Tao Xingzhi was very clever when he was a child. He often goes to Ye Jia, a neighboring village. When he saw the couplet calligraphy and painting in the hall, he described it in the mud with bamboo sticks. He is old enough to study, but his family can't afford the tuition. Fortunately, a scholar nearby opened a library to teach. He likes Tao Xingzhi very much and is willing to accept him as a student for free. In this way, 6-year-old Tao Xingzhi got the opportunity to receive enlightenment education. At the age of 9, Tao Xingzhi came to his grandmother's house. Grandma saw that he was clever and sent him to Mr. Wu Erkuan's school capital, and Tao Xingzhi officially entered the school. There, Tao Xingzhi practiced good calligraphy. After the enlightenment education, I entered the school and read four books and five classics.
/kloc-at the age of 0/0, Tao Xingzhi had to work part-time because his father was unemployed. He cut a load of firewood every day, sold it in the city and went to school. He walked twenty miles every day, thus completing the Four Books and Five Classics. At this time, Tao Xingzhi knew how difficult it was for poor children to study, so he studied harder and more consciously. He heard that 15 there was a student in Caojia, the dock of Xiaonanhai Airlines in Huangtanyuan Village, who was well versed in the tribute of the former Qing Dynasty, and Mr. Wang Lao, who was in charge of the school library, went to study. Teacher Wang was moved by his sincerity, so he gave him a free class.
Young Tao Xingzhi was forced by the pressure of life and could not concentrate on his studies. He must often take part in labor. Sometimes he helps his father pick melons and firewood to sell in the city, and sometimes he helps his mother pick water and wash vegetables. Seeing that Tao Xingzhi was diligent and eager to learn, President Chongyitang allowed him to enter school for free. In this way, 15-year-old Tao Xingzhi entered Chongyi School.
Because of the solid foundation, I was directly included in the second grade as soon as I entered school, and I ranked first when I graduated. While studying in Chongyi School, Tao Xingzhi not only learned modern scientific knowledge, but also did not leave behind classical literature. Because of his poor family, he borrowed an anthology of Tang poetry from his classmates in Chongyi School, and copied it neatly after reciting it. When returning the book, the classmate's father asked Tao Xingzhi who he admired most in the Tang Dynasty. He replied without thinking: "Du Fu and Bai Juyi." He also said: "Du Fu's poems are gloomy and powerful, worrying about the country and the people; White poetry is easy to understand and tells the hardships of people's livelihood. " The classmate's father was surprised that Tao Xingzhi had such an idea. He thought Tao Xingzhi would make a difference. Later, Tao Xingzhi became a famous educator in China.
Celebrity reading story 2: Chairman Mao's reading story
For decades, Chairman Mao has been very busy, but he always finds time, even a minute, to study. His former residence in Zhongnanhai is a sea of books. Books are everywhere on the bookcase, desk, dining table and coffee table in the bedroom. All the beds are occupied by books except the place where one person lies.
In order to study, Chairman Mao spent all available time. A few minutes before swimming, I sometimes have to read some famous poems. After swimming, I forgot to rest, so I picked up the book again. He never wastes even a few minutes in the toilet. The Selected Works of Zhaoming, the second edition of Song Xichun, and other books and periodicals were all completed intermittently during this period. Read a little today and a little tomorrow.
Chairman Mao often takes a box of books with him when he goes out for meetings or inspections. The train shook and bumped on the way, and he completely ignored it. He always keeps reading with a magnifying glass in one hand and a page in the other. In other places, like Beijing, there are books on the bed, desk, coffee table and dining table, which seem to be free.
Although Chairman Mao was seriously ill in his later years, he still insisted on studying. He reread a hardcover Complete Works of Lu Xun and many other books and periodicals published before liberation and brought to Beijing from Yan 'an.
On one occasion, Chairman Mao had a fever of over 39 degrees, and the doctor forbade him to read books. He said sadly, I have loved reading all my life, and now you don't let me study, and you make me lie here all day eating and sleeping. You know how hard it is for me! The staff had to put the books they had taken next to him, and he smiled happily.
Chairman Mao has never opposed the reading method that only seeks quick results. When he read the complete works of Han Changli's poems, except for a few chapters, he carefully pondered and studied them one by one, from vocabulary, sentence reading, chapters to the meaning of the full text. He can recite most of Han Ji's poems fluently through repeated reading and reciting. He read novels such as Journey to the West, Dream of Red Mansions, Outlaws of the Marsh and Romance of the Three Kingdoms in primary school and reread them in the 1960s. He has seen more than ten different versions of A Dream of Red Mansions. In the fifties, sixties and seventies, he read Selected Works of Zhaoming several times at school. There are three extant versions of his annotation.
I have read too many books on Marxism-Leninism and philosophy. I have read The Tales Loved by Celebrities, The History of the United Front Party and Li Da's Sociological Outline for ten times each. He has studied Manifesto of the Productive Party, Das Kapital, Selected Works of Lenin and so on. Many chapters and paragraphs also have notes and sketches.
Celebrity reading story 3: the story of reading for nothing
Bai was born in a remote town in Inner Mongolia. At the age of 8, my father died unfortunately, and my mother provoked this stormy home with strength and forbearance. Bai, who always gives the impression of unsmiling, was a naughty child when he was a child. He often makes his mother angry and is beaten by her. Bai has to be beaten at least twice a day, otherwise, even he will be surprised.
Being too playful, Bai got poor grades in school when he was a child. On one occasion, Bai's test score was the second lowest in the class. As soon as he got angry, he secretly tore up the posted score sheet.
With the growth of age, the poor family environment has honed Bai's strong character of hard work and courage to meet challenges. Gradually, our grades caught up with Bai. In the third year of high school, in order to improve his grades faster, he found all the textbooks he had learned and bound them. The first volume of history is more than 600 pages, the first volume of geography is 700 pages, and the first volume of Chinese is 1000 pages. Then, Bai reads 30 pages of books in each subject every day and does math problems. Perseverance, Bai finally admitted to the university.
Looking back on this incident now, Bai said with emotion: "The loveliest thing about youth is that there is a lot of time to squander. You can make countless mistakes because you have time to correct them, but when this afternoon tea arrives in your hand, you will know to do the right thing quickly, because there is no time to correct it if you are wrong. "
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A famous saying about reading.
1, when reading, I am willing to stay in front of every beautiful thought, just like staying in front of every truth. Emerson
2. A book, like a ship, leads us from a narrow place to an infinite ocean of life. Keller
3. Knowing is not as good as being good, and being good is not as good as being happy. -Confucius
You can't be versatile if you don't study, and you can't learn if you don't want to study. -Zhuge Liang
5. Don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you. -Confucius
6. books. -a window to observe the world through the mind. A house without books is like a room without windows. -Wilson
7. The book is as affectionate as an old friend, and every morning is a mixture of sadness and joy. -Yu Qian
8, the industry is diligent, barren land; What I did was thought, but it was destroyed. -Han Yu
9. Reading should be like a hungry person flapping on bread.
10, reading thousands of books, having no owner in my heart, is like getting rich, and spending money is quite hard.