What wonderful stories in ancient times are worth learning today?

Sun Jing studied very hard in the Han Dynasty, reading from dawn until the bright moon rose without rest. If you feel tired and want to take a nap, tie a rope around your head and hang the other end of the rope on the roof beam, so that you won't doze off and keep yourself awake all the time. With this strength, Sun Jing finally became a contemporary scholar. During the Warring States Period, Su Qin was born in poverty and was often looked down upon, but he studied very hard. If he is sleepy, stab him in the thigh with an awl and blood will flow to his ankle. The sharp pain reminded him to keep pushing. In this way, Su Qin finally learned everything, hung up the national seal of the six countries, and presided over the joint anti-Qin plan.

2. Burn ointment:

Han Yu, a famous writer and philosopher in the Tang Dynasty, said in "My Reading Experience": "There are six arts in my mouth and a hundred books in my hand." ..... Continue to burn ointment and be poor forever. "It is said that when he was studying, he often recited the Six Classics in his mouth and kept reading all kinds of classics in his hand, from lighting the oil lamp to dawn, day and night, year after year.

3. Diligence can make up for:

Zheng Banqiao, a poet and painter who was one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" in Qing Dynasty, had a low talent and poor memory. But diligence can make up for it, so he worked hard on the word "diligence". For example, a book can be remembered by others after reading it once or twice, but Zheng Banqiao can't. So, he read a few more times, some classic books, and he will read them hundreds of times until he fully understands them. He is not only diligent in reading, but also diligent in thinking and practice. He often stares at the sky, motionless in a daze. When others talk to him, his answer is often irrelevant, or the preface is not right, but in fact he is absorbed in thinking. Thanks to his efforts, he finally became a famous painter, calligrapher and poet in Qing Dynasty.

4. Ying Xuebao firefly:

During the Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Sun Kang who was very studious. His family is too poor to buy lamp oil and can't study at night, so he tries his best to study hard. On winter nights, he often studies outdoors by snow light regardless of the cold. At that time, there was a man named Che Yin who, like Sun Kang, had no money to buy lamp oil. On summer nights, he caught many fireflies, put them in gauze bags, and studied them day and night with fluorescent lamps.

5. Negative salary hanging angle:

When Zhu Maichen of the Han Dynasty was a child, his family was very poor. In order to make a living, he has to go up the mountain to cut wood every day and has no time to study. But he is tireless in learning, and often walks with firewood on his back when reading. In the Sui Dynasty, there was a man named Shimi who herded cattle when he was a child. Every day when he goes out, he takes some books and hangs them on the speaker. When cows eat grass, they sit on the grass and study hard.

Extended data:

Han Yu (768-824, 65438+February 25th) was born in Heyang, Henan Province (now mengzhou city, Henan Province), Han nationality, calling himself "County King Changli", known as "Han Changli" and "Mr. Changli" in the world. An outstanding writer, thinker, philosopher and politician in the Tang Dynasty.

In the eighth year of Zhenyuan (792), Han Yu won the top prize, was promoted twice, and was tired of supervising the imperial history. In the 19th year of Zhenyuan (803), he was demoted to Yangshan for deliberation. Later, he became a foreign official, historian and China calligrapher. In the 12th year of Yuanhe (8 17), he became the marching Sima of Pei Du, the prime minister, and participated in the fight against the "Huaixi Rebellion". In the 14th year of Yuanhe (8 19), he was banished to Chaozhou for admonishing the Buddha's bones. In his later years, the official to the assistant minister of the official department was called the "Korean official department". In the fourth year of Changqing (824), Han Yu died at the age of 57, and was posthumously awarded The Book of Rites by posthumous title, hence the name "Han Wengong". In the first year of Yuanfeng (1078), Changlibo was posthumously sealed to worship the Confucius Temple. Han Yu was an advocate of the ancient prose movement in the Tang Dynasty, and was honored by later generations as the first of the "eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties". He and Liu Zongyuan are also called "Liu Han", and they are known as "great writers" and "one hundred generations of literators". Later generations, together with Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi, are also called "the four great writers of the ages". In the old Guangdong Tongzhi, it was called one of the "Eight Sages of Ancient Guangdong". His prose writing theories, such as "the unity of literature and Taoism", "moderation in speech", "doing good deeds" and "having a proper speech", have important guiding significance for future generations. He is the author of 40 volumes of Han Changli's Collected Works, Foreign Collected Works 10, Teachers' Comments, etc.