2. The story of cherishing time like gold:
The famous mathematician Chen Jingrun cherishes time very much. He once made a work schedule for himself, making full use of every minute of 24 hours a day. Even when walking on the road, he is watching his back. This is how he mastered the words of four foreign languages: English, Russian, French and German.
The shrimp, crab, chicken, peony, chrysanthemum, morning glory and Chinese cabbage painted by Qi Baishi, a famous painter in China, have both form and spirit, and have a sense of mystery and poverty. It is said that one morning at the age of eighty-five, he wrote four pennants and wrote a poem on them: "I was in a bad mood yesterday and never painted." I add here that I have never been idle for a day. "
Balzac has created more than 90 works and created more than 2,000 different types of characters in his 20-year writing career, many of which have become world famous works. His creative schedule is: "Working from midnight to noon, that is, sitting in a round chair 12 hours, trying to revise and create, then proofreading from noon to four o'clock, eating at five o'clock, sleeping at five thirty, and getting up at midnight to work."
Xu Teli 1929 was 43 years old when he went to France diligently. But he is full of confidence and cherishes time like gold, so in less than a year, he first learned French and was able to work in a factory and implement work-study programs.
According to Darwin's wife Emma, when he was writing On the Origin of Species, he often stayed up all night for no more than five hours every night. On his deathbed, he insisted on observing and recording the growth of plants until two days before his death.