Celebrity reading stories
1. Galileo was curious and inquisitive: Galileo was a great Italian physicist and astronomer. His contribution to mechanics was the establishment of the law of falling bodies and the discovery of The law of inertia of objects, the isochronism of pendulum vibration, and the law of parabolic motion determine Galileo's principle. When he was studying at the University of Pisa, he was very curious and often asked questions, such as "Why don't planets move in straight lines?" Some teachers thought he had too many questions, but he never cared. Also asked. Once, Galileo learned that the mathematician Leach was visiting Pisa, so he prepared many questions to ask Leach. This time it was great. The teacher was tireless in teaching, and the students asked endless questions. Galileo quickly learned knowledge about plane geometry, solid geometry, etc., and had a deep grasp of Archimedes' theories on levers, specific gravity of floating bodies, etc.
2. (1) Wang Yanan sleeps on a three-legged bed: When Wang Yanan was a child, he was ambitious and loved reading. When he was in middle school, in order to gain more time to study, he cut off one leg of the wooden bed he slept on by half a foot to make it a three-legged bed. He read late at night every day. When he was tired, he went to bed and took a nap. Then he turned over in a daze and the bed tilted towards the short leg. He was suddenly awakened, and immediately got out of bed and sat down at his desk to read at night. This happens every day, without interruption. As a result, he achieved excellent results every year and was known as one of the "Three Heroes" in his class.
(2) Wang Yanan tied to a pillar and reading: Wang Yanan, my country's famous Marxist economist and the earliest Chinese translator of "Das Kapital", took a boat to Europe in 1933. The passenger ship was sailing to the Red Sea when suddenly huge waves rolled into the sky and the ship was rocking so hard that people could not stand still. At this time, Wang Yanan, wearing glasses and holding a book in his hand, walked into the restaurant and begged the waiter: "Please tie me to this pillar!" The waiter thought he was afraid that he would be thrown into the sea by the waves. Go and tie Wang Yanan firmly to the pillar according to his words. After being tied up, Wang Yanan opened the book and read attentively. When the foreigners on the boat saw it, they all looked at him in amazement and praised him repeatedly: "Ah! The Chinese are so amazing!"
3. Lu Xun chewed chili peppers to ward off the cold: Mr. Lu Xun studied seriously since he was a child . When he was a boy, he studied at the Jiangnan Naval Academy. He had excellent grades in the first semester, and the school awarded him a gold medal. He immediately took it to the streets of Nanjing's Drum Tower and sold it, then bought a few books and a bunch of red peppers. Whenever it was cold at night and he couldn't bear to read at night, he would pick a chili pepper, put it in his mouth and chew it, which made him sweat on his forehead. He used this method to keep away the cold and insist on studying. As a result of studying hard, he finally became a famous litterateur in our country.
4. Shi Yang rubbed his feet and read at night: Shi Yang, the famous worker leader of the February 7th Strike, had a poor family when he was young and could not afford lamp oil. There is an ancient temple called Longxingguan in the village. There is an ever-burning lantern in the temple, and he studies in the ancient temple. Winter is cold and my feet feel uncomfortable with cold. At first, he stood up from time to time and stamped his feet. Later, he felt that it was a waste of time, so he whittled a round wooden stick and put it under his feet. .
5. Huang Kan mistakenly regarded ink as a side dish: In 1915, the famous scholar Huang Kan gave a lecture on Chinese studies at Peking University. He lived in the Datong Apartment in Baimiao Hutong, Beijing, and devoted himself to the study of "Chinese Studies" all day long. Sometimes he would not go out to eat. He prepared steamed buns, chili, soy sauce and other condiments and placed them on his desk. When he was hungry, he would nibble on the steamed buns and read while eating. I stopped eating, and when I saw the wonderful thing, I shouted: "It's wonderful!" Once, I was fascinated by reading, and I actually put the steamed bun into the ink stone and the cinnabar box. When a friend comes to visit, he laughs loudly, but he doesn’t know why he is laughing at him.
6. Cao Yu was really studying and pretending to take a bath: During the Anti-Japanese War, Cao Yu taught full-time at the National Drama Theater in Jiang'an, Sichuan. One summer, Cao Yu's family prepared a bathtub and hot water and asked him to take a bath. At this time, Cao Yu was reading a book and couldn't put it down. He pushed it again and again. Finally, under repeated urging from his family, he took a towel in one hand and another Take the book and walk into the inner room. An hour passed, but no one came out. The sound of water could be heard from time to time in the room. Another hour passed, and the situation remained the same.
