The greatest wealth that modern life brings to people is not the various kinds of knowledge, but the way of thinking established by the educational system.
Scientific and rigorous, focusing on experience, exploring causes, improving methods...
As long as one possesses this kind of thinking, together with certain knowledge and outstanding hands-on ability, and perhaps a bit of talent, mastering the principles of a relatively non-complex handicraft is not difficult.
Of course, all of this must be based on the premise of practical practice. If one only engages in idle theorizing, no matter how good the mind is, there will be no progress.
After all, many problems must be solved through practice and answers found through trials.
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For Chen Zhou, forging is something that gradually progresses through practice and experience.
Throughout the rainy season, he hardly ever left the cave, spending all day in the Forging Room, wielding the hammer, striking metal.
