1. Classical Chinese stories of success due to hard work
(1) Wen Zhengming's calligraphy "Shulin Chronicles" The original text was written by Wen Zhengming in "The Thousand-Character Essay", with ten copies a day. As a result, the book progressed greatly.
I have been reading books all my life, and I have never been content with answering people's simple letters. The translator Wen Zhengming supervised the writing of "Wenwen", and he wrote ten copies a day as a standard, and his calligraphy improved rapidly.
He has never been careless about writing in his life. Sometimes when someone replies to a letter and it's a little bit incomplete, I must rewrite it over and over again without fear of trouble.
Therefore, his calligraphy becomes more exquisite and beautiful as he gets older. (2) Xue Tan Xueyue. The original text is that Xue Tan Xueyue admired Qin Qing. He thought that he had exhausted the skills of Qin Qing, so he resigned and returned home.
Qin Qingfu stopped, walking on the suburban thoroughfare, singing sad songs at festivals, the sound vibrated the trees, and the sound stopped the moving clouds. Xue Tan wanted to rebel, but he never dared to return.
Translation Xue Tan learned singing from Qin Qing, but before he had finished learning Qin Qing's skills, he thought he had learned all he could, so he left and went home. Qin Qing did not dissuade him and bid him farewell on the road outside the city. Qin Qing beat the beat and sang a sad song.
The singing vibrated the trees, and the sound stopped the moving clouds. Xue Tan then apologized to Qin Qing and asked to come back to continue studying.
From then on, he never dared to say that he wanted to go home again. (3) Fan Zhongyan aspired to the world. Original text: Fan Zhongyan was orphaned at the age of two, and his family was poor and helpless.
He rarely has great ambitions. He always takes the world as his own responsibility and studies hard. Or he is lazy at night and often eats rice with water. He eats porridge while reading without food. ‖Since he was an official, he always spoke generously about world affairs without caring about his own life.
He was even slandered and demoted, and was relegated to Dengzhou by participating in political affairs. ‖Zhong Yan worked hard and worked hard, but his diet was not heavy on meat. His wife only had enough food and clothing.
I often recite to myself: "A scholar should worry about the world's worries first, and rejoice after the world's happiness." Translation: Fan Zhongyan lost his father when he was two years old, and his family was poor and helpless.
He had great ambitions when he was young and often washed his head and face with cold water. I often couldn't even eat, so I ate porridge and kept studying.
After becoming an official, he often talked about world affairs, regardless of his own safety. So much so that some people were demoted for speaking ill of him, and were demoted from being the governor of Dengzhou to being the governor of Dengzhou.
Fan Zhongyan trained himself hard and did not eat much meat. He only provided food and clothing for his wife and children by himself. He often recited two sentences from his works: "A scholar should worry before the world is worried, and be happy after the world is happy."
(4) Sima Guang's "Records of the Words and Deeds of Famous Officials of the Three Dynasties" by Sima Guang 》Original text When Sima Wen Gong was young, he was not as good as others when he asked about his troubles. He lived in groups and taught. After all the brothers had finished reciting, they stopped wandering around. When he was alone, he could not recite it twice, and then he stopped. The person who exerts more force will achieve farther, and what he recites carefully will be remembered throughout his life.
Duke Wen once said: "You can't fail to recite the book. You can gain a lot by chanting the text and thinking about its meaning while riding a horse or staying awake at night." Poems and books are not as good as others in their ability to prepare responses.
Everyone studied and discussed together. The other brothers had already learned how to recite and went to play and rest. (Sima Guangque) studied hard alone, as focused and hard as Dong Zhongshu and Confucius when they were studying, until they were proficient. Until he recites it carefully, (because) he has more energy in reading now, the harvest will be long-term, and the books he has read and recited intensively will be remembered for the rest of his life. Sima Guang once said: "You can't read without memorizing. When you are riding a horse or walking, or when you can't sleep in the middle of the night, you can recite the article you have read and think about its meaning. You will gain a lot!" (5) Ouyang Xiu studied hard " "Ouyang Gong's Deeds" Original text Ouyang Gong was orphaned at the age of four, and his family was poor and had no resources.
The lady painted the ground with grass and taught calligraphy. Recite more ancient passages.
It was a little long, and there was no book to read at home, so I borrowed it from the scholar's family in Lu and read it, or copied it, so that I forgot to sleep and eat day and night, only reading was my business. He has written poems and texts since he was a child, and he has written like an adult.
