Stories about ordinary people encountering setbacks

Learning requires diligence. Diligence is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation since ancient times. Countless examples related to diligence have always been praised by people. Che Yin's "fireflies entering the sack" is diligence; Sun Kang's "snow reflects on the window screen" It is diligence; Kuang Heng's "cutting through walls to learn in secret" is diligence; Su Qin's "hanging beams and stabbing buttocks" is diligence; Zu Ti's "hearing the chickens dancing" is also diligence. Diligence enabled them all to achieve great things in the end.

Chinese nation The ideal of life that we admire is the pursuit of making a difference; the foundation that we value is true talent and practical learning; the path to success that we recognize is studying hard. Chinese people value reading and are diligent and studious, which has become a fine tradition passed down from generation to generation. Chinese folk There are many maxims about learning, such as: "If a young man does not work hard, he will be sad when he is old", "There is a road to the mountain of books, and diligence is the path, and there is no limit to the sea of ??learning, and the boat is hard work", "Live to be old, learn to be old", etc., also There are many stories about ancient people cherishing their time and studying hard.

Mr. Lu Xun studied hard since he was a child. When he was a boy, he studied at the Jiangnan Naval Academy. He had excellent grades in the first semester, and the school awarded him a gold medal. Medal. He immediately took it to the streets of Nanjing's Drum Tower and sold it. Then he bought a few books and a bunch of red peppers. Whenever it was cold at night and he couldn't bear to read at night, he would pick off a pepper and chew it in his mouth. It was so hot that he sweated on his forehead. He used this method to ward off the cold and insisted on studying. Because of his hard study, he finally became a famous writer in China.

Wang Yanan had great ambitions when he was a child and loved reading. When I was in middle school, in order to gain more time to study, I cut one leg of the wooden bed I slept on half a foot shorter to make it a three-legged bed. I read late into the night every day, and when I was tired, I went to bed to take a nap, then turned over in a daze. Leaning toward his short legs, he was suddenly awakened, got out of bed immediately, and studied at night at his desk. He did this every day without interruption. As a result, he achieved excellent results every year and was known as one of the three heroes in the class. .Because he studied diligently and diligently when he was young, he eventually became an outstanding economist in our country.

When Zhuge Liang was a boy, he studied under Mr. Shui Jing, Sima Hui. Zhuge Liang studied hard and was diligent in using his brain. Not only did he Sima Hui appreciated him, and even Sima Hui's wife also thought highly of him. She liked this young man who was diligent, studious, and good at using his brain. At that time, there were no clocks yet, and sundials were used to keep track of time. On rainy days, there was no sun, so it was difficult to control time. In order to keep track of time, Sima Hui trained the rooster to crow on time by feeding him at regular intervals. In order to learn more, Zhuge Liang wanted his teacher to extend the lecture time, but his teacher always relied on the rooster's crow as the criterion, so Zhuge Liang thought : If the rooster crows for a longer period of time, the teacher's lecture time will also be extended. So when he goes to school, he will bring some grain in his pocket. When the rooster is about to crow, he will feed it some grain. Once the chicken is full, it will stop eating. After some time, Mr. Sima wondered why the chicken didn't crow on time. After careful observation, he found that Zhuge Liang fed the chicken when it was about to crow. Mr. Sima was very angry at first, but soon Still moved by Zhuge Liang's studious spirit, he cared more about him, valued him more, and gave his education more unreservedly. And Zhuge Liang became more diligent. Through Zhuge Liang's own efforts, he finally became a wise man. A well-educated person with a low knowledge of astronomy and geography.

Confucius studied diligently throughout his life. In his later years, he especially liked the Book of Changes. The Book of Changes is difficult to understand and difficult to learn, but Confucius was not afraid. Endure hardship and read repeatedly until you understand it. Because in the era of Confucius, paper had not been invented yet, and books were written on bamboo slips or wooden slips, which were bulky and heavy. Weaving many bamboo slips together with leather strips, it became A volume of books. Because Confucius studied hard and displayed his slips so many times that his leather strap was broken three times. Later, people created the idiom "Wei Bian San Jie" to convey Confucius' diligent and studious spirit.

