The idiom "Jiang Lang is at his wit's end" has been passed down to this day, and it is used to describe those people who made a name for themselves at first, but didn't make any decent achievements later. Why did Jiang Lang (Jiang Yan in the Southern Dynasties) achieve great success in his career first, and was a senior official from a poor family, and was named as the Hou of Liling, and his poems were also quite famous; And why are you exhausted when you are in the prime of your life when you should have done a lot? It is also very enlightening for us to analyze the reasons.
Legend has it that Jiang Yan once slept in a gazebo and dreamed that Guo Pu asked him for a writing brush. He took a five-color pen from his pocket and handed it to Guo Pu. Since then, his poems have been unremarkable. He also said that he once took a boat and moored beside the Zen temple, dreaming that Zhang Jingyang asked him for a few feet of silk brocade, and the articles he wrote later were not literary.
It is true that Jiang Yan's poems later regressed, which is recognized by poets and scribes of all ages. But the root cause of his depression is not the lie in his sleep mentioned above.
In his early years, his family was poor, he studied hard, "spared no effort to write", and paid great attention to learning from the successful people of his predecessors. "His characteristic is his poetry, but his talent is not outstanding, and his labor is one-sided." In other words, although he lacks learning conditions, he studies harder. His achievement is not providence, but comes from diligence and thinking, diligence and tireless study, which is the fundamental reason why he was famous in the ruling and opposition circles in the first half of his life. In the second half of life, the official became bigger and bigger, and his reputation became bigger and bigger. He thinks he has everything he wants in life, and he needs to eat, drink and be merry in time. So, I followed suit, indulging in happiness and self-indulgence, and no longer seeking hard work. He himself said that he had five shortcomings in sex, among which "too tired to lie down" and "afraid to move and do nothing" belonged to the inferiority of "following". "Sui" led him to love his post and devote himself to his work, and only "looked at five acres of houses and half an acre of land", and all his ambitions to rule the country and level the world vanished. Later, knowledge was poor, poetry faded, and "there were no beautiful sentences", which was an inevitable outcome.
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Nothing can take the place of diligence in study. "Genius is 99% sweat and 1% inspiration." If you don't work hard, inspiration will leave you.
The value of continuous learning
Phyllis's father Buck was born in a poor peasant family. He was only in the fifth grade, so his family asked him to drop out of school and work in a factory. Since then, the world has become his school. He is interested in everything. He reads all the books, magazines and newspapers he can get. He likes to listen to the conversations of villagers in the town to learn about the world outside this remote village where people have lived for generations.
Buck is very studious, and his curiosity about the outside world not only accompanied him across the ocean to America, but also passed it on to his family. He is determined to make every child get a good education.
Buck thinks that the most unforgivable thing is that a person is as ignorant when he sleeps at night as when he wakes up in the morning. He often said, "There are too many things to learn. Although we are born ignorant, only fools will be like this forever. "
In order to prevent children from falling into the trap of complacency, Buck asked his children to learn something new every day, and dinner time seemed to be the best occasion for them to exchange new knowledge.
After each of them has "new knowledge", they can go to eat.
Sometimes, buck's eyes will stay on one of them. "Felize, tell me what you learned today."
"What I learned today is the population of Nepal ..."
There was a sudden silence at the dinner table.
Felize always feels strange. No matter what he says, his father won't think it's a trivial matter.
"The population of Nepal. Well, very good. "
Then Buck looked at his wife sitting at the other end of the table.
"Mom, do you know the answer?"
The wife's answer always relaxes the serious atmosphere. "Nepal?" She said, "I don't know the population of Nepal. I don't even know where it is in the world!" " Of course, this answer is exactly what Buck wants.
"Felize," Becker added, "take the map and we will tell your mother where Nepal is." So the whole family began to look for Nepal on the map.
Feliz was just a child at that time, completely unaware of the beauty of this kind of education. He can't wait to get out of the house and play games with the children.
In retrospect, he realized what a vivid and powerful education his father had given him. Unconsciously, their whole family * * * has made progress in learning * *.
Shortly after Felize entered the university, he decided to take teaching as his lifelong career. At school, he studied with several of the most famous educators in China. Finally, he completed his college education and gained rich theories and skills. However, to his great interest, he found that the professors taught him exactly what his father had long known-the value of continuous learning.
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Life is limited, and learning is endless. What kind of person we become depends on what we have learned and try to learn something new every day. This day has not been wasted.
Diligence is like a seedling in spring.
