Kuang Heng, a native of Donghai in the Western Han Dynasty. When I was a child, I liked reading. When my family was too poor to buy lamps and candles, Kuang Heng cut through the wall between her and her neighbor's house, and I read eagerly every night under the candlelight of the neighbor's house.
There is a big family in the village where Kuang Heng lives, and Kuang Heng is a servant in this family. He didn't want to be paid, but asked his master to lend him the book.
In Kuang Heng's hometown, some people study The Book of Songs. Kuang Heng learns from him and asks him questions. After a period of time, Kuang Heng's questions became more and more profound, and scholars could not answer them, so they had to leave in a hurry. Even the shoes were put on in a hurry.
Kuang Heng was studious and eventually became a scholar.
The idiom "Fireflies reflect snow" comes from the story of two ancient people who studied hard. The Book of Jin said: "Yin Gong is tireless and knowledgeable. Poor people don't often get oil, and Xia Yue practices filling dozens of fluorescent fires to take pictures of books, day and night. It is long, beautiful, witty and has the reputation of country songs. " Later, he was "famous for his erudition and indifference". It is precisely because Che Yin's family was poor when he was a child that he couldn't often buy oil to light a lamp, but he could often catch dozens of fireflies in fine net bags on summer nights as lighting for reading. Therefore, when he grew up, he was not only famous for his wit and agility, but also for his poor background and erudition at that time. According to "Shang You Lu", "Sun Kang was born in Jin Jing Zhao, sensitive and studious, and his family was poor and had no oil. He studies in the snow in winter. " Although both Jin people were poor and had no oil to light a lamp, one was that it snowed in winter and they studied hard, so they both became famous scholars at that time.
3. The suspended beam is biting to the bone
Su Qin is from Luoyang. Luoyang was the capital of the Zhou Emperor at that time. He wants to make a difference. He once asked to see Zhou Tianzi, but there was no way to introduce him. In a rage, he sold his property and went to other countries to find a way out. But he ran for several years and didn't become an official. Later, I ran out of money and my clothes were worn out, so I had to go home. The family saw him wearing sandals and carrying a broken bag, looking like a mess. His parents scolded him severely; His wife sat on the loom knitting silk without even looking at him; He begged his sister-in-law to cook for him, but she ignored him and leaned down and walked away. Su Qin was greatly stimulated and determined to take a breath. Since then, he has been eager to learn and study Sun Tzu's Art of War every day until late at night. Sometimes I study until midnight, and when I am tired and sleepy, I prick my thigh with an awl. Although it was painful, his spirit came and he continued reading. Legend has it that he tied his hair with a belt and tied it to the beam when he was studying in the evening. As soon as he dozed off, his head drooped, his scalp ached and he woke up. This is what people later called "hanging beam on the head and stabbing strands on the cone" to express the spirit of hard work. In this way, after more than a year of hard work, his knowledge is much richer than before.