Cao Yu's family members were suddenly confused. When they opened the door and took a look, they found that Cao Yu was sitting in the bathtub, reading a book in one hand and patting the water intentionally or unintentionally with a towel in the other hand.
7. Zhang Yao worshiped his wife as his teacher: During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a military attache named Zhang Yao. Because of his meritorious service in hard battles, he was promoted to the post of Chief Envoy of Henan. He had lost school since he was a child and was uneducated. He was often discriminated against by courtiers. The imperial envoy Liu Yunan said that he was "illiterate", so he was appointed as the chief soldier. From then on, Zhang Yao determined to study hard so that he could be good at literature and martial arts. Zhang Yao thought that his wife was very educated, so he returned home and asked his wife to teach him how to read. The wife said: It is okay to want to teach, but there is one condition, that is, you must worship the teacher and learn respectfully. Zhang Yao fully agreed, immediately put on his court clothes, asked his wife to sit in front of Confucius' memorial tablet, and bowed to her three times and kowtowed nine times. From then on, his wife taught him how to read classics and history in his spare time. Whenever his wife acted like a teacher, he would bow down and listen to the instructions without daring to be disrespectful. At the same time, he also asked someone to carve an "illiterate" seal and often wore it on his body as a warning. A few years later, Zhang Yao finally became a very knowledgeable person. Later, when he was the governor of Shandong, someone again said that he was "illiterate." He wrote to the emperor for an interview. The interview results surprised the emperor and many ministers. When Zhang Yao took office in Shandong, he built river embankments, repaired roads, opened factories, refined manufacturing, and did many things that benefited the country and the people. Because he was diligent and studious, the emperor posthumously named him "Qinguo" after his death.
Lu Xun chewed chili peppers to ward off the cold
Mr. Lu Xun studied hard since he was a child. When he was a boy, he studied at the Jiangnan Naval Academy. He had excellent grades in the first semester, and the school awarded him a gold medal. He immediately took it to the streets of Nanjing's Drum Tower and sold it, then bought a few books and a bunch of red peppers. Whenever it was cold at night and he couldn't bear to read at night, he would pick a chili pepper, put it in his mouth and chew it, which made him sweat on his forehead. He used this method to keep away the cold and insist on studying. As a result of studying hard, he finally became a famous litterateur in our country.
Being a king or studying?
The famous historian Macaulay once wrote to a little girl, saying, If someone wants me to be the greatest king, I will live in a palace all my life, with gardens, delicious food, fine wine, big carriages, and gorgeous scenery. clothes and hundreds of servants, on condition that I am not allowed to study, then I will never be a king.
I would rather be a poor man living in an attic with many books than a king who cannot read.
Wang Yanan sleeps on a three-legged bed
Wang Yanan was ambitious and loved reading when he was a child.
When he was in middle school, in order to gain more time to study, he cut one leg of the wooden bed he slept on half a foot shorter to make it a three-legged bed. He read late at night every day. When he was tired, he went to bed and took a nap. Then he turned over in a daze and the bed tilted towards the short leg. He was suddenly awakened and immediately got out of bed and sat down at his desk to read at night. This happens every day, without interruption. As a result, he achieved excellent results every year and was known as one of the "Three Heroes" in his class.
Because he studied diligently when he was young, he finally became an outstanding economist in our country
②Celebrity Reading Method
Engels’ Reading Method
One of Engels’s reading methods was to attach great importance to reading the original works, and generally did not easily use second-hand and third-hand materials.
On August 6, 1884, German Social Democrat Georg Henrich Vollmar wrote a letter to Engels, saying that there was a woman who was interested in socialism and planned to study social sciences, but she I don’t know which college to go to. Engels replied that this question is difficult to answer, because every science in universities, especially economics, has been severely damaged. The key is to self-study and master effective self-study methods.
Engels said in the letter: "Start learning from truly classical books, not from the most egregious brief readings on German economics or the lecture notes of the authors of these readings." "The most important thing is Yes, we must carefully study classical economics from the Physiocratic School to Smith, Ricardo and other schools, as well as the works of the utopian socialist Saint-Simon, Fourier and Owen, as well as the works of Marx, and at the same time, we must continue to work hard to come up with our own opinions.
"That is to say, we must read the original work systematically, because "studying the original work itself will not lead us astray by some brief readings and other second-hand information. ”
Judging from the list of books he has read, although he has also read a large number of popular pamphlets, newspapers and periodicals, the classic original works that he spent the most time and read the most are. He believes that systematic reading The original work is a correct reading method for engaging in research. In this way, one can understand the process of the creation, development and improvement of a theory, and not only grasp the basic principles comprehensively and systematically, but also grasp its development process and understand the whole picture of the theory.
