Late bloomer

In my previous understanding, late blooming means that a person becomes mature at a very old age, which means that it is never too late to work hard. It wasn’t until I studied Chapter 41 of the Tao Te Ching, which contains a few sentences: “A generous person without corners, a late bloomer, a great voice, a rare sound, but an invisible elephant...” which mentioned “late bloomer”, which refreshed my previous knowledge. Cognition.

Let’s first look at some familiar sentences: “Rome was not built in a day.”

Rome has a history of more than 2,000 years. According to archaeological research, the predecessor of ancient Rome was a simple village in the 8th century BC. People built city walls with stones, built roads with gravel, and built drainage systems. Rome gradually developed into a small city.

In 27 BC, Rome entered the imperial era. Due to the large number of slaves, these cheap labor forces contributed to the construction of the city of Rome and entered a period of rapid development. Representative buildings such as the Arc de Triomphe and the Colosseum that are well known today were all built during this period. During the same period, Rome also paved roads leading to many colonial cities to maintain smooth communication and solve the transportation problems of troops and supplies. These roads were the famous Roman Avenues. Octavian, the founder of the Roman Empire, presided over the construction of the Senate, the political forum, the synagogue, the "Saint Julia" temple in memory of Caesar, and the "Augustus Square" named after himself. In addition, the city of Rome also built a large number of public facilities, including aqueducts and aqueducts, bridges, residences, as well as public bathrooms and toilets to facilitate people's lives. Octavian said: "What I saw in my early years was a Rome of bricks, and what I left behind was a Rome of marble." During the "Paxon Romana" era (27 BC - 180 AD), the city of Rome was changing with each passing day, gorgeous and glorious.

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD, the Pope became the de facto ruler. The church architecture of this period became a landmark in Rome. Until the Renaissance, a network of road systems gradually formed in Rome. In the later Baroque period, due to the worship of rational order, the main streets in Rome were widened. There were three straight roads leading from different directions to the Piazza del Popolo at the northern end of the city. The axes of the roads intersected in the square. And an obelisk was erected in the center of the square. This symmetrical structure reflects strict urban planning and a strong sense of order.

In the mid-20th century, Mussolini (in office from 1922 to 1943), then Prime Minister of Italy, wanted to restore the appearance of Rome, the imperial capital of Augustus, and to this end, he demolished the ancient Roman Forum, The large area of ??16th and 17th century buildings surrounding the Colosseum and Amphitheater ruins caused irreparable damage to the ancient architecture of the city of Rome. At the end of the 20th century, the Roman government adopted the method of building the ancient Rome city and the new Rome city separately. In the old city, the historical features of the ancient buildings are maintained, and the appearance of the new buildings and facilities is close to the style of the ancient Roman era. Even the color of the walls must be roughly consistent with the old buildings. Today's Old Rome is full of buildings and ruins with thousands of years of history, which complement the modern New City of Rome, making it even more profound and charming.

From the initial development of an unknown city to the present, Rome has experienced countless baptisms over the years. It is the countless superpositions and blends of history and culture from different periods over the past 2,000 years that have created the unique Rome of today.

The Great Wall was not built in a day. This city wall with a length of more than 10,000 miles is regarded as a miracle in the history of world architecture. The Great Wall is the longest construction project in the history of China and the world. The largest ancient defense project. It has been built continuously for more than 2,000 years.

Tu Youyou was born in a family of traditional Chinese medicine. She started reading Chinese medicine books in her father’s traditional Chinese medicine clinic and helped her father since she was a child. After working, she also engaged in the research of traditional Chinese medicine. Finally, in October 2015, The 85-year-old Tu Youyou won the "Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine" and became the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize in science. Her discovery of artemisinin can effectively reduce the mortality of malaria patients and save the world, especially Millions of lives in developing countries!

These are the best explanations for late bloomers.

"Three feet of ice does not freeze in a day." Whether it is buildings, characters, or objects, a true Mahayana work takes a long time, a lot of effort, and a lot of effort to complete.