After Tao Yuanming, a great writer in Jin Dynasty, lived in seclusion in the countryside, one day, a teenager who was studying came to visit him and asked him for knowledge to see if he could get a wonderful way to acquire knowledge from Tao Yuanming.
When the young man met Tao Yuanming, he said, "Old gentleman, the younger generation admires your old knowledge and talents. I wonder if there is any magical way for you to learn when you are young? " If so, please award it to the younger generation, and the younger generation will be grateful for a lifetime! "
Tao Yuanming smoothed his beard and said with a smile, "What wonderful knowledge is there in the world? Only stupid methods rely on hard work and perseverance. Diligence advances, laziness retreats. "
The boy didn't seem to understand. Tao Yuanming took the boy's hand and came to the field. He pointed to a rice seedling and said, "Look carefully, is it growing taller?"
The boy is very obedient. He didn't see the rice seedling grow taller at all, so he got up and said to Tao Yuanming, "The younger generation didn't see it grow taller."
Tao Yuanming said: "It is not tall. How can you grow from a seedling to this height? In fact, it has been growing, but we can't see it with the naked eye. Reading for knowledge is the same as accumulating knowledge! Study hard every day. After a long time, rich knowledge will be put in your mind. "
After saying this, Tao Yuanming pointed to a big millstone by the river and asked the boy, "Why does that millstone have a concave surface like a saddle?"
The boy replied, "It was sharpened with a sickle."
Tao Yuanming asked again, "When did it grind?"
The teenager was speechless. Tao Yuanming said: "The villagers sharpen their knives and sickles on it every day, and it will take several years to become like this. This can't be done in a day. As the saying goes, Rome was not built in a day! Learning to seek knowledge is also this paradox. If you don't persevere in seeking knowledge, you owe something every day! "
The boy suddenly realized that Tao Yuanming saw that the child could be taught, so he gave the boy two sentences with great interest:
Diligence is like a seedling that rises in spring. It grows stronger every day without increasing. Dropping out of school is like a whetstone. Can't see the harm, losing money every day.
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To really learn a little knowledge, determination, confidence and perseverance are essential. Learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. Only those who persevere can hope to reach your destination.
Piano master teaching method
Wood is a student of music. On this day, he walked into the practice room. On the piano, there is a brand-new music score.
"Super difficult ..." Wood muttered, turning over the music, feeling that his confidence in playing the piano seemed to have fallen to the bottom.
It's been three months! Since I followed the new guidance professor, I don't know why the professor played tricks on people in this way.
Wood barely supported himself, and he began to fight, fight, fight with his fingers ... The sound of the piano drowned out the professor's footsteps coming from outside the practice room.
The tutor is a very famous piano master. On the first day of teaching, he graded his new students. "Give it a try!" He said.
Music score is very difficult, and there are many mistakes in wood's playing.
"Not yet, go back and practice!" At the end of class, the professor told the students like this.
Wood practiced for a week, and the next week he was going to let the professor test him in class. Unexpectedly, the professor gave him a more difficult score. "Give it a try!" The professor didn't mention it in last week's class.
Once again, Wood tried to cope with more difficult technical challenges.
In the third week, more difficult music scores appeared again.
The same situation continues. Every time Wood is troubled by a new grade in class, he takes it back to practice, and then goes back to class to face a grade twice as difficult, but he can't keep up with the progress, and because of last week's practice, he doesn't feel good at it at all. Wood felt more and more depressed and discouraged.
The professor walked into the practice room.
Wood couldn't help it any longer. He must ask piano master about the great pressure he has suffered here in the past month.
The professor didn't speak. He took out the earliest music score and gave it to Wood. "Look!" He looked at the students with firm eyes.
The incredible result happened, and even Wood himself was very surprised that he could play this song so beautifully and skillfully! The professor asked Wood to try the music score in the second class, but the students still showed super performance ... At the end of the performance, Wood looked at the teacher stupefied and couldn't speak.
"If I let you perform what you are best at, maybe you are still practicing the earliest music score, you wouldn't be like this ..." piano master said slowly.
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In learning, we must not be afraid of difficulties, dare to challenge difficult problems, and dare to bear pressure, so as to continuously tap the potential and improve our ability.
It is better to study hard than to eat full all day.
Fan Zhongyan was a famous scholar, politician and strategist in the Northern Song Dynasty. He loved reading in his childhood. He can't afford to go to school because his family is poor. /kloc-When he was 0/0 years old, he lived in a monk's room in Liquan Temple in Changshan and studied hard. He cooks a small pot of gruel every day, solidifies it and cuts it into four pieces with a knife, two in the morning and two in the evening, and then cuts some pickles to eat. This is the story of "broken porridge", which is passed down as a much-told story by later generations.
