There are many ancient celebrity stories about "Nothing is difficult in the world, only those who are willing to do so". The author gives a few examples as follows:
1. Wang Xizhi's diligence in practicing calligraphy turned his pen into an ink pool. Later he became a great calligrapher.
To the east of the city of Linchuan, there is land hidden but high, facing the stream, which is called the new city. On top of the new city, there is a pool that is hollow but becomes longer. It is called Wang Xizhi's Mochi, according to Xun Bozi's "Linchuan Ji". Xi Zhi admired Zhang Zhi and went to the pond to study. The water in the pond was completely black. This is an old trace. How can you believe it is evil?
2. Li Bai skipped school and saw an old woman grinding needles with an iron pestle by the river. , was deeply inspired, and Shixian was born.
Mozhen Creek is at the foot of Elephant Er Mountain in Meizhou. Legend has it that Li Taibai was studying in the mountains, but he abandoned it before completing it. When I was crossing a stream to grind a needle with an iron pestle, I met an old woman who was grinding an iron pestle. When I asked her, she said, "I want to make a needle." She laughed at her clumsiness. The old woman said: "Earing will be born naturally when the work is done." Taibai realized what he meant and graduated. I said my surname was Wu. There is Wushi Rock next to Jinxi River.
3. Sima Qian was castrated and wrote "Historical Records", which was praised by Lu Xun as "the swan song of historians and the rhymeless Li Sao."
Sima Qian, a historian and writer of the Western Han Dynasty. Zi Chang, Zuofeng Yi, was born in Xiayang (now southwest of Hancheng, Shaanxi Province). He was born in the fifth year of Zhongyuan (145 BC) of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty. It is said that he was born in the sixth year of Jianyuan (135 BC) of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. The year of his death cannot be determined. Sima Qian began to study ancient book biographies at the age of 10. Around the years of Yuanguang and Yuanshuo during Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he studied "Gongyang Chunqiu" from the modern writer Dong Zhongshu, and also studied "Guwen Shangshu" from the ancient writer Kong An. At the age of 20, Sima Qian, the commander of the capital, and Anan, the historian, traveled to Nanjing. They traveled throughout the Jianghuai River Basin and the Central Plains, inspecting customs and collecting legends wherever they went. Soon he became a doctor and became the bodyguard and retinue of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He accompanied him on many western tours and was once sent as an envoy to Bashu. In the third year of Yuanfeng (108 BC), Sima Qian inherited his father Sima Tan's position and was appointed Taishi Ling, in charge of astronomy, calendar and royal books, so he could read the books collected by historians. In the first year of Taichu (104 BC), the "Taichu Calendar" was established with Tang Du, Luo Xiahong and others to replace the "Zhuanxu Calendar" inherited from Qin. The new calendar adapted to the needs of the society at that time. After that, Sima Qian began to write "Historical Records". Later, he was convicted and imprisoned for defending Li Ling, who surrendered to the Huns.
4. Li Shizhen traveled to thousands of mountains and tasted hundreds of herbs. It took several decades before the "Compendium of Materia Medica" was handed down.
During the period before and after Li Shizhen took office in Taiyuan Hospital, after a long period of preparation, Li Shizhen began writing "Compendium of Materia Medica". During the compilation process, he wore straw sandals and carried a medicine basket. He took his students and his son Jianyuan over mountains and ridges, visited doctors and collected medicines, and traveled to Henan, Hebei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei and other vast areas, as well as Niushou Mountain, Sheshan (called Sheshan in ancient times, now Qixia Mountain), Maoshan, Taihe Mountain and other famous mountains and rivers, traveled thousands of miles, listened to the opinions of tens of millions of people, and consulted more than 800 kinds of books, which lasted 27 years , finally written when he was 61 years old (1578).
5. Li He, an ascetic poet, would carry a brochure bag whenever he went out. When he encountered a good quote, he would throw it into the brocade bag. When he returned home at night, he would sort them out one by one. Although he died young, he still remembered Won the reputation of "Poetry Ghost".
Jin Bao Shi Cao [edit this paragraph] Original text: "Every sunrise, I travel with the princes, and then I write a poem before I can find a title, just like others thinking about the implications and the limit of the schedule. Heng has been a slave since he was a child, Riding on a donkey, he carried an old broken brocade bag. When he found something, he dropped the book into the bag. When he returned in the evening, the lady asked her maid to take it out. When she saw many books, she often said: "This son is going to vomit his heart out." That's it. 'He put on the lamp and had some food. Changji took the book from his servant, folded it into pieces, and put it in his bag. It's not a big crime or a funeral."
6. I believe everyone is familiar with the story of Foolish Old Man who moved mountains. If mountains can be moved, why is it so difficult in the world?
Taihang (háng) and Wangwu Mountains are seven hundred miles square and ten thousand Ren (rèn) high. Originally located in the south of Jizhou and north of Heyang.
The Foolish Old Man of Beishan is ninety years old and lives facing the mountain. The punishment (chéng) is the fortress (sè) in the north of the mountain, and the circuitous way (yū) in and out. They gathered in the room and made plans, saying: "I and you (rǔ) will try to level the danger, and we will lead to the south of Henan and reach the Yin of Han Dynasty. Is that okay?" He agreed with each other.
His wife expressed doubts and said: "With the power of the king, I have never been able to damage the hills of Kuífu (fǔ), such as Taihang and Wang's house? How can I put earth and rocks there?" Miscellaneous said: "Throw them into the Bohai Sea. The tail is in the north of the hidden soil. "Then he led his descendants to carry loads (hè dàn), knocking stones (kòu) to cultivate the soil, and transporting dustpans (jī běn) to the end of the Bohai Sea. The neighbor Jingcheng's widow (shuāng) had a surviving son, so she started to fight and jumped to help him. Winter and summer change, and the beginning is reversed.
In the bend of the river, the wise old man (sǒu) stopped laughing and said: "It's so bad, you are not doing your favor (huì). With the remaining strength of my remaining years, I have never been able to destroy a hair on the mountain. How are they like earth and rocks?" The Foolish Old Man of Beishan took a long breath and said, "Your heart is so solid that it cannot be penetrated. You were never as good as a widowed wife and a weak son. Even though I die, my son will survive; my son will be born again." Grandsons, and grandsons beget sons; sons have sons, and sons have grandsons; sons and grandsons are inexhaustible (kuì), and if the mountains do not increase, why bother and not be level? "The wise old man (sǒu) in the bend of the river responded (wú).
When the god of snakes heard about it, he was terrified of it and told the emperor. The emperor felt his sincerity and ordered the two sons of the Kua'e family to carry two mountains, one to the east of Shuo and the other to the south of Yong. From then on, there was no long way to the south of Ji and the Yin of Han.