So-called position--to reveal aspirations by simplicity, to attain farness by tranquility--can not be achieved without reading.

所谓淡泊以明志， 宁静以致远是非读书不能达到的境界。

Bingshen Shi Xu, a book written by him when he was twenty-four, marks the first stage, a budding stage, putting forward the aesthetic creed around the concept of Yuan or farness.

第一个时期以作者二十四岁时的《丙申诗序》为标志，提出了以“远”字为中心的美学纲领，可以称为萌芽阶段。