Three examples of celebrities who exploited their strengths and avoided their weaknesses~~

1: Stories about celebrities who exploit their strengths and avoid their weaknesses: "Sun Bin Horse Racing"

During the Warring States Period, Qi State General Tian Ji liked horse racing very much. Every time he races a horse with King Qi Wei, he has to bet a lot of money on whether he will win or lose. They divided their horses into three grades: upper, middle and lower. During the competition, the superior horse versus the superior horse, the average horse versus the average horse, and the inferior horse versus the inferior horse. Since King Qi Wei's horses at every level were stronger than Tian Ji's, Tian Ji ended up losing every time he raced.

On the day of the competition, Sun Bin gave Tian Ji instructions and said: "In the first game, use your inferior horse to compete with his superior horse; in the second contest, use your superior horse to fight against him." His middle horse; in the third game, you use the middle horse against his low horse."

As a result, Tian Ji lost the first game, won the second and third games, and ended up with 2. :1 wins. At this time, King Qi Wei was stunned and could only watch Tian Ji proudly take away his daughter. King Qi was surprised and asked Tian Ji the reason. Tian Ji told him the truth and took the opportunity to recommend Sun Bin to the King of Qi. After talking with Sun Bin, the King of Qi admired his military ability very much, and immediately worshiped Sun Bin as his military advisor.

2: Stories about famous people who exploit their strengths and avoid their weaknesses: Mark Twain went into business

As a professional writer and speaker, Mark Twain achieved great success and was famous all over the world. . You may not know it, but Mark Twain stumbled and suffered terribly while trying to become a businessman.

Mark Twain invested in the development of typewriters, but lost $50,000 and gained nothing. Mark Twain was dissatisfied when he saw publishers making a lot of money from publishing his works, and wanted to make a fortune, so he started a publishing company. However, business and writing were unrelated after all, and Mark Twain soon fell into trouble. This short business experience ended with the bankruptcy of the publishing company, and the writer himself fell into a debt crisis.

After two blows, Mark Twain finally realized that he had no business talent, and he had to try to avoid his weaknesses and shortcomings, so he gave up the idea of ????doing business and began to tour the country. This time, Mark Twain, who was humorous and quick-thinking, completely lost his awkwardness in the mall and regained his sense of humor. In the end, Mark Twain paid off all his debts through work and lectures.

3: Stories about famous people who exploited their strengths and avoided their weaknesses: Hu Shi’s “unconventional admission” of Luo Jialun

Peking University’s admissions program once admitted a student named Luo Jialun one year. When Hu Shi reviewed Luo Jialun's composition test paper, he enthusiastically gave him full marks. However, when he looked through the student's transcript, he found that his math score was a big one, and his performance in other subjects was mediocre. However, the admissions committee and President Cai Yuanpei, who presided over the meeting, had no objection to the exception. These professors are really heroes.

Facts have proved that Cai Yuanpei and Hu Shi’s decision was correct. Luo Jialun not only became an effective figure in the May 4th Movement, but in 1928, as a major general in the Northern Expedition, he was appointed as the first president of the reorganized National Tsinghua University. At the admissions meeting, Hu Shi advocated "exceptional admission" for this candidate who was seriously partial to subjects. It can also be regarded as a typical case of exploiting strengths and avoiding weaknesses.

4: Stories about famous people who exploited their strengths and avoided their weaknesses: The Battle of Chibi

During the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao connected the bows and sterns of the ships because his northern soldiers were not used to riding in ships, and put men and horses on board. Like walking on flat ground. Zhou Yu's general Huang Gai said: "Now that the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, it is difficult to maintain a stalemate for a long time. Cao's army is connecting the warships end to end. They can use fire to attack and defeat Cao's army." So, ten Mengchong warships were selected. Load dry rice and dry firewood, pour oil inside, wrap the outside with a curtain, put a flag on it, prepare a speedboat in advance, and tie it to the stern.

Huang Gai first sent a letter to Cao Cao, lying that he planned to surrender. At that time, the southeast wind was strong, and Huang Gai's warships were at the front. When they reached the middle of the river, they raised their sails, and the other ships moved forward one after another. All the officers and soldiers in Cao Cao's army came out of the camp and stood watching, pointing to the boats and saying that Huang Gailai had surrendered. More than two miles away from Cao Jun, the ten ships were set on fire at the same time. The fire was fierce and the wind was fierce. The ships flew forward like arrows, burning all Cao Jun's warships. The fire also spread to Cao Jun's camp on land.