The old Huotou monk in the temple admires Fan Zhongyan's spirit and often praises him. Fan Zhongyan said: "If a person doesn't study, he only knows how to eat and feel comfortable, and that kind of life is meaningless."
Fan Zhongyan went to Yingtianfu (now Shangqiu, Henan Province) in the Northern Song Dynasty and entered the famous Du Nan Academy, with the purpose of broadening his horizons, learning from teachers and increasing his knowledge. In the school house, he studied hard day and night, "sleeping without taking off his clothes." In winter nights, when he was tired of reading, he washed his face with cold water to clear his head and continue his study.
Among these students, one is Du Nan's son. Seeing that Fan Zhongyan "forgot to study" and only ate some porridge, he was very moved. He went home and told his father about it. Left-behind said with emotion: "This is an ambitious and promising child. Give him some dishes to eat. " A few days later, the left-behind son found that Fan Zhongyan didn't eat the food he sent, so he blamed him. Fan Zhongyan thanked him, "It's not that I don't appreciate your father's kindness. It's just that I have been eating porridge for many years. If I am greedy for this good thing, I am afraid I will not suffer in the future. "
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This book has its own golden house. Indulge in learning, life is bitter, but the spirit is very happy.
Win a hundred parents, and dragons and phoenixes can fly.
When Liu Gongquan was a child, his handwriting was very bad, and he was often scolded by his teacher and father for his crooked handwriting. Xiao Gongquan is very strong and determined to practice his handwriting well. After more than a year of hard work day and night, his calligraphy has made great progress. Compared with his friends of the same age, the word public power has become the best in the village.
Since then, his big characters have been praised by classmates and teachers, and even his stern father has a smile on his face, which makes Xiao Gongquan feel very proud.
One day, Liu Gongquan and several friends laid a square table under the old mulberry tree near the village and held a "book meeting", agreeing that everyone would write a big word and watch each other's games. Gong Quan soon wrote an article. At this time, an old man selling tofu brain put down his burden and came to the mulberry tree to enjoy the cool. He watched the children practice calligraphy with great interest. Liu Gongquan handed over what he had written and said, "Grandpa, do you think my writing is good?" The old man took it and read it. It said, "I will write about Feng Fei's family background and dare to boast in front of others." The old man thought the child was too proud, frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I don't think this word is well written and it's not worth praising in front of people." This word is like tofu brain in my baggage. It is soft and brittle, with no bones and no body. Is it worth bragging about in front of people? "Seeing the old man's handwriting in a mess, Xiao Gongquan said unconvinced:" People say that my handwriting is good, but you can't. Write a few words for me if you can. "The old man smiled brightly and said," No, no, my old man is a clown and can't write well. However, some people write with their feet much better than you! Don't believe you, go to Huayuan City! "
Xiao Gongquan was very angry and thought the old man was scolding him. Later, thinking of the kind face and hearty laughter of the old man, I decided to visit Huayuan City.
Huayuan city is more than 40 miles away from his home. The next day, he got up at five o'clock, quietly left a note for his family, carrying a bun bag and went to Huayuan City alone.
As soon as Liu Gongquan entered the Shoumen Gate of Huayuan City, he saw a white cloth cover hanging under a big locust tree in North Street, which read three Chinese characters: "Calligraphy and painting soup", with vigorous font and vigorous brushwork. There were many people under the tree, so he squeezed into the crowd to have a look. He was dumbfounded. I saw a deformed old man with black hair, no arms, sitting barefoot on the ground, his left foot pressing the paper lying on the ground, and his right foot pressing a big pile of money, writing couplets with ease. His pen is like a god, and his handwriting flies when dancing, which won the cheers of onlookers.
Xiao Gongquan realized that the old man selling bean curd was not lying, and he was ashamed to think that I was too far from Grandpa Calligraphy and Painting Soup. He knelt down in front of the calligraphy and painting soup and said, "I would like to worship you as a teacher." My name is Liu Gongquan. Please accept me. I hope the master can tell me the secret of writing ... "Calligraphy and painting soup hurriedly put down the pen in his foot and said," I am a lonely freak who was born without hands and can't survive. I have to make a living with my feet. Although I can write a few crooked words, how can I be a teacher? " Small public rights repeatedly begged, calligraphy and painting soup spread a piece of paper on the ground, with the right foot pen, wrote:
Write eight cylinders of water, and the inkstone is dyed black in the waterlogging pool;
If you win hundreds of parents, you will get a phoenix in Yi Long.