Su Qin during the Warring States Period was so tired after studying day and night that he pricked his leg with an awl to clear his mind; Sun Jing in the Han Dynasty, in order to prevent drowsiness while studying, he used a rope to tie his Their hair was tied to the beams, and they would be woken up whenever they dozed off. This is the story of "hanging beams with thorns" in history.

Che Yin, Sun Kang, and Kuang Heng of the Jin Dynasty were all very happy at home. He was so poor that he couldn't even buy oil for lighting. On summer evenings, Che Yin made a small bag with gauze, caught some fireflies and put it in it, and read by the light emitted by the fireflies; Sun Kang sat in the snow on a cold winter night Here, he used the reflection of the white snow to study hard; Kuang Heng dug a small hole in the wall and "stole" a little light from the neighbor's house to study. This is what the idioms "The firefly reflects the snow" and "The wall steals the light" are about. a story

Wang Xizhi, the great calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, practiced calligraphy hard since he was a child. Every time he finished writing, he would go to the pond in front of his house to wash his brush. Over time, a pool of clear water turned into a pond. Ink. Later, people called this pond "Ink Pond". Through diligent study and practice, Wang Xizhi finally became a famous calligrapher and was called the "Sage of Calligraphy".

A famous essayist in the Ming Dynasty , scholar Song Lian was eager to learn since childhood. He was not only knowledgeable, but also good at writing articles. He was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, as "the first civil servant in the founding of the country." Song Lian loved reading, and always wanted to get to the bottom of something he didn't understand. Once, Song Lian In order to figure out a problem, he walked dozens of miles in the snow to consult Teacher Mengji, who no longer accepted students, but the teacher was not at home. Song Lian was not discouraged, but visited the teacher again a few days later, but the teacher did not meet him. He. Because of the cold weather, Song Lian and his companions were severely frozen, and Song Lian's toes were frostbitten. When Song Lian visited alone for the third time, he fell into a snow pit, but was fortunately rescued. When Song Lian almost fainted When he collapsed at the door of the teacher's house, the teacher was moved by his sincerity and patiently answered Song Lian's questions. Later, in order to gain more knowledge, Song Lian was not afraid of hardships and visited many teachers, and eventually became a well-known Essayist!

It was late at night, and the sound of reading suddenly came from the Buddhist temple. The young monks were frightened, thinking that there was a ghost inside, and immediately reported it to the old monk. So the old monk led the young monks Catching ghosts, I didn’t expect that the “ghost” turned out to be a poor boy named Liu Xie, who was borrowing a Buddhist lamp to study. After studying hard, Liu Xie finally became a great literary theorist.

The mathematician Hua Luogeng studied His method is unique. Every time he reads a book, he does not read it from cover to cover as soon as he starts it. Instead, he closes his eyes and meditates on the book, guessing what is written in the book. After thinking for a period of time, he opens the book. If the content of the book is consistent with his guess, he will stop reading; if it is different from his guess, he will read it seriously. Hua Luogeng's "guessing reading method" not only saves reading time, but also cultivates own thinking and imagination abilities.

Language master Hou Baolin only went to elementary school for three years. Because of his diligence and studious, he finally became a famous cross talk artist. Once, he wanted to buy a Ming Dynasty joke He searched all the used bookstalls in Beijing to copy the book "Jian Lang", but failed to do so. Later, he learned that the Beijing Library had this book. It was winter, and he braved the wind and snow and ran to the library for eighteen consecutive days to copy it. Book. A book with more than 100,000 words was finally copied by him. Wen Yiduo was addicted to reading and became "drunk" as soon as he read it. It is said that on his wedding day, the house was decorated with lights and colorful lights, and it was very lively, and relatives and friends came to congratulate him. .When the wedding sedan was approaching the door of the house, the groom could not be found. Everyone was so anxious that they looked here and there, and finally found him in the study. They saw that he was still wearing his old robe and was concentrating on reading.