, Wei Bian Sanjue
Books in the Spring and Autumn Period were mainly made of bamboo. Bamboo was broken into bamboo sticks, which were called bamboo "slips". After the fire dried it, writing was written on it. Bamboo slips have a certain length and width. A bamboo slip can only write one line of characters, ranging from dozens to eight or nine. A book requires many bamboo slips, and these bamboo slips must be connected with strong ropes before they can be read. A book like "Yi" is of course composed of many bamboo compendia connected together, so it has considerable weight.
Confucius spent a lot of effort to read the entire "Yi" and basically understood its content. Soon I read it a second time and mastered its basic points. Then, he read it a third time and had a thorough understanding of its spirit and essence. After that, in order to study this book in depth and explain it to his disciples, he read it countless times. After reading and reading in this way, the cowhide straps connecting the bamboo slips were worn several times and had to be replaced with new ones many times.
Even after reading to this point, Confucius said modestly: "If I had lived a few more years, I would have fully grasped the text and quality of "Yi"."
2. Nao Ying
During the Jin Dynasty, Che Yin was eager to learn since he was a child. However, due to his poor family, his father could not provide him with a good learning environment. In order to maintain food and clothing, there was no extra money to buy lamp oil for him to study at night. For this reason, he could only use his time during the day to recite poetry.
One night in the summer, he was memorizing an article in the yard when he suddenly saw many fireflies flying in the low sky. The twinkling lights looked a bit dazzling in the darkness. He thought, if many fireflies were gathered together, wouldn't they become a light? So, he went to find a bag, then grabbed dozens of fireflies and put them in it, then tied the mouth of the bag and hung it up. Although it's not very bright, it can barely be used for reading.
From then on, whenever there were fireflies, he would grab one and use it as a lamp. Because of his diligent study and practice, he finally became a high-ranking official.
3. Yingxue
Sun Kang of the Jin Dynasty had no money to buy lamp oil, so he could not read at night and had to go to bed early. He felt it was a pity to let time run away in vain.
One night in the middle of the night, he woke up from his sleep. When he turned his head to the window, he found a ray of light coming through the crack of the window. It turns out that it is reflected by the heavy snow, and you can use it to read a book. So he suddenly lost his tiredness, immediately got dressed, took out his books, and went outside. The light of snow reflected on the vast land was much brighter than inside the house. Regardless of the cold, Sun Kang immediately started reading. His hands and feet were frozen, so he got up and ran, rubbing his fingers at the same time.
From then on, whenever there was snow at night, he would not miss this good opportunity and study tirelessly. This spirit of hard study promoted his knowledge to advance by leaps and bounds, and he became a well-educated man. Later, he became a high official.
4. Practice hard on your skills
As we all know, Deng Yaping has loved playing table tennis since she was a child. She dreams of one day being able to show off her skills in the world arena. But he was rejected from the national team because of his short stature and short arms and legs. But she was not discouraged. Instead, she turned her failure into motivation, worked hard on her skills, and her persistent efforts finally opened the buds of her dream—she got her wish and stood on the podium of the world champion.
In her sports career, she won a total of 18 world championship medals. Deng Yaping's outstanding achievements not only brought her great glory, but also changed the traditional concept of only selecting athletes among tall people in the world table tennis world.
5. Suspended beam thorns
Sun Jing of the Han Dynasty was studious and studious. He got up early every day to study until late at night. Because he was tired and sleepy, he would doze off unconsciously, so he tied one end of the rope to the roof beam and the other end to his hair. Since then, if you take a nap, your scalp will be pulled and hurt.
In the Warring States Period, after Su Qin failed to lobby the Qin State, he returned home and studied hard. Whenever he was tired from studying at night and dozed off, he would prick his thigh with an awl until blood dripped. He eventually became a famous politician. This idiom describes a person's hard-working and persevering spirit. He later finally became a Confucian master.