What are the poverty stories of famous people in China?

One winter, Fang Zhimin went from Yiyang to attend the Guixi Soviet Congress. At that time, the Soviet Congress was the biggest event in the local area, and Fang Zhimin was still wearing a thin old cotton-padded jacket. The delegates wanted to replace him with a new one, but Fang Zhimin didn't agree. On behalf of the new cotton-padded jacket, Fang Zhimin insisted on not accepting it, and repeatedly told the people "to save and lighten the burden on the masses".

The guard couldn't stand it anymore, and advised, "It's too shabby for a Soviet president to wear a windblown cotton-padded jacket." It's a kind gift, so take it. "Fang Zhimin replied," I am the President of the Soviet Union, and I must care about everything. If you don't pay attention, it will affect the image of the Soviet government. That's not my business alone! "

2. Zhu Ziqing

Zhu Ziqing worked hard all his life and kept a diary as his daily homework. His two-volume diary has a lot of historical value, one of which is that it is an excellent sample to observe the economic situation of a certain type of literati in the Republic of China. In a word, Zhu Ziqing's diary is a history of intellectual poverty.

Turning to the first page of the diary, there are two shocking book borrowing records:1July 29, 924 "I borrowed four liters of rice from the landlord. There was a similar situation in the old calendar year, but it was still worn out." The 30th. In the afternoon, I shyly borrowed five yuan from Zhang. Zhu Ziqing 1920 graduated from university and went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to teach. He has been to Hangzhou, Yangzhou, Shanghai, Wenzhou and Ningbo. At this time, he has two children, who teach in No.4 Middle School and chunhui middle school, and travel between Ningbo and Shangyu. Even so, we still can't make ends meet, so we need to borrow rice to satisfy our hunger.

3. Song Lian

During the Yuan Dynasty in China, there was a man named Song Lian who loved reading. Because of his poor family, he had to borrow books for exhibition. As he read more and more books, Song Lian felt he needed the guidance of his teacher. So he pawned his clothes and went to school in the city. Unexpectedly, this academic officer has a strange temper. After many twists and turns, Song Lian finally studied hard and became a talented person.

4. Ouyang Xiu

Mr. Ouyang Xiu's father died when he was four years old. His family is poor and has no money to study. His wife used reed poles to write on the beach, taught him to write, and taught him to read many ancient chapters. When I am old and have no books to read at home, I go to a nearby reader's house to borrow books, and sometimes I copy them. In this way, I stayed up all night, forgot all about eating and sleeping, and just buried myself in reading. When I was a child, I wrote poems and lyrics. When I was an adult, I was tall.

5. Che Yin

Che Yin, a native of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was studious when he was young. Che Yin helps adults during the day and studies hard at night. However, due to his poor family, he often has no money to buy oil lamps and can't study, which makes Che Yin very distressed. One summer night, Che Yin sat in the yard silently recalling the contents of the book he had read, and suddenly found many fireflies flashing in the air in the yard.

Che Yin's heart suddenly moved. If these fireflies gather together, can't they read by their light? So, Che Yin began to catch fireflies, caught a dozen, put them in white gauze sewing pockets and hung them on his desk. From then on, Che Yin studied hard by fluorescence every day.