Translation Mr. Ouyang Xiu's father died when he was four years old. His family was poor and had no money for him to study.
The wife used reed stalks to draw pictures on the sand and taught him to write.
He also taught him to recite many passages from ancient times. When he got older and there were no books to read at home, he would go to nearby scholars' homes to borrow books to read, and sometimes copy them.
In this way, I worked day and night, forgetting food and sleep, just studying. From his childhood poems and poems, his writing has reached an adult level, which is so high.
(6) Zhang Wugao diligently studied "Helin Jade Dew" The original text Zhang Wugao was relegated to Hengpu and lived in Baojie Temple in the west of the city. His dormitory has a short window, and he holds a book under the window every day and reads in full view.
Fourteen years like this. Returning from the north, the traces of the double folds on the stone under the window are still visible.
Translation Zhang Jiucheng was demoted to Hengpu and lived in Jiesi Temple in the west of the city. The room he lived in had a short window. Every day at dawn, he would always stand under the window with a book and read in the faint morning light.
This has been going on for fourteen years. When he returned to the north, the traces of his feet were still faintly visible on the stone under the window.
(7) Wang Mian's night reading "Collected Works of Scholars of the Song Dynasty" at the Monastery. The original text is Wang Mianzhe, a native of Zhuji. When he was seven or eight years old, his father ordered him to herd cattle on the mountain, sneak into the school building, and listen to the students reciting books. After listening, he memorized them silently.
Returning home in the evening, he forgot his cow, and his father angrily beat him up. It's back to its original state.
My mother said, "My son is so crazy, why won't he listen to what he does?" Mian Yin left and lived in a monk's temple. At night, I went out and sat on the Buddha's lap, held the plan and read it under the light of a long bright lamp, and it was so loud that the whole day was over.
There are many earthen idols in the Buddha statues, they are ferocious and terrifying, and they are as calm as if they don't know how to look at children. Translation Wang Mian is from Zhuji County.
When he was seven or eight years old, his father asked him to herd cattle on the field. He secretly ran into the school to listen to the students reading. After listening to it, I always remember it silently.
When he returned home in the evening, he forgot all about the cattle grazing. Wang Mian's father was furious and beat Wang Mian.
Afterwards, he was still like this. His mother said: "This child wants to study so much, why not let him do it?" Wang Mian therefore left home and stayed in a temple.
As soon as night came, he walked out quietly, sat on the lap of the Buddha statue, held a book in his hand and read under the light of the lantern in front of the Buddha statue. The sound of the book continued until dawn. Most of the Buddha statues are made of clay, and their faces are ferocious and scary.
Although Wang Mian was a child, his expression was calm, as if he had not seen anything. (8) Preface to Ma Sheng in Dongyang (Excerpt) Song Lian Original text Yu was addicted to learning when he was young. His family was poor and he had no way to write a book and make insights. Every time he borrowed it from a book collector, he wrote it down by hand and counted the days to return it.
It is very cold, the inkstone is hard, and the fingers cannot be flexed or stretched, so do not be lazy. After recording, I went to see him off, not daring to exceed the appointment.
Therefore, many people spend their spare time reading books, and I have to read all the books. Not only do I admire the way of saints and sages, but I also worry that there are no great teachers, famous people and tourists, so I try to follow them hundreds of miles away. 2. Classical Chinese stories of success due to hard work
(1) Wen Zhengming's calligraphy "Shu Lin Chronicle" The original text was written by Wen Zhengming at the time of writing "The Thousand Character Essay", with ten copies a day at the rate, and the book developed rapidly.
I have been reading books all my life, and I have never been content with answering people's simple letters. The translator Wen Zhengming supervised the writing of "Wenwen", and he wrote ten copies a day as a standard, and his calligraphy improved rapidly.
He has never been careless about writing in his life. Sometimes when someone replies to a letter and it's a little bit incomplete, I must rewrite it over and over again without fear of trouble.
Therefore, his calligraphy becomes more exquisite and beautiful as he gets older. (2) Xue Tan Xueyue. The original text is that Xue Tan Xueyue admired Qin Qing. He thought that he had exhausted the skills of Qin Qing, so he resigned and returned home.
