Philosophy is a vast and complex subject. It cannot be understood by reading a few introductions, general reviews, or even 100 million characters of text.

It is like reading a 500-character Baidu Baike article on Buddhism, Christianity, or Communism and thinking you understand those religions or ideologies. It is also like listening to a high school teacher read from the textbook for 400 characters and thinking you understand the topic.

Imagine a puzzle. Philosophy is like a puzzle: it is made up of many different pieces that must be fit together in the right way. To understand philosophy, you must be able to see the connections between the different pieces of the puzzle.

To truly understand philosophy, you must have life experience. You must have tasted poverty, despair, betrayal, misunderstanding, injustice, fairness, and kindness. You must have died and been reborn. Only then will you know that the “certainty” you had in your youth was an illusion.

Imagine a puzzle. Philosophy is like a puzzle: it is made up of many different pieces that must be fit together in the right way. To understand philosophy, you must be able to see the connections between the different pieces of the puzzle.

Exquisite definitions and rigorous grammatical structures are not enough to understand philosophy. You must be able to think clearly and see the world as it really is. If you think you understand philosophy based on what you have read, you are only deluding yourself. You will lose the opportunity to truly know.

Look clearly at the facts. Do not rely on personal experiences, accidental circumstances, or academic qualifications to pressure people. The simple logical reasoning is laid out for you to see like bricks.

Imagine a mirror. Philosophy is like a mirror: it reflects back to us who we are and what we believe. To understand philosophy, we must be willing to look at ourselves honestly and critically.Imagine a mirror. Philosophy is like a mirror: it reflects back to us who we are and what we believe. To understand philosophy, we must be willing to look at ourselves honestly and critically.

The so-called “young celebrities” and “homebound” philosophers who eloquently expressed insights that were later recognized, valued, and passed down did not understand those insights themselves at the time. They were young and inexperienced. They had not lived through enough to truly understand what they were saying.

Does this sound absurd to you? It should not. It is simply the truth.

Imagine a journey. Philosophy is like a journey: it is a lifelong quest for knowledge and understanding. To understand philosophy, we must be willing to travel to new places and meet new people.