1, Wu Cheng'en: Journey to the West at the age of 70.
Wu Cheng'en: When I was a child, I was studious, witty and learned by memory. He is good at painting, calligraphy, lyrics and Go, and he also likes to collect Fa Tie's famous paintings. As a teenager, he became famous in his hometown because of his outstanding literary talent, but the famous The Journey to the West was written very late.
He was born in a poor family where a scholar was reduced to a businessman. Wu Cheng'en was brilliant since he was a child. The Records of Huai 'an Prefecture recorded that he was "Minhui, a learned man, who wrote for poetry."
However, his scientific examination was unfavorable, and he didn't make up for the "year-old tribute student" until middle age, and then he lived in Nanjing for a long time and subsidized his family by selling literature. In his later years, due to his poor family, he became a county magistrate in Changxing. Because he didn't like the darkness of officialdom, he quickly resigned angrily and died of poverty.
After the age of 30, the anecdotes he searched have been "hidden in his chest" and he has a creative plan. Around the age of 50, he wrote the first dozen of The Journey to the West's novels, which were interrupted for many years for some unknown reason. It was not until he resigned in his later years and returned to his hometown that he was able to formally create The Journey to the West. Wu Cheng'en was seventy-two years old when he officially wrote The Journey to the West.
Wu Cheng'en, who was poor all his life, died in the 10th year of Wanli (at the age of 82) after making every effort to complete the The Journey to the West, which is famous at home and abroad.
2. Zhong Er, Jin Wengong: Sixty-two-year-old, who achieved the hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Jin Wengong was the second overlord among the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period, and he was also called "Qi Huan Jinwen" with Qi Huangong.
Before 659, when she was a teenager, she persecuted her brother. Because her favorite concubine wanted her son Qi to become a prince, she began to go into exile and fled to Zhai, her mother's old country.
Before 650 years, after Jin ascended the throne, he was afraid of the establishment of the Chinese people and threatened his throne. He began to hunt down and exile in a foreign country, and went to Wei, Qi, Cao and Chu.
However, not all countries are kind to him, and his life is always threatened. Finally, with the support of Qin Mugong, he won the battle for the throne and ascended the throne in 636, at the age of 62.
Sima Qian commented on him: "Jin Wengong is modest and studious, and is good at making friends with wise people." "Jin Wengong, known as a monarch in ancient times, left his hometown for 19 years, was trapped in appointment and enjoyed the throne. He still forgot to recommend him. How arrogant is he? "
Jin Wengong didn't give up because of many difficulties, let alone give up his life like his brother Shen Sheng. But stubbornly survived in this process, has been learning political skills, and exercised his political talents during his narrow escape. It was his persistence that led to his later success.
3. Shang: At the age of 72, he became a Buddhist teacher.
Due to its long history, Jiang Shang's date of birth and death is not reliable. It is said that he lived to be a hundred years old, but this is a legend after all. But there is nothing wrong with saying that Jiang Taigong is a late bloomer.
When Jiang Shang was young, he slaughtered cattle and sold meat in Shangdu Chao Ge (now Qixian County, Henan Province), and then went to Jin Meng (now northeast of Mengjin County, Henan Province) to sell wine.
Although he is poor, he is ambitious, studies hard, and always studies and discusses ways to govern and rejuvenate the country in order to make great achievements and serve the country one day. Until my later years, I finally met the opportunity to display my talents.
During the period of assistance, Jiang Shang formulated a series of correct domestic and foreign policies to strengthen Zhou and destroy business. After Zhou Wenwang's death, Ji Fa, the king of Wu, succeeded to the throne, worshiping Jiang Shang as his teacher and honoring him as his father.
Continue to assist Zhou in handling state affairs. In the eleventh year of King Wu, King Wu sent troops to conquer Konoha and won a great victory. After the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, Jiang Shang was given the title of Yingqiu (now Linzi City, Linzi North) in the State of Qi.
There is an old saying in China's inspirational story that "squire meets king Wen in eighty", which may be exaggerated. However, it is more credible to say that Jiang Shang was worshipped as a Buddhist at the age of 72.
4, Bailixi: 70 years old, will eventually become famous.
Balich is a famous politician and thinker. During his tenure as President of Qin State, Balisi made Qin State one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period and laid a solid foundation for the final reunification of China.
Before becoming a famous figure, it experienced numerous twists and turns. He read a lot of poetry books and learned a lot, but his family was poor and the patriarchal clan system in Chu was strict. Ordinary people have no hope of being an official. In his thirties, he still achieved nothing, and his wife advised him to travel abroad to seek an official position.
Begging all the way, passing by Qi, Song and so on. Later, he was recommended by Uncle Jian to be a doctor in Yuzhou, but he still didn't give full play to his talents. He was once regarded as a slave, dowry and cattle breeder. Finally, he was discovered by the visionary Qin Mugong. By this time, Prissy was 70 years old.
It was because of his persistence that he didn't give up in autumn, hence the name. After his death, he said, "Men and women in Qin shed tears, boys don't sing, and spring people don't agree."
5. Gou Jian: Sleeping on salary and daring to destroy Wu.
Gou Jian succeeded to the throne at the age of twenty-three. He soon defeated the powerful State of Wu and was ambitious, but at this time Gou Jian was of course "successful". Because the powerful State of Wu was fighting for bloodshed and humiliation, a catastrophe immediately came to the young king and his country.
He Lu was injured and died, and his son Fu Cha was determined to take revenge. Gou Jian took the initiative to attack Wu the following year. In Fujiaoshan (now southwest of Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province), there was a fierce battle with Wu Bing, and the Vietnamese army was defeated. Gou Jian withdrew his troops to Huiji Mountain (now south of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province) and made peace with Wu.
In the fifth year of Gou Jian, he came to Wu with his wife and ministers, and used Fu tea as a token of Wu, and arrived in Wudu. Gou Jian, bring disgrace to oneself, claimed to be a humble minister, worshiped the king of Wu, ate coarse grains, slept in stables and served hard labor. Be careful to serve Focha, be obedient, raise horses, let his wife supply water, remove dung and sweep the floor. Three years without anger and hatred. Better than the servant of Fucha.
Thirty-year-old Gou Jian returned to Vietnam after seven years. After returning home, in order to motivate himself not to forget revenge, he slept with firewood instead of a mattress. There is a gallbladder hanging in the room. Try it before every meal. This is the origin of the allusion of "paid service".
Ten years of reunion, ten years of lessons. Finally, Gou Jian took advantage of Wu's hegemony in the Central Plains and domestic natural disasters to defeat Wu. In twenty-four years, Gou Jian was forty-seven, Wu was besieged for three years, the city was broken, and Fu Cha committed suicide.
Wu Wu died. Subsequently, Gou Jian sailed northward, and Song, Zheng, Lu and Wei joined the army in succession, and moved the capital to Langya (now Jiaonan, Shandong Province), where he joined forces with the governors of the Qi and Jin Dynasties and was officially recognized as the overlord by Zhou Yuanwang.
Gou Jian is a well-known ancient inspirational figure-"Where there is a will, there is a way, and 3,000 armor can swallow Wu."
: accumulation: accumulation: refers to a large amount of sufficient savings; Hair thinning: refers to a small amount of slow release. Save more and let it out slowly. Describe that only when you are fully prepared can you get things done well.
From Su Shi's famous saying about reading composition: "Learn from books, take from books, accumulate and thin."