The old man said to Gong Quan, "This is the secret of my writing. I have been writing with my feet since I was a child, and I have been practicing for more than 50 years. My family has a big vat that can hold eight barrels of water. Eight cylinders of water were used when grinding ink and practicing calligraphy. There is a pool full of water half an acre outside my wall. I wash the inkstone in the pool every day after writing, and the water in the pool is dyed black. However, my calligraphy practice is still far from perfect! "
Liu Gongquan firmly engraved the old man's words in his heart. He deeply thanked the calligraphy and painting soup and reluctantly went back.
Since then, Liu Gongquan has worked hard to practice calligraphy, grinding thick cocoons on his hands and mending his elbows layer by layer. He learned the beauty and richness of Yan style, the openness and elegance of European style, the boldness and boldness of calligraphy and painting soup, and the elegance and charm of palace style. He often watches others pick sheep from cattle and study the skeleton structure, from which he gets inspiration. He also pays attention to geese in the sky, fish in the water, running elk and runaway horses, and integrates all kinds of beautiful forms of nature into calligraphy art.
Liu Gongquan finally became a famous calligrapher in Tang Dynasty. But Liu Gongquan was still very dissatisfied with his calligraphy until he was old. In his later years, he lived in seclusion in Nanyuan Valley, Huayuan, specializing in calligraphy and diligently practicing calligraphy until he died in his 80 s.
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There is a mountain outside the mountain, and there is a sky outside. Only by studying hard, learning from each other's strong points and making continuous progress can we get ahead.
Learning Chinese characters is not only for writing, but also for being tempted.
Mi Fei, a famous painter in Song Dynasty, learned to write in a private school library when he was a child. He studied for three years, but he failed. One day, a scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam passed by the village. Mi Fei heard that the scholar wrote a good hand and came to ask for advice. The scholar looked through a dozen pieces of paper written by Miffy's post-it notes. If he realized something, he said to him, "If you want to learn to write with me, you have to buy my paper on one condition. But it's a little more expensive, five taels of silver. " Miffy was surprised and thought, how can there be such expensive paper? Didn't you mean to make it difficult for people? Seeing his hesitation, the scholar said, "Forget it if it's too expensive!" I wasted a lot of money to learn, so I lent five taels of silver to the scholar. The scholar handed him a piece of paper and said, "Go back and write well and show it to me in three days."
At home, Mifei looked around with a piece of paper bought by Wuliangye, and dared not use it easily. So I opened the copybook, scratched the book case with a pen that was not dipped in ink, thinking about the shelf and nib of each word, and I was fascinated.
Three days later, the scholar came. Seeing Mi Fei sitting there, pen in hand, lost in thought at the copybook, but not a word was written on the paper, he asked in mock surprise, "Why haven't you written yet?" Miffy was shocked and woke up like a dream, only to remember that the three-day deadline had arrived and murmured, "I, I'm afraid I wasted the paper." The scholar laughed and pointed at the paper with a fan and said, "Well, I've been thinking about it for three days. Write me a word! " "Mi Fei began to write a word" forever ". The scholar took it and saw that the handwriting was greatly improved and beautiful. Then he asked, "Why can't you write well in three years and you can write well in three days?" Miffy replied cautiously, "Because this piece of paper is expensive, I'm afraid of wasting it. I dare not write like before, but I have thought it over carefully ... ""Yes! "The scholar interrupted him and said," Learning Chinese characters is not just writing, but also being tempted. We should not only observe its shape, but also understand its spirit and get its meaning in order to write well. Now that you know the tricks of writing, I should go. " As he spoke, he added seven words on the paper with the word "Yong": "(Yong) never forgets, and the tattoo is five or two." Say that finish, he took out the five taels of silver from his pocket and returned it to Mi Fei, and went out to catch the exam.
Mi Fei always kept these five taels of silver on his desk, always remembering this painstaking first teacher, and encouraging himself to study hard and practice hard, and eventually became a famous painter and calligrapher.
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Study hard and use your head. We should not only understand the superficial knowledge, but also understand its essence and obtain information, so as to learn well.
70-year-olds can also study with confidence.
As a monarch, Duke Jinping's achievements are uneven and he is knowledgeable. At the age of 70, he still hopes to read more books and increase his knowledge. He always feels that his knowledge is too limited. However, it is difficult for a 70-year-old man to study any more. Jin Pinggong still had no confidence in his idea, so he went to consult one of his wise courtiers, Shi Kuang.
