The story of the ancients who studied hard.

In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a farmer's child named Kuang Heng. He wanted to study very much when he was a child, but because his family was poor, he couldn't afford to go to school. Later, he learned to read from a relative before he could read.

Kuang Heng can't afford books, so he has to borrow books to read. At that time, books were so valuable that people who had books refused to lend them to others easily. During the busy farming season, Kuang Heng worked as a short-term worker for wealthy families and asked them to lend him books for free.

A few years later, Kuang Heng grew up and became the main labor force in the family. He works in the fields all day, and only has time to read some books during his lunch break, so it often takes ten days and a half months to finish reading a book. Kuang Heng was in a hurry, thinking: planting crops during the day, no time to read, you can spend more time reading at night. But Kuang Heng's family is too poor to buy oil for lighting. What should we do?

One night, Kuang Heng was lying in bed reciting the books he had read during the day. Behind me, I suddenly saw a light coming through the east wall. He stood up and went to the wall to have a look. Ah! It turned out that the neighbor's light came through the cracks in the wall. So Kuang Heng thought of a way: he picked up a knife and dug several cracks in the wall. In this way, the light coming through is also very big, so he gathered the light coming through and began to read.

Kuang Heng studied so hard that he became a learned man.

Zhang Yao worships his wife as a teacher.

During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, a military attache named Zhang Yao was promoted to Henan Ambassador because of his hard work and outstanding exploits. He was out of school and uneducated since childhood, and was often discriminated against by courtiers. Liu Yunan, an imperial envoy, said he was "illiterate" and appointed him as the company commander. From then on, Zhang Yao decided to study hard to make himself literate and military.

Zhang Yao thought his wife was very cultured, so he went home and asked her to teach him. The wife said: teaching is ok, but there is one condition, that is, learning from teachers. Zhang Yao readily promised, immediately put on royal robes, and let his wife sit in front of Confucius memorial tablet, making three obeisances and nine knocks.

Since then, his wife has taught him to read the history of the Bible in her spare time. Whenever his wife puts on a teacher's airs, he bends down to listen to the training and dares not be rude. At the same time, he also had an "illiterate" seal engraved, which he often wore to protect himself. A few years later, Zhang Yao finally became a very learned man.

Later, when he was a governor in Shandong, someone was "illiterate" with him. He wrote to the emperor asking for an interview. The interview results surprised the emperor and many ministers. Zhang Yao took office in Shandong, repaired river banks, built roads, set up factories and bureaus, and made fine works, and did many things that benefited the country and the people. Because he is diligent and studious, Emperor posthumous title called him "diligent fruit".

3. Draw a godson.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was an outstanding writer and historian named Ouyang Xiu. The article is well written and has great achievements in literature. When he was four years old, his father died and life at home was very difficult. His mother wants her son to go to school, but where is his school money? After careful consideration, she decided to teach her son herself. She couldn't afford a pen and paper, so she took a straw to write on the ground instead of a pen and paper and taught her son to read. Ouyang Xiu wrote on the ground with a straw under the guidance of his mother, and finally learned something. This is the famous story of "painting a adopted son" in history.

4. Chengmen Sydney

The idiom "Chengmen Sydney" is a household name. It comes from the story of Shi Yang, a famous Neo-Confucianism scholar in Song Dynasty, who was studying in Lexian.

Shi Yang has been very clever since he was a child. At the age of four, he went to the village to study. At the age of seven, he was able to write poetry. At the age of eight, he was called a child prodigy. At the age of fifteen, he studied classics and history, and in nine years, he became a scholar in Xining. He is determined to write a book all his life and give lectures in many places, which is very popular. At home, I have been studying and writing in Han Yun Temple and Guishan Academy.

One year, on the way to Liuyang as a county magistrate, Shi Yang took pains to detour Luoyang to learn from Cheng Yi for further study. One day, Shi Yang and his classmate You Zuo had different views on a certain issue. In order to get the correct answer, they went to the teacher's house for advice.

It's the middle of winter. The weather is cold and thick clouds are gathering. Halfway through their journey, the north wind roared, the snow fell heavily, and the cold wind poured into their necklines unscrupulously. They wrapped up their clothes and hurried on. When I came to the Cheng family, it happened that my husband was sitting by the fire meditating to recuperate. Shi Yang didn't dare to disturb the teacher, so they stood respectfully outside the door, waiting for Mr. Wang to wake up. At this time, the distant mountains are like jade clusters, the Woods are like silver makeup, and the houses are also covered with white clothes. Shi Yang's feet were frozen and shivering with cold, but he still stood respectfully. After a long time, Cheng Yi woke up and found Shi Yang standing in the snow from the window. He was covered in snow, and the snow under his feet was more than a foot thick. He got up quickly and called them into the house.

Later, Shi Yang understood the true meaning of Chengmen Sydney, and southeast scholars called Shi Yang the "authentic Cheng Xue" and "Mr. Kameyama" in the world. Since then, the story of "Chengmen Sydney" has become a beautiful talk of respecting teachers and attaching importance to education forever.

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If you want to know more stories about ancient people's hard study, you can buy an interesting book about ancient people's hard study in China. The real book is the book published by Guangdong People's Publishing House 1999. The authors are Ka, Weng and Sun. The book records the stories of Confucius' tireless reading, Su Qin's enthusiastic reading, Sean's reading of military books while picking up shoes, Ba Huang Prison Middle School (Shangshu), Lu Wenshu's reading of herding sheep, Kuang Heng's digging for light, and Zheng Xuan's three-year apprenticeship.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-China ancients studied hard and learned interesting things.