀子 8.儒效 23）.

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Study, Xun Zi (荀子)

不聞不若聞之，聞之不若見之，見之不若知之，知之不若行之；學至於行之而止矣。

- 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.

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Study, Confucius (孔子)

Study the past if you would define the future.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Study, Confucius (孔子)

Seek not every quality in one individual.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Study, Confucius (孔子)

其家不可教，而能教人者，無之。

- 孔子, 大學

不能教育家人者也不可能教育其他人。

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC),The Great Learning (大學)

Study, Confucius (孔子)

學而時習之 不亦說乎。

- 孔子

Isn't it a pleasure to study, and to practice what you have learned?

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Study, Confucius (孔子)

君子欲訥於言而敏於行。

The superior man is modest in his speech, but excels in his actions.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Attitude, Confucius (孔子)

先行其言而後從之。

- 孔子

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Study, Henry Ward Beecher

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.

- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

Teaching, Confucius

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Study, Confucius

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Study, Confucius

學而不思則罔思而不學則殆。

- 孔子

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

- Confucius (551BC–479BC)