Shi Kuang is a blind old man. He possessed a vast store of knowledge. Although he can't see, his heart is bright. Duke Jinping asked Shi Kuang, "Look, I'm 70 years old. I'm really old, but I still hope to read more and study more, but I always have no confidence. Do you always feel too late? "
Shi Kuang replied, "You said it was too late, so why not light the candle?"
Duke Jinping didn't understand what Shi Kuang was saying, so he said, "I'm talking to you seriously. What are you talking about? How can a courtier tease the monarch casually? "
Shi Kuang was very happy and immediately said, "Your Majesty, you misunderstood me. I am a blind courtier, how dare I tease your majesty casually? I also talk to you seriously about learning. "
Jin Pinggong said, "How can I say this?"
Shi Kuang replied, "I heard that people are eager to learn when they are young, just like getting warm sunshine in the morning. The brighter the sun, the longer it lasts. " People are eager to learn in their prime, just like getting bright sunshine at noon. Although the noon sun has gone halfway, it is very powerful and there is still a lot of time. People are eager to learn when they are old. Although it is dusk and there is no sunshine, they can still use candles. Although the light of the candle is not very bright, it is better to get this little candlelight, though limited, than to grope in the dark. "
Jin Pinggong suddenly enlighted and said happily, "You speak very well, indeed! I am confident. "
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A person "may not be employed for life, but must study for life." Only by continuous learning can we pursue and enjoy a better life.
Entrepreneurs without formal education
Albert Huo Bourdale is the janitor of Gray Street Middle School in Manchester. Although his salary is only 5 pounds a week, he is very serious about his work and always keeps the campus clean and tidy, because he thinks that since he has no chance to read and write, it is not bad to do more work and provide a good learning environment for his children.
Unexpectedly, that year, the old headmaster he admired retired and a pretentious new headmaster named Johnson came. Shortly after he took office, he announced that all employees must sign in every day and indicate the time. On Friday, he brought his attendance book-great! When he was ready to close the book with satisfaction, he found a blank, which seemed very uncoordinated. He immediately sent for the person who refused to accept the invitation.
"Listen, Albert, I have stipulated that all employees must sign the attendance book, you know?"
"Yes, sir."
"So, did you sign it?"
"No, sir."
"Once I make the rules, it means that everyone must abide by them, and anyone who doesn't obey them will have to go on-do you understand what I mean?"
"I understand, sir."
"Then why don't you sign it?"
Albert blushed and didn't speak for a long time. Finally, he had to tell the truth: "my signature is not good, sir."
"What? Signing a contract is not good? God, you won't say that you can't read the next sentence, will you? "
"I really can't read, sir."
"That's terrible! It's unbelievable that a person who works in an educational institution can't read ... enough! You know I can't stand the inefficiency here. I'll give you a week to find another way to make a living! "
It was already dark when Albert walked out of school. On the worst day in 20 years, he reminded himself that he had to buy half a pound of sausage to take home.
Suddenly, he got a cold war-remembering that Mrs. Wiggers, the owner of the small food store where he used to buy sausages, passed away the day before yesterday. The store door is still closed, and there is no sausage shop nearby.
"Shit, why isn't there a second sausage shop in the whole block?" Albert was in a terrible mood and his eyes were in complete darkness. Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind: in that case, why not open one yourself? I've saved some money over the years, and now I'm unemployed ... right! Just use Mrs Wiggers's shop as a means of making a living!
He was so excited that he forgot his worries about unemployment. A week later, the food store reopened and Albert became the owner.
Business is good. Albert thought, wouldn't it be better to cook sausages before selling them? So he began to process sausages and took out the steaming sausages early in the morning. It was June 5438+065438+ 10. It was cold and foggy, and the attractive smell of hot sausages attracted groups of customers.
In order to cope with the "long queue" in front of the store, Albert came up with a new idea: cut a lot of Xiao Mu chopsticks, put sausages in half-cut bread and string them on chopsticks for sale. This kind of breakfast is economical and convenient, and it is very popular as soon as it comes out. As a result, the "long queue" has not disappeared, but has become longer. Albert hired two helpers in a month, but he was still too busy. Customers almost knocked down the door of the shop.
He had a brainwave and hired a one-and-a-half-year-old child to sell a tricycle on the street, which really reduced the congestion in front of the store, but the business was also bigger.
