digging through the wall to steal light
the firefly reflects the snow
smelling the chicken dancing
forgetting to eat and sleep
hanging a book in a cold window for ten years
Wei Bian San Jue
reflecting the snow (náng) firefly
In the Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Sun Kang. His family was too poor to buy lamp oil and he couldn't study at night, so he tried his best to study hard. In winter nights, he often studies outdoors by the light of snow, regardless of the cold. (Sun Kangying studied hard)
At that time, there was another person named Che yin who, like Sun Kang, had no money to buy lamp oil. On summer nights, he caught many fireflies, put them in gauze bags, illuminated them with fluorescent light, and studied day and night. (Che Yin Nang Ying studies at night)
Negative salary (x Ρ n) Hanging Angle
When Zhu Maichen was a child, his family was very poor. In order to make a living, he has to go up the mountain to cut wood every day and has no time to study. But he is tireless in learning, and often walks with firewood on his back while reading. (Zhu Maichen studied with a negative salary)
In the Sui Dynasty, there was a man named Li Mi who used to herd cattle when he was a child. Every day when he goes out, he takes a few books to hang on his horn. When the cow eats grass, he sits on the grass and studies hard. (Li Mi hangs a book in the corner)
Hanging a beam and stabbing a stock
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Sun Jing, who was a famous politician. When he was young, he was studious, often closed the door and kept reading alone. Reading from morning till night every day is often forgetting to eat and sleep. I have been studying for a long time, I am tired, and I still don't rest. After a long time, I dozed off with fatigue. He was afraid of affecting his study, so he came up with a special way. 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, which will hurt his scalp and wake up immediately, and then continue to study. (Sun Jing hanging beam studies hard)
This is the story of Sun Jing hanging beam.
during the warring States period, there was a man named Su Qin, who was also a famous politician. When I was young, I went to many places to do things because of my lack of knowledge, and I 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. He also figured out a way to prepare an awl, and once he dozed off, he stabbed himself in the thigh with the awl. In this way, I suddenly feel pain, wake myself up, and then insist on reading. This makes the story of Su Qin's "stabbing". (Su Qin)
[Note]: This idiom is derived from the story of Sun Jing and Su Qin studying, which is used to describe the spirit of studying hard and studying hard. Their spirit of studying hard is good, but their methods of studying hard need not be imitated.
Dig a wall for light
Kuang Heng was very studious when he was young. His family is poor and can't afford candles. When Kuang Heng wants to study at night, he often worries because there is no light. Later, he thought of a way to quietly cut a small hole in the wall. Let the candlelight of the people next door come through. In this way, he often studied late into the night, and later became a famous scholar in the Western Han Dynasty, and once served as the prime minister of the Han and Yuan emperors. It can be seen from the example of digging a wall to borrow light that external factors (environment and conditions) are not decisive factors. Under extremely difficult conditions, Kuang Heng finally became a member through his own hard work and strong perseverance. This shows that the internal cause is the basis and the first reason for the development and change of things, while the external cause is only the condition that affects the change of things, and it can only work through the internal cause. (Kuang Heng digs the wall to steal the light)
Painting the ground with a brush
Mr. Ouyang Xiu's father died when he was four years old. His family was poor and he had no money to study. Taitai used reed stalks to write pictures on the sand and taught him to write. And taught him to read many ancient chapters. When he was older and had no books to read at home, he went to the reader's house nearby to borrow books to read, and sometimes he copied them. In this way, day and night, sleepless nights, just devoted to reading. Poems and prose written since childhood have the level of adults when they are written, which is so high. (Ouyang Xiu painted the ground with a brush)
Wei Bian San Jue
Wei: Cooked cowhide. Wei bian: in ancient times, bamboo slips were used to write books, and bamboo slips were woven together with cooked cowhide strips to make Wei bian. Three: many times. Absolutely: broken. After repeated study, the leather rope of the bamboo slips was broken many times. Refers to studying hard. (Confucius Wei bian San Jue)