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Better to Travel 10,000 Miles than Read 10,000 Books
行万里路胜读万卷书 translates a few ways:
To travel ten thousand miles beats reading ten-thousand books.
Better to travel ten thousand li than to read ten thousand books. (a “li” is an ancient Chinese mile)
Traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books.
No matter how you slice it, this Chinese proverb is claiming that experience is more profound and meaningful than what you can get from a book. Go do it! Don't just read about it.
Read 10,000 Books, Travel 10,000 Miles
讀萬卷書行萬里路 is a lifelong suggestion for expanding your horizons by gaining knowledge, experience, and seeing the world.
Of course, this was written long ago when it was hard to travel 10,000 miles (at least 1000 years before the invention of the airplane).
With air travel and the business I'm in, I often achieve that lifetime goal on a monthly basis.
However, I am a little behind in the book count.
Note: An ancient Chinese mile (里 or lǐ) referred to in this proverb is about a third of a British/American mile. However, at that time, this was a great distance to travel.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
古書 古书 see styles |
gǔ shū gu3 shu1 ku shu kosho こしょ |
ancient book; old book (1) old book; rare book; classic; (2) (See 古本・1) secondhand book; used book |
六經 六经 see styles |
liù jīng liu4 jing1 liu ching roku kyō |
Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1] six scriptures |
帙 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih chitsu ちつ |
book cover (1) protective covering for a book (often in the form of a folding case with clasps); (counter) (2) counter for book covers book |
偽書 伪书 see styles |
wěi shū wei3 shu1 wei shu gisho ぎしょ |
forged book; book of dubious authenticity; misattributed book; Apocrypha (noun - becomes adjective with の) spurious letter; apocryphal book; forgery |
善本 see styles |
shàn běn shan4 ben3 shan pen yoshimoto よしもと |
old book; good book; reliable book; rare book (surname) Yoshimoto Good stock, or roots, planting good seed or roots; good in the root of enlightenment. |
成書 成书 see styles |
chéng shū cheng2 shu1 ch`eng shu cheng shu seisho / sesho せいしょ |
to finish (writing a book); to appear in book form; a book already in circulation book |
書皮 书皮 see styles |
shū pí shu1 pi2 shu p`i shu pi shohi しょひ |
book cover; book jacket (See ブックカバー) book cover; outer wrapper for a book (put on by a bookseller before being handed to a customer) |
異本 异本 see styles |
yì běn yi4 ben3 i pen ihon いほん |
(1) variant edition (of a book); alternative version; different manuscript; (2) (See 珍本) strange book; rare book; unique book variant edition |
エロ本 see styles |
erohon エロほん |
pornographic photo book; erotic photo book; pornographic comic book; hentai comic book |
新唐書 新唐书 see styles |
xīn táng shū xin1 tang2 shu1 hsin t`ang shu hsin tang shu shintoujo / shintojo しんとうじょ |
History of the Later Tang Dynasty, seventeenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] and Song Qi 宋祁[Song4 Qi2] in 1060 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 225 scrolls (work) New Book of Tang (11th century history book covering the Tang dynasty); (wk) New Book of Tang (11th century history book covering the Tang dynasty) |
旧唐書 see styles |
kutoujo; kyuutoujo / kutojo; kyutojo くとうじょ; きゅうとうじょ |
(work) Old Book of Tang (10th century history book covering the Tang dynasty); (wk) Old Book of Tang (10th century history book covering the Tang dynasty) |
暴露本 see styles |
bakurobon ばくろぼん |
tell-all book; revealing book; kiss-and-tell book; scandalous book |
スポック博士の育児書 see styles |
supokkuhakasenoikujisho スポックはかせのいくじしょ |
(work) The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946 book by Benjamin Spock); (wk) The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946 book by Benjamin Spock) |
書 书 see styles |
shū shu1 shu sho しょ |
More info & calligraphy: Book(n,n-suf) (1) book; document; (2) calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; (3) handwriting; (4) letter; note likh; to write; pustaka, a writing, book; lekha, a letter, document. |
詩篇 诗篇 see styles |
shī piān shi1 pian1 shih p`ien shih pien shihen しへん |
More info & calligraphy: Psalms(1) book containing a collection of poems; (2) Psalms (book of the Bible) |
五經 五经 see styles |
wǔ jīng wu3 jing1 wu ching go kyō |
the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1] five [Chinese] classics |
全書 全书 see styles |
quán shū quan2 shu1 ch`üan shu chüan shu zensho ぜんしょ |
entire book; unabridged book complete book; complete set; treatise complete works |
冊子 册子 see styles |
cè zi ce4 zi5 ts`e tzu tse tzu sasshi さっし |
a book; a volume book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook; (female given name) Fumiko |
図鑑 see styles |
zukan ずかん |
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide |
定本 see styles |
teihon / tehon ていほん |
(1) revised edition (of a book or manuscript); authoritative edition; standard edition; edition incorporating many changes and corrections; (2) final version of a book as edited by the author; revised edition of a book as edited by the author; (surname) Teimoto |
愚書 see styles |
gusho ぐしょ |
(1) stupid book; worthless book; (2) (humble language) one's writings; one's letter; one's book |
文庫 文库 see styles |
wén kù wen2 ku4 wen k`u wen ku bunko ぶんこ |
collection of documents; library; book series; sequence of data, esp. genome (1) library; book collection; (2) (abbreviation) (See 文庫本・ぶんこぼん) paperback book; (surname, given name) Bunko |
新本 see styles |
shinpon しんぽん |
(1) new book; unused book; (2) newly-published book; (surname) Niimoto |
書影 see styles |
shoei / shoe しょえい |
outward appearance of a book; photo of a book's exterior; photo of a book's cover |
書評 书评 see styles |
shū píng shu1 ping2 shu p`ing shu ping shohyou / shohyo しょひょう |
book review; book notice book review |
秘本 see styles |
hihon ひほん |
treasured book; secret book; pornographic book |
舊書 旧书 see styles |
jiù shū jiu4 shu1 chiu shu |
second-hand book; old book; ancient book |
著作 see styles |
zhù zuò zhu4 zuo4 chu tso chosaku ちょさく |
to write; literary work; book; article; writings; CL:部[bu4] (noun, transitive verb) writing (a book); book; (literary) work; writings |
詩書 诗书 see styles |
shī shū shi1 shu1 shih shu shisho ししょ |
the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] (1) book of poetry; (2) The Classic of Poetry and The Classic of History (Chinese texts) |
題簽 题签 see styles |
tí qiān ti2 qian1 t`i ch`ien ti chien daisen だいせん |
to write the title of a book on a label slip of paper bearing a book's title (pasted inside the book) |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Better to Travel 10,000 Miles than Read 10,000 Books | 行萬里路勝讀萬捲書 行万里路胜读万卷书 | xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juǎn shū xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 sheng4 du2 wan4 juan3 shu1 xing wan li lu sheng du wan juan shu | hsing wan li lu sheng tu wan chüan shu | |
| Read 10,000 Books, Travel 10,000 Miles | 讀萬卷書行萬里路 读万卷书行万里路 | dú wàn juǎn shū, xíng wàn lǐ lù du2 wan4 juan3 shu1 xing2 wan4 li3 lu4 du wan juan shu xing wan li lu duwanjuanshuxingwanlilu | tu wan chüan shu hsing wan li lu | |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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