Qin Qingfu stopped, walking on the suburban thoroughfare, singing sad songs at festivals, the sound vibrated the trees, and the sound stopped the moving clouds. Xue Tan wanted to rebel, but he never dared to return.
Translation: Xue Tan learned singing from Qin Qing. Before he finished learning Qin Qing's skills, he thought he had learned all he could, so he left and went home. Qin Qing did not dissuade him and bid him farewell on the road outside the city. Qin Qing beat the beat and sang a sad song.
The singing vibrated the trees, and the sound stopped the moving clouds.
Xue Tan then apologized to Qin Qing and asked to come back to continue studying.
From then on, he never dared to say that he wanted to go home again. (3) Fan Zhongyan aspired to the world. Original text: Fan Zhongyan was orphaned at the age of two, and his family was poor and helpless.
He rarely has great ambitions. He always takes the world as his own responsibility and studies hard. Or he is lazy at night and often eats rice with water. He eats porridge while reading without food. ‖Since he was an official, he always spoke generously about world affairs without caring about his own life.
He was even slandered and demoted, and was relegated to Dengzhou by participating in political affairs. ‖Zhong Yan worked hard and worked hard, but his diet was not heavy on meat. His wife only had enough food and clothing.
I often recite to myself: "A scholar should worry about the world's worries first, and rejoice after the world's happiness." Translation: Fan Zhongyan lost his father when he was two years old, and his family was poor and helpless.
He had great ambitions when he was young and often washed his head and face with cold water. I often couldn't even eat, so I ate porridge and kept studying.
After becoming an official, he often talked about world affairs, regardless of his own safety. So much so that some people were demoted for speaking ill of him, and were demoted from being the governor of Dengzhou to being the governor of Dengzhou.
Fan Zhongyan trained himself hard and did not eat much meat. He only provided food and clothing for his wife and children by himself. He often recited two sentences from his works: "A scholar should worry before the world is worried, and be happy after the world is happy."
(4) Sima Guang's "Records of the Words and Deeds of Famous Officials of the Three Dynasties" by Sima Guang 》Original text When Sima Wen Gong was young, he was not as good as others when he asked about his troubles. He lived in groups and taught. After all the brothers had finished reciting, they stopped wandering around. When he was alone, he could not recite it twice, and then he stopped. The person who exerts more force will achieve farther, and what he recites carefully will be remembered throughout his life.
Duke Wen once said: "You can't fail to recite the book. You can gain a lot by chanting the text and thinking about its meaning while riding a horse or staying awake at night." Poems and books are not as good as others in their ability to prepare responses.
Everyone studied and discussed together. The other brothers had already learned how to recite and went to play and rest. (Sima Guangque) studied hard alone, as focused and hard as Dong Zhongshu and Confucius when they were studying, until they were proficient. Until he recites it carefully, (because) he has more energy in reading now, the harvest will be long-term, and the books he has read and recited intensively will be remembered for the rest of his life. Sima Guang once said: "You can't read without memorizing. When you are riding a horse or walking, or when you can't sleep in the middle of the night, you can recite the article you have read and think about its meaning. You will gain a lot!" (5) Ouyang Xiu studied hard " "Ouyang Gong's Deeds" Original text Ouyang Gong was orphaned at the age of four, and his family was poor and had no resources.
The lady painted the ground with grass and taught calligraphy. Recite more ancient passages.
It was a little long, and there was no book to read at home, so I borrowed it from the scholar's family in Lu and read it, or copied it, so that I forgot to sleep and eat day and night, only reading was my business. He has written poems and texts since he was a child, and he has written like an adult.
Translation Mr. Ouyang Xiu's father died when he was four years old. His family was poor and had no money for him to study. The wife used reed stalks to draw pictures on the sand and taught him to write.
He also taught him to recite many passages from ancient times. When he got older and there were no books to read at home, he would go to nearby scholars' homes to borrow books to read, and sometimes copy them.
In this way, I worked day and night, forgetting food and sleep, just studying. From his childhood poems and poems, his writing has reached an adult level, which is so high.
(6) Zhang Wugao diligently studied "Helin Jade Dew" The original text Zhang Wugao was relegated to Hengpu and lived in Baojie Temple in the west of the city. His dormitory has a short window, and he holds a book under the window every day and reads in full view.
Fourteen years like this. Returning from the north, the traces of the double folds on the stone under the window are still visible.
