当我们形容一个人读书很多、学识渊博时,会很自然地用“读书破万卷”来形容,意思是万卷书都被翻破,足见读书之多。那么古人的“万卷”究竟有多少书呢?“读书破万卷,下笔如有神”一句,出自杜甫的《奉赠韦左丞丈二十二韵》。“读书破万卷”中的“卷”本指串起来的竹简。如果仅仅以数量而言,这个数目的确不少,而实际上万卷书并没有多少内容,因为在造纸术发明以前,古人一卷书的篇幅,对 When we describe a person studying a lot, very knowledgeable, it will be very natural to use “reading broken rolls ” to describe, meaning that all volumes of books have been broken, indicating that reading as much. So how many books did the ancients have? “The number one book,” “The book is broken, the pen is like a god.” “Reading broken rolls” in the “volume” of the finger of the bamboo slips. If only by number, this number is indeed a lot, but in fact a lot of books do not have much content, because before the invention of papermaking, the ancients a volume of books,