This idiom consists of two stories.
The story of "hanging beam" can be found in Taiping Jing (Volume 363) and quoted from Hanshu.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Sun Jing, a famous politician. At first, because of his shallow knowledge, he was not reused, and even his family looked down on him, which greatly stimulated him and made him determined to study hard. Often behind closed doors, reading alone. Reading from morning till night every day, often forgetting to eat and sleep. After studying for a long time, I am tired, but I still don't rest. After a long time, I was too tired to doze off. Afraid of affecting his study, he came up with a special method. In ancient times, men had long hair. He found a rope and tied it firmly to the beam. When he is tired of reading, he dozes off. When his head is lowered, the rope will hold his hair and hurt his scalp, wake up immediately and continue to study.
The story of "stabbing stocks" can be found in "The Warring States Policy Volume Sanqinyi".
During the Warring States Period, there was a man named Su Qin, who was also a famous politician. When I was young, because of the lack of knowledge, I went to many places to do things and was not taken seriously. After returning home, his family was also very cold and looked down on him. This is a great stimulus to him. So, he made up his mind to study hard. He often studies late into the night, is very tired, often takes a nap and wants to sleep. So he thought of a way, prepared an awl and stabbed himself in the thigh when he dozed off. In this way, I suddenly felt pain, woke up by myself, and then insisted on reading.
Later generations combined these two stories into an idiom "hanging the beam and stabbing the stock", which inspired people to study angrily. 2. Fireflies reflect the snow
Origin, "Capsule firefly" comes from "Biography of Che Yin in the Book of Jin": "Diligent and knowledgeable, the family is poor and hard to get oil, while practicing capsule holds dozens of fireflies to take pictures day and night." Snow comes from A Record of Sun Shi: Sun Kang was born in a poor family and often studied in the snow.
The idiom "firefly reflecting snow" refers to Che Yin in Jin Dynasty. He was poor and had no money to buy lamp oil, but he wanted to study at night, so he caught a firefly as a lamp and studied at summer night. Snow-reflecting is a way of reading in winter nights in Sun Kang in Jin Dynasty by using the light reflected by snow.
In the Jin Dynasty, Che Yin was always eager to study, but because of his poor family, his father could not provide him with a good learning environment. In order to maintain food and clothing, there is no extra money to buy him lamp oil for evening study. To this end, he can only use this time during the day to recite poems.
One night in summer, he was reciting an article in the yard when he suddenly saw many fireflies flying at low altitude. The flashing light is a bit dazzling in the dark. He thought, if you put many fireflies together, wouldn't it become a lamp? So, he went to find a white silk bag, immediately caught dozens of fireflies and put them in, then tied the mouth of the bag and hung it up. It's not very bright, but it can be used for reading. From then on, as long as there are fireflies, he will catch one to use as a lamp. Because he studied hard and practiced hard, he finally became an official in a high position.
The same is true of Sun Kang in the same dynasty. Because I have no money to buy lamp oil, I can't read at night, so I have to go to bed early. He felt it a pity to let time pass in vain.
One night in the middle of the night, he woke up from his sleep, turned his head out of the window and found a ray of light in the window. It turned out to be a reflection of heavy snow, which can be used for reading. So he was so tired that he immediately got dressed, took out his book and went outside. The snow reflected on the wide earth is much brighter than the snow in the room. Sun Kang ignored the cold and immediately read a book. His hands and feet were frozen stiff, so he got up and ran, rubbing his fingers at the same time. From then on, every snowy night, he never missed this good opportunity and studied tirelessly. This spirit of hard work has promoted his knowledge to advance by leaps and bounds and become a knowledgeable person. Later, he became a big official. 3. Digging the wall and stealing the lamp Original: The word is childish, and there is no candle for studying hard, and the neighbor has a candle that he has not caught. Balance is to send its light through the wall and read it with a book that reflects the light. City people can't read their surnames. They have money at home and many books. Therefore, Hengnai cooperated with seven people and did not ask for compensation. The master was surprised and asked Heng, who said, "May the master read all the books." The host sighed, gave books and became a university. Miscellanies of Xijing
Kuang Heng is diligent and studious, but there is no candle lighting at home. There are candles in the neighbor's house, but the light can't reach his house, so Kuang Heng cut a hole in the wall to attract the neighbor's light, so that the light can shine on the book and read. There is a big family in the same town who is illiterate and rich. There are many books at home. Kuang Heng went to his house as an employee, and he didn't want to be paid. The host felt very strange and asked him why. He said, "Master, I want to read all your books." Hearing this, the master sighed deeply and lent him the book. Therefore, Kuang Heng became a great scholar. This is the story of stealing light from the wall. Make a needle with an iron pestle
From the true "Mulian saves the mother from four Liu's temples": "Like an iron pestle grinding a needle, the heart is firm and there is a needle day."
Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, didn't like reading when he was a child. One day, while the teacher was not at home, he sneaked out to play.
Li Bai, a clever man, was ashamed of himself after hearing this. He turned and ran back to the bookstore. From then on, he kept in mind the truth that "as long as kung fu is deep, the iron pestle is ground into a needle" and studied hard. 5. Eat your bread and taste your courage
Source: Historical Records Goujian's Family: "The King of Yue, Goujian, rebelled and suffered from his will. He was afraid of sitting and lying down, eating and drinking." Sleep pay: sleep on dry wood. Taste the gall: taste the gall.
Allusion: In 496 BC, He Lv, the king of Wu, sent troops to attack the State of Yue and was defeated by the State of Yue. He Lu was also seriously injured and died. He Lv asked Wu Zixu to choose his successor. Wu Zixu loved Fu Cha alone and chose him as king. Since then, Gou Jian heard that Wu wanted to build a water army, and despite the opposition of others, he sent troops to destroy the water army. The result was surrounded by Fucha Jones and was defeated. The general also died. Fu Cha wanted to capture Gou Jian alive, but Fan Li made a plan and pretended to surrender, leaving a green hill without firewood. Fu Cha didn't listen to the advice of veteran Wu Zixu, leaving Gou Jian and others behind. After three years of humiliation, he was finally put back to Yue. Gou Jian secretly trained elite soldiers, sleeping every night without a mattress, just laying some firewood (called salary in ancient times), and hanging a bravery in the house. In order not to forget the shame of the past, he will taste bitterness from time to time. In order to inspire the people, Gou Jian joined the work of the Queen and the people, and made the country stronger with the help of Vietnamese Qi Xin.
On one occasion, Fu Cha led most of the troops in the country to hold a meeting and asked Gou Jian to lead troops to cheer. Seeing that the time had come, Gou Jian pretended to go to the meeting, took 3,000 chosen men, captured the main city of Wu, killed the king of Wu and captured Fu Cha.
6. The origin of the log police pillow Song Zuyu's "Paulus Johannes Xuan Zhi": "Taking the log as a police pillow and then taking a nap and going to sleep is reading."
Use logs as pillows, and it's easy to wake up when you fall asleep. Describe trying to encourage yourself.
Log police pillow: Sima Guang was born in the Northern Song Dynasty. After he took office, because he found that there was no systematic chronicle since ancient times, he decided to make time to finish this masterpiece. In order to seize the time and prevent himself from oversleeping, he designed a log pillow-a police pillow.