In an instant, thick smoke and fire covered the sky and blocked out the sun. Countless Cao soldiers and horses were burned to death or drowned. In this battle, more than half of Cao's troops suffered casualties. The coalition forces of Sun and Liu won the battle of Chibi. Cao's army was not used to water warfare, but the Sun-Liu coalition used their strengths in water warfare to attack Cao's army's shortcomings and established the victory in the Battle of Chibi.

5: Stories about famous people who exploit their strengths and avoid their weaknesses: Hufu riding and shooting

When King Wuling of Zhao came to the throne during the Warring States Period, the State of Zhao was in a period of decline. Even small neighboring countries like Zhongshan were in decline. Frequent intrusion. In the wars with some big countries, Zhao State often suffered defeats, its generals were captured, and its cities were occupied. The State of Zhao was about to be annexed by other countries. Especially in terms of geographical location, Zhao State is connected to Donghu in the northeast, adjacent to the Xiongnu in the north, and bounded by Linhu and Loufan in the northwest.

These tribes make a living as nomads and are good at riding horses and archery. They often use cavalry to invade the Zhao border. King Wuling of Zhao saw that the Hu people had some special advantages in military clothing: they wore narrow sleeves and short coats, which were more convenient for daily life and hunting and fighting; they used cavalry and bows and arrows in battle, which were more efficient than the military chariots and spears of the Central Plains. Great flexibility and mobility.

He said to his subordinates: "The cavalry of the northern nomads comes like flying birds and goes like a dead string. They are today's rapid reaction troops. There is no reason not to win with such troops on the battlefield." Therefore. In order to enrich the country and strengthen the army, King Wuling of Zhao put forward the idea of ??"wearing Hu clothes" and "learning to ride and shoot" in Handan City, determined to take the strengths of the Hu people to make up for the shortcomings of the Central Plains. Due to the implementation of Hu uniforms, Zhao State established an army with cavalry as the main body, and its role in the war immediately showed its power.

Extended information:

(1) "Sun Bin's Horse Racing" is a fable. The purpose is to educate people to avoid reality, to contain the enemy's main force, and to use intelligence to defeat the enemy. Seek victory. At the same time, it also warned people to fight fairly, and everything such as winning or losing must be based on rules.

(2) Mark Twain, American writer and speaker, whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. "Mark Twain" was his pen name, originally a term used by Mississippi River sailors to indicate the depth of water measured on the waterway. Representative works include the novels "One Million Pounds", "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", etc.

(3) Luo Jialun (1897-1969), whose courtesy name was Zhixi and whose pen name was Yi. Jiangtou, Keqiao Town, Shaoxing, Zhejiang [1]?. He is the student leader[2] and namer of the "May 4th Movement" and a famous educator, thinker and social activist in modern my country. Chuanzhen, her father, once served as magistrate of Jinxian and other counties in Jiangxi Province. Her thoughts were relatively progressive. Jialun was influenced by his father when he was young[1]? In his early years, he studied at Fudan Public School and Peking University, and was a student of Cai Yuanpei

(4) The Battle of Chibi refers to the battle between Sun Quan and Liu Bei's coalition forces at Chibi (Red Cliff) on the Yangtze River in the 13th year of Jian'an (208) in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The battle that defeated Cao Cao's army in the area northwest of Chibi City, Hubei Province today. This is one of the famous battles in Chinese history in which a small number defeated a large number and the weak defeated the strong. It was the most famous of the "three major battles" during the Three Kingdoms period. It was also the first large-scale river battle in the Yangtze River Basin in Chinese history. The battle marked that China's military and political center was no longer limited to the Yellow River Basin.

(5) "Hufu" refers to the short-sleeved and narrow clothing of the Northwest Rongdi people. It is very different from the wide clothes of the Central Plains people with long sleeves, so it is commonly called "Hufu"; "riding clothes" "She" refers to the "horse shooting" of the surrounding nomadic tribes, which is different from the traditional "foot shooting" in the Central Plains. From then on, the regular military uniforms with wide sleeves and long clothes in the army were gradually improved into the later equipment with short sleeves and narrow sleeves. This conformed to the trend of the development of warfare from "foot warfare" to "mounted warfare" and laid the foundation for the stability and development of the country.

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia - Exploit strengths and avoid weaknesses