Differentpeoplehavedifferentviewsonreading.Itisheldthatoneshouldreadselectively.Butitisalsoheldthatoneshouldreadextensively.

　　Thosewhoholdthefirstopinionthinkone'stimeandenergyarelimitedandonecanneverreadasmanyhooksashewishes.Incontrast,thosewhoholdthesecondviewthinkthattoknowtheworldfromallperspectivesoneshouldabsorbavarietyofknowledgebyreadingextensively.

　　Astome,Iagreewiththefurmeropinion.Admittedly,onecanabsorbmoreknowledgebyreadingextensively,butthisdoesn'tfollowthatoneshouldreadwithoutdiscrimination.Asone'stimeandenergyarelimited,oneshoulddevotehislimitedtimeandenergytoreadingrelevantandbeneficialbooks.It'sawasteoftimetoreadirrelevantbooks.Furthermore,somebooksareharmful.Ifwedon'treadbooksselectively,wewillbeledastraybyharmfulbooks.