Zuò xuéwèn yào hòu jī ér bó fā, bùnéng jí yú qiú chéng.
Scholarship requires accumulating deeply and releasing sparingly — you can't rush results.
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history
From Su Shi's 《稼说送张琥》 (Song dynasty): 博观而约取，厚积而薄发。 Su Shi likens scholarship to farming — store a great harvest, dispense only a little at a time. Regularly cited in Chinese university mottos.
usage
Some sources transcribe 薄 here as bó (thin, sparse); others as bò. Standard modern reading is bó fā. Often paired with 博观而约取.