Jack London's "Hungry Wolf" reading method
After hard training, the American writer Jack London cherishes the opportunity to read. When he encounters a book, he does not use it. The small sled secretly pried open its lock, and then stole every bit of its contents. Instead, it was like a hungry wolf, sinking its teeth into the throat of the book, ferociously sucking out its blood, devouring its flesh, and crushing its bones. ! Until all the fibers and muscles of that book become a part of him
Yang Zhenning’s “penetration” reading method
Professor Yang Zhenning believes that since knowledge is interpenetrated and expanded, mastering it. The method of knowledge should also be adapted to this.
When we concentrate on studying a course or delving into a topic, if we consciously extend our wisdom to adjacent areas of knowledge, there will be a different artistic conception. If you are a link in the familiar knowledge chain, you are likely to make unexpected new discoveries.
If time and energy allow, you might as well read some books on related majors. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand. Some valuable revelations may be coming from the semi-passing learning method, which will broaden our horizons, make our thinking more active, and greatly improve the efficiency of learning.
Mao. Maugham's "fun" reading method
The British writer Maugham put forward the idea of ??"reading for fun". He said: "I don't advise you to read one book after another. For myself, I find it more reasonable to read five or six books at the same time. Because we cannot have the same mood every day, and we may not have the same enthusiasm for a book even within a day. ”
Einstein’s three-step reading method of “summarizing, dividing, and combining”
The so-called summarization is to form an overall impression of the whole book first. After browsing the preface, postscript, and afterwords, etc. On the basis of the general description, read the table of contents carefully to gain a general understanding of the structure, system, clue content and key points of the book.
The so-called analysis means to analyze it page by page based on the "overall" understanding. It’s not about skimming the whole text word for word. During skimming, you should pay special attention to the key points and content closely related to your own needs.
The so-called combination means to combine the contents after skimming the whole book. The impressions obtained are structured and systematic, and the ideas and materials are organically combined. After careful thinking and synthesis, the internal connections of the whole book are clarified to achieve the purpose of summarizing, deepening and improving.
Yu Qiuyu's "Weiyou". "Reading Method
Essayist Yu Qiuyu proposed: "We should strive to find 'fearful friends' who are higher than ourselves, so that reading becomes an enterprising activity that is both friendly and requires a lot of mental energy. Try to reduce the level of reading that is basically the same as your own level, and be willing to accept the shaping of yourself by good books. There may be books of various levels in our bookshelves. The books suitable for intensive reading should not be books that we can look down or look at, but books that we need to look up at. "
Cut out walls to steal light
During the Han Dynasty, Kuang Heng was very diligent and studious when he was a boy.
Because his family was very poor, he had to work during the day He had to work a lot to earn a living. Only at night could he sit down and read in peace. However, he couldn't afford to read when it got dark. He felt very sad about the waste of time.
His neighbor's family is very wealthy, and candles are lit in several rooms at night to light up the house.
One day, Kuang Heng plucked up the courage and said to his neighbor: "I want to study at night, but I can't afford a candle. Can I borrow an inch of your house?" The neighbor always looked down on people who were poorer than his family, so he made a vicious sarcastic comment. Said: "Since you are too poor to buy a candle, why should you read?" Kuang Heng was very angry after hearing this, but he was more determined to read well.
Kuang Heng returned home and quietly cut a small hole in the wall. The neighbor's candlelight came through the hole. With this faint light, he began to read books eagerly, and gradually read all the books at home.
After reading these books, Kuang Heng felt that the knowledge he had mastered was far from enough, and his desire to continue reading more books became more urgent.
There is a wealthy family nearby with many books. One day, Kuang Heng packed up his clothes and appeared in front of a wealthy family. He said to the master: "Please take me in. I will work for your family for free. Just let me read all the books in your family." The master was moved by his spirit and agreed to his request to borrow books. .
Kuang Heng studied diligently in this way. Later, he became the prime minister of Emperor Yuan of Han Dynasty and became a famous scholar in the Western Han Dynasty.
[One sentence after the chapter]
This fable describes two things that Kuang Heng did when he was a boy: one was cutting through walls to steal money, and the other was borrowing books to study hard. . He praised Kuang Heng for his courage to overcome difficult conditions and his diligent study spirit; he set a good example for us to study hard immediately.