Translation Zhang Jiucheng was demoted to Hengpu and lived in Jiesi Temple in the west of the city. The room he lived in had a short window. Every day at dawn, he would always stand under the window with a book and read in the faint morning light.
This has been going on for fourteen years. When he returned to the north, the traces of his feet were still faintly visible on the stone under the window.
(7) Wang Mian's night reading "Collected Works of Scholars of the Song Dynasty" at the Monastery. The original text is Wang Mianzhe, a native of Zhuji. When he was seven or eight years old, his father ordered him to herd cattle on the mountain, sneak into the school building, and listen to the students reciting books. After listening, he memorized them silently.
Returning home in the evening, he forgot his cow, and his father angrily beat him up. It's back to its original state.
My mother said, "My son is so crazy, why won't he listen to what he does?" Mian Yin left and lived in a monk's temple. At night, I went out and sat on the Buddha's lap, held the plan and read it under the light of a long bright lamp, and it was so loud that the whole day was over.
There are many earthen idols in the Buddha statues, they are ferocious and terrifying, and they are as calm as if they don't know how to look at children. Translation Wang Mian is from Zhuji County.
When he was seven or eight years old, his father asked him to herd cattle on the field. He secretly ran into the school to listen to the students reading. After listening to it, I always remember it silently.
When he returned home in the evening, he forgot all about the cattle grazing. Wang Mian's father was furious and beat Wang Mian.
Afterwards, he was still like this. His mother said: "This child wants to study so much, why not let him do it?" Wang Mian therefore left home and stayed in a temple.
As soon as night came, he walked out quietly, sat on the lap of the Buddha statue, held a book in his hand and read under the light of the lantern in front of the Buddha statue. The sound of the book continued until dawn. Most of the Buddha statues are made of clay, and their faces are ferocious and scary.
Although Wang Mian was a child, his expression was calm, as if he had not seen anything. (8) Preface to Ma Sheng in Dongyang (Excerpt) Song Lian Original text Yu was addicted to learning when he was young. His family was poor and he had no way to write a book and make insights. Every time he borrowed it from a book collector, he wrote it down by hand and counted the days to return it.
It is very cold, the inkstone is hard, and the fingers cannot be flexed or stretched, so do not be lazy. After recording, I went to see him off, not daring to exceed the appointment.
Therefore, many people spend their spare time reading books, and I have to read all the books. Not only do I have a crown, I admire the way of saints and sages, but I also worry about not having great teachers, famous people, and traveling. 3. Classical Chinese essays about hard work
1. Pre-Qin Mencius "Born in sorrow, died in happiness": Therefore, when heaven is about to entrust a great responsibility to a man, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, and starve his body. The skin is empty, the body is empty, and the actions are messing up what it does, so tempting the mind and forbearance has benefited what it couldn't.
Definition: Therefore, when God wants to place a heavy responsibility on someone, he must first make his mind distressed and his muscles and bones tired, making him hungry and his body empty and weak, making every action he takes Unsatisfactory, this will stimulate his will, make his temperament persevering, and increase the abilities he does not possess.
2. Pre-Qin Xunzi's "Encouragement to Learning": If you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved.
Definition: (If) it stops after carving a few times, (then) the rotten wood will continue to carve. (If) you keep carving, (then) you can carve gold and stone successfully.
3. Wei Yuan of the Qing Dynasty's "Hai Guo Tu Zhi": Learn from the barbarians and develop skills to control the barbarians.
Definition: Seeking ways to resist bullying and strengthen a country by learning advanced Western military technology. Later, it referred to learning advanced Western technology to resist the West.
4. Yan Zhenqing's "Poem to Encourage Learning" of the Tang Dynasty: The lights are on at three o'clock and the chickens are on at five o'clock, which is when men are studying.
From midnight every day until the rooster crows, it is the best time for boys to study. In their youth, they must know how to study hard and study diligently.
5. Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty's "Jinxuejie": The work is accomplished by diligence, and the waste is by play; the success is achieved by thinking, and the destruction is caused by following.
Definition: Studying is accomplished through hard work, but it can be wasted in games. Things are successful because of repeated thinking, but they can be destroyed by randomness without thinking. 4. What classical Chinese text is used to describe that people must be diligent in order to succeed?
Xunzi's "Encouragement to Learn"
The gentleman said: Learning cannot be stopped.
