The meaning of reading is probably to use what you feel in life to read, and to use what you get from reading to live.
Books are another kind of food for human beings. If you read a lot of books, you will be able to cultivate your temper, expand your horizons and increase your knowledge.
In addition to reading, you also need to work hard, be willing to be indifferent, and tolerate loneliness.
As a reader, in addition to one's own talent, perseverance and insight, and other factors, the ability to tolerate loneliness is also an indispensable condition.
Sometimes reading is not as simple and easy as some people think.
It requires total dedication, seeking, drawing, and integrating in the vast sea of books, using what others have for their own use, even like an ascetic, considering the cause pursued as a faith, an ideal, and a hope, thus creating fascination, devotion, and even a lifelong commitment.
Loneliness is only a form of expression here. Those who can read do not feel lonely, but those who cannot read feel lonely and bored.
There is no better insight into reading than the philosopher's statement in 'Of Study' that "when you read, you must not deliberately question the author, you must not believe what the book says, and you must not just look for the chapter and the sentence.
But you should think carefully when there is something to be tasted, something to be swallowed, and a few to be chewed and digested."
This means that reading must be chewed carefully and patiently, and repeatedly so that one will have insights and gains, and feelings and understandings.
Readers often have the experience that when they re-read a book after a few years, their understanding will be a little deeper than before and they will feel a lot more.
Reading is hard and never-ending, and no one dares to claim that they have read all the books in the world. But there is also joy in the suffering, the mood of the book, and the interest in the book infects you as if you were there.
The experience of being with the author or the main character in the book is unimaginable to anyone who reads. Although reading is hard, the harvest is often a lot, every book, they are like a spiritually rich, and even to achieve the realm of things forgotten. So reading is a kind of spiritual enjoyment.
The meaning of reading is that one is more open-minded, more informed, not stubborn, not paranoid, and that the purpose of reading is application.
After reading so many books, one should always have one's own thoughts and understanding.
Reading is not a way to enjoy life, but it is a way to taste life. Reading is not a way to satisfy material desires, but it is a way to enrich the spirit and perfect the soul. Reading can make people more aware of society and life.