An example of genius failing because of laziness.

Upper Zhong Yong is an essay by Wang Anshi, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. This article tells the story of a prodigy named "Fang Zhongyong" in Jinxi, Jiangxi Province, who was reduced to an ordinary person because his father refused to let him study, and was used as a tool to make money by his father.

Taking Zhong Yong as an example, this paper warns people not to learn new knowledge, never to rely solely on talent, but to pay attention to the education and learning after tomorrow, and emphasizes the importance of education and learning after tomorrow to success. This article is concise and profound, and its reasoning is rigorous.

2. Proud general

Once upon a time, a general returned victorious and was praised by civil and military officials at the celebration. Proud, he lifted a bronze tripod weighing several hundred kilograms, threw it into the air, and gently held it in his hand, without changing his face. Then, he pulled a strong bow and aimed it at the wind chime under the cornice, hitting it repeatedly, and the audience cheered.

A patroness who is good at flattery complimented: "With the general's martial arts, dare the enemy not die?" From then on, the general stopped practicing martial arts, partying all day, eating, drinking and having fun, and lived a life of drunkenness. In the morning, the trumpeter sounded, and the general played the trumpeter with his boots. The cock crowed, and the general stuffed the cock into the jar again.

A few months later, the general was so paunchy that he couldn't even lift a stone bear weighing more than 100 kg. When he shot the goose with a bow, the arrow fell into the air, and the general was completely degraded.

But on his birthday, the master diners also gave him a gold plaque of "the first hero in the world". On the occasion of everyone's birthday, enemy soldiers attacked, and the general heard the news and rushed to fight, but the gun was rusty and the arrow pot became a mouse's nest. All his officers and men ran away. Enemy soldiers quickly attacked the city, so the general had to surrender easily.

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An example of mediocre talent, but success due to hard work the day after tomorrow:

Newton was not a child prodigy when he was a teenager, and his grades were average, but he liked reading books and reading books introducing various simple mechanical model making methods. Inspired by this, he made some strange gadgets by himself, such as windmills, wooden clocks, folding lanterns and so on.

At that time, the British society was permeated with new Christian ideas, and two relatives of Newton's family were priests, which may be the influence of Newton's religious life in his later years. From these ordinary environments and activities, we can't see that Newton is a gifted child.

Later, due to difficulties in life, his mother asked Newton to drop out of school and farm at home to support his family. But Newton buried a book whenever he had the chance, so that he often forgot to work. Every time, when his mother asked Newton to go to the market with his servant and get familiar with the business of trading, Newton begged the servant to go shopping alone, while he hid behind a tree and read a book.

Once, Newton's uncle became suspicious and followed Newton to the listed town. He found his nephew Newton lying on the grass with his legs stretched out, absorbed in studying a math problem.

Newton's studious spirit touched his uncle, so he persuaded his mother to let Newton go back to school and encouraged him to go to college. Newton went back to school and drew nutrition from books.

On June 3rd, Newton entered Trinity College of Cambridge University. At that time, the teaching of the college was based on Aristotle's theory, but Newton preferred to read some more advanced ideas of modern philosophers such as Descartes and astronomers such as Galileo, Copernicus and Kepler.

1665, Newton discovered the generalized binomial theorem and began to develop a new set of mathematical theories, namely calculus, which was later known to the world. 1665, Newton got his degree, and the university was closed to prevent the great plague in London. In the next two years, Newton continued to study calculus, optics and the law of gravity at home.

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