Green is derived from blue, and green is from blue; ice is derived from water, and is cold from water. The wood is straight and the rope is in the middle. It is shaped like a wheel and its curve is regular. Although there is violence (pù), those who no longer stand up are the ones who make it happen. Therefore, if wood is supported by a rope, it will be straight; if metal is sharpened, it will be beneficial; if a gentleman is knowledgeable and examines himself every day, he will know how to act without making mistakes.
Therefore, if you don’t climb a high mountain, you don’t know how high the sky is; if you don’t go to a deep stream, you don’t know how thick the earth is; if you don’t listen to the last words of the past kings, you don’t know how great knowledge is. The sons of Qian, Yue, Yi, and Raccoon were born with the same voice, grew up and had different customs, and they were taught to do so. The poem says: "Sigh, gentlemen, there is no eternal rest. I am in charge of your position, and it is good and upright. God listens to you, and you are blessed." God is not greater than the Tao, and blessings are better than the absence of disasters.
It is not as good as me to learn what I have learned in just a moment if I think about it all day long; it is not as good as to gain broad insights by climbing high. When you climb high and make moves, your arms are not lengthened, but the sight is far away; when you call along the wind, the sound is not faster, but the sound is louder. A false horse can travel thousands of miles without benefiting from its feet; a false boat can run a thousand miles without benefiting from the water. The nature of a gentleman is not different; he is good and false in nature. (One work on the nature of a gentleman: The birth of a gentleman)
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When the soil accumulates, it becomes a mountain, and the wind and rain stir up it; when the water accumulates, it forms a abyss, and the dragons emerge; when the good deeds accumulate, they become virtuous, and the gods are content with themselves. , the holy heart is prepared. Therefore, if you do not accumulate steps, you cannot reach a thousand miles; if you do not accumulate small streams, you cannot reach a river or sea. A horse can't take ten steps with one leap; a horse can ride ten times, but it's hard to give up. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not be broken; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved. Earthworms don't have sharp claws and teeth, nor strong bones and muscles. They eat earth and drink from the underworld. They have the same intention. A crab with six knees and two pincers is not a snake and eel whose cave has nothing to rely on, so it is a sign of impatience.
Therefore, those who have no deep ambitions have no clear understanding; those who have no shameful things have no great achievements. Those who follow the road will not come, and those who serve the two kings will not tolerate it. The eyes cannot see both ways and the ears cannot hear both ways. The tan snake has no legs and can fly, and the mole has no skills. "Poetry" says: "The corpse dove is in the mulberry, and its sons are seven. A gentleman's manners are one. His manners are one, and his heart is like a knot!" Therefore, a gentleman is tied to one. 5. Keep working hard and you will succeed. How to say it in classical Chinese
Classical Chinese expression: Pre-Qin Xunzi's "Encouragement to Learning": Therefore, if you don't accumulate small steps, you can't reach a thousand miles; if you don't accumulate small streams, you can't become a river. A horse can't take ten steps with one leap; a horse can ride ten times, but it's hard to give up. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not be broken; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved.
Explanation: Therefore, without accumulating one and a half steps, there is no way to reach a thousand miles; without accumulating small flows, there is no way to form rivers and seas. A good horse takes less than ten steps in one leap; a bad horse can walk for ten days in a row, but its success lies in not stopping. If you stop after a few carvings, then the rotten wood will continue to carve. If you keep on carving, you can also carve gold and stone successfully.
This passage contains layers of metaphors, revealing that learning must be persevering and cannot be given up halfway.
Extended information:
"Encouraging Learning" systematically discusses the theory and methods of learning, including the importance of learning, attitude towards learning, and the content and methods of learning. , comprehensively and profoundly discusses issues related to learning.
The full text can be divided into four paragraphs. The first paragraph explains the importance of learning, the second paragraph talks about the correct attitude towards learning, the third paragraph talks about the content of learning, and the fourth paragraph talks about how learning should start and end well. The full text has in-depth reasoning and rigorous structure, representing the mature stage of pre-Qin essays.
The article states that "earthworms have no claws and teeth, but strong muscles and bones" and can "eat earth and drink from the underworld" and "crabs kneel on six knees with two claws", but they are "nothing like the hole of a snake." Comparing "can be relied on" shows that learning must be concentrated and cannot be careless. These two metaphors emphasize the need for perseverance in learning.