孔子有一本精装版的《易经》。这书是刻在楚国进口的湘妃竹上,用上好的熟牛皮绳(古称“韦”)装订。因为多次翻看,牛皮绳已经严重磨损。这天,孔子又拿出这本书,虽然小心翼翼,但牛皮绳终究还是断了。唉,这已经不是第一次了。后世把这种读书的勤奋劲,叫做“韦编三绝”。孔子坐着“ Confucius has a hardcover edition of the Book of Changes. This book is engraved on the bamboo in Hunan, which is imported by the State of Chu, and is bound with a finely cooked cowhide rope (known as “Wei”). Because many times, the leather rope has been seriously worn. On this day, Confucius took out the book again, and though it was careful, the leather rope was still broken. Well, this is not the first time. Later generations called this hard work of reading a book called “Wei Wei San Jue”. Confucius sat