Kuang Heng was a famous Confucian scholar in the Western Han Dynasty. He likes studying since he was a child and is very diligent, but he can't afford lamp oil at home and can't study at night. One night, when he was lying in bed reciting the Book of Songs he had read during the day, he found his neighbor's house brightly lit. Kuang Heng envies people who study in the sun. He had a brainwave and borrowed a neighbor's lamp to study.
Kuang Heng is thinking about how to read by light. The light projected a huge figure on the wall, like a monster, swinging strangely on the wall. Kuang Heng Jr. had a brainwave: If I secretly cut a hole here, the light next door can shine through the wall in my small room, so I can study with this light.
He jumped out of bed happily, found a chisel and made a small hole in a remote place under the wall. In an instant, the light lit up a small area. Kuang Heng quickly dug out the Book of Songs from the bedside, gathered in the precious light, and studied it carefully. Kuang Heng's parents were very happy to see Kuang Heng working so hard, but at the same time they felt very sad.
From then on, Kuang Heng helped adults do farm work in the fields during the day, and at night, with the help of the small beam of light borrowed from the next door, he studied tirelessly, and finally became a generation of scholars through unremitting efforts.
2. Chen Jingrun studies hard.
When Chen Jingrun was a child, he often played hide-and-seek with his brother and sister. But Chen Jingrun is a little special when he plays hide-and-seek. He often hides a book in a corner or under a desk where others can't easily find it, and reads it with relish while waiting for others to "catch" him. Look, he forgot others, and others forgot him.
At school, Chen Jingrun loves math. When the teacher explains math problems, he always listens attentively. He also does the exercises assigned after class seriously. Chen Jingrun got infinite pleasure in solving problems. Mathematics is a contest and contest of thinking. Chen Jingrun has spared no effort to solve the problem.
Chen Jingrun asked don't understand. Although he is usually taciturn, he is not shy and timid when asking the teacher for advice. His way of asking for advice is very special: when he sees the teacher go out or the teacher goes from high school to junior high school, he runs behind, walks with the teacher for a while and asks questions while walking.
After many years, Chen Jingrun finally got his wish and entered the Institute of Mathematics of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1966, he published "Table even number is the sum of the products of a prime number and no more than two prime numbers" (referred to as "1+2"), which is of milestone significance in the history of Goldbach's conjecture research. The theorem he proved shocked the international mathematics community, and later this theorem was named "Chen Theorem".
3. Zhuge Liang delayed feeding the chickens.
Zhuge Liang studied under Mr. Si Mahui, a water mirror, when he was a teenager. Zhuge Liang studied hard and used his head diligently. Not only Si Mahui appreciates him, but also Si Mahui's wife values him very much. She likes this studious and brainy boy. At that time, there were no clocks, and time was recorded by sundials. It's hard to keep track of time when there is no sun on rainy days. In order to be punctual, Si Mahui trained roosters to crow on time.
In order to learn more, Zhuge Liang wanted Mr. Wang to extend the lecture time, but Mr. Wang always relied on the crow, so Zhuge Liang thought: if the crow time is extended, Mr. Wang's lecture time will be extended. So he brought some food in his pocket when he went to school. It is estimated that when the chicken is about to crow, he will feed it some food, and the chicken will not crow when it is full.
After a while, Mr. Sima wanted to know why the chicken didn't crow on time. Careful observation shows that Zhuge Liang fed the chickens when they crowed. Mr. Wang was very angry at first, but he was soon moved by Zhuge Liang's studious spirit, caring more about him, paying more attention to him and having no reservations about his education.
Zhuge Liang is more diligent. Through Zhuge Liang's own efforts, he finally became a local scholar who knew astronomy and geography.
4. Sun Jing hangs the beam and stings the stocks.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Sun Jing, a famous politician. When he was young, he was eager to learn. He often closed the door and kept reading alone. Reading from morning till night every day, often forgetting to eat and sleep. After studying for a long time, I am tired, but I still don't rest. After a long time, I was too tired to doze off. Afraid of affecting his study, he came up with a special method.
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 and hurt his scalp, wake up immediately and continue to study.
5. Wang Xizhi washed the ink into the pool
Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in Mo Chi, practiced calligraphy hard since childhood. Every time he finishes writing, he goes to the pond in front of his house to wash his brush. After a long time, a pool of clear water turned into a pool of ink. Later, people called this pond "Mo Chi". Through diligent study and hard practice, Wang Xizhi finally became a famous calligrapher, known as the "book saint".
Wang Xizhi's calligraphy has influenced bookstores from generation to generation. Ou Yangxun, Yu Shinan, Zhu Suiliang, Xue Qi, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan in the Tang Dynasty, Yang Ningshi in the Five Dynasties, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu in the Yuan Dynasty and Dong Qichang in the Ming Dynasty were all impressed by Wang Xizhi, so they enjoyed the reputation of "book saints".