How important is reading talent?

What talent do you need to study? As long as you can read, no one can. Not exactly. There is a saying in the bible: "fools have eyes but can't see, and they have ears but can't hear." Our China word is better: "smart". The so-called "listening" means good ears, and "seeing" means good eyes. This is not a good physiological function, but a kind of connection ability and understanding ability. Some people have the ability to see what others can't see and hear what others can't hear. That's a reading talent.

In modern society, people are often lonely and full of words and opinions, but usually few people have the patience to listen to themselves, or it is difficult to trust the people around them, and they are not sure what feedback they can get when they speak out. Milan Kundera, for example, his own novels are also excellent, which fully shows his superb reading talent as a reader in novel art. Another example is Cao Xueqin. In The Red Chamber, he used the words of Jia Mu and Dai Yu to comment on previous poems, which were equally sharp, unique and impressive. For example, Mo Yan, whose idol is Faulkner, wrote an article "Talking about Faulkner's Old Man", which is also very interesting. Interested people can look for it. Another example is Mr. Lu Xun. In the brief history of China's novels, there are simply endless wonderful opinions ... There are countless such examples. Almost all good writers have written wonderful literary reviews from the reader's point of view, and many authors, in their view, have a reading talent even better than a writing talent.

Quite simply, reading is a pool and writing is a bucket. If you want your works to be rich in ideas, a strong reading ability is essential. Reading talent is actually the ability to understand. This thing is consistent and omnipotent. Whether it is reading, writing, analyzing texts or analyzing the world, it is powerful and useful everywhere.