With the growing popularity of "Hobl Dailei Sausage", his snack bar has also become a big hotel with two branches. In order to ensure the supply, he began to make sausages by himself instead of relying on wholesalers.
It's summer, especially hot summer, and not many people want to eat hot sausages-in fact, any hot food can't arouse people's appetite. Albert thought on second thought, "Since it's too hot for everyone to cook or squeeze into a restaurant, why not cook the sausage, cool it and deliver it to your door?" ? Starting from 13 children, they traveled all over the streets and made "bread with sausage" strung on bamboo chopsticks. This summer's sales are even more than in winter!
Five years later, anyone who goes to Manchester, no matter in the streets, can see children selling sausages on bicycles. A few years later, even in the busiest street, there was a branch of Hobl Daire Sausage Store, which provided "one-stop" service for production, supply and marketing.
With the development of his career, Albert felt it necessary to improve the technical level of new workers. He contacted the school district board of education and applied for the establishment of "sausage making technical school".
The industrialist's idea has been strongly supported by the school district education Committee, and the preparatory work is progressing smoothly. The two sides agreed that the school district should appoint principals and vice principals, and the teachers should be mainly selected from senior and middle-level staff and skilled workers.
Soon, the vice principal called and said that "Hobl Dale Sausage Making Technical School" was about to start. Please write the name of the school.
Albert had no choice but to answer, "Mr. Vice President, I'm really sorry. Please ask one of you to help me do it. I can't write. " The vice principal was a little unhappy and said, "Mr. Hobl Dyer, don't refuse. An accomplished industrialist like you is either from Cambridge or Oxford, or has studied abroad. No matter how busy the business is, I still have time to write these words. "
Albert had to tell the truth: "Mr. Vice President, I really can't write well." Maybe you don't believe it: 10 years ago, I was a' countryman'-I couldn't write or read, and even learned to write my own name after doing business. "
The vice principal could hardly believe his ears and was silent for a long time on the other end of the phone. Finally, he said, "Mr. Huo Bourdale, it is amazing that you have made such a great career without formal education." I think if you could read and write 10 years ago, what kind of person would you be today? "
Albert laughed loudly. "The janitor at Gray Street Middle School-5 pounds a week, sir!" "
"Ah-"There was a loud exclamation on the phone. It turned out that the vice principal was none other than Mr. Johnson who kicked Albert out of school that year.
Inspiring proverbs
Knowledge is not equal to ability. Knowledge must be transformed into ability and quality to reflect its value. Just as a person eating food does not mean strengthening his physique, he needs to absorb food to strengthen his physique. Only by combining knowledge with practice can we show our ability.
The criterion for evaluating a wise man is not the number of books.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Wang Shou who was fond of books and was famous for his rich collection of books. In ancient times, most books were copied on bamboo pieces by hand and then mounted in leather. In order to have materials for copying books, he planted bamboo in the back of the front room. A bamboo forest was formed, and many reeds were planted in the pond in front of the door. He spends all his time on it except eating and sleeping, borrowing books, copying books and reading books every day. The small room in the first hospital at home is full of books except where he lives. Every year, he not only spends a lot of time moving them out to dry to avoid being eaten by insects, but also checks whether there are any missing words and makes them up in time. For more than 40 years, Wang Shou has lived this self-righteous and fulfilling life alone, taking pains as pleasure.
Due to the death of his mother, Wang Shou is going to attend the funeral of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. He took five books with him, ready to find time to read them on the way.
Wang Shou is not young, and five bamboo slips are heavy enough. As a result, he was exhausted after only walking for a while. Some can't walk. He had to sit at the intersection to rest and take out a book to read.
At this time, a hermit named Xu Feng passed by and saw him carrying so many books, so he asked him. "Dare to ask Mr. Wang Shou?" Wang Shou is very strange and asks; "Who are you? How do you know me? " Xu Caifeng told him that his name was xu feng. Wang Shou has also heard of him.
Wang Shou told the purpose of his trip, and said that he did not hesitate to bear the burden, all in order to enrich himself through reading during the trip. Xu Feng sighed and said, "It's no use."
Wang Shou listened to one leng, staring blankly at Xu, wondering what he meant.
Xu bowed his head and said with a smile, "Books are records of speeches and thoughts. Words and thoughts are produced by people's hard thinking, so the standard for evaluating smart people is not measured by the number of books. I thought you were a smart man. Why not think about problems and form ideas, but run around with such tiring things? "
Hearing this, Wang Shou woke up like a dream. He immediately made three obeisances to Xu Feng, burned books on the spot, and entered the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
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