Ye Fan's Biography of Ban Chao in the Southern Song Dynasty: "I am poor and often write books for bureaucrats to support me. Thanks for your hard work. After resigning, he threw a pen and sighed, "A gentleman has no ambition. He should still make contributions to Fu Jiezi and Zhang Qian in the Western Regions to win the championship. Ann has been studying for a long time? "After meritorious service in the western regions, he was appointed as a distant Hou. Because of his poor family, Ban Chaochang copied books for the government to earn money to support his family. He copied for a long time and worked hard. On one occasion, he stopped his work, threw a pen and sighed: "If a gentleman doesn't have better ambition and strategy, he should make great achievements in a foreign land like Fu Jiezi in Zhao Di and Zhang Qian in Liang Wudi, so as to get a seal. How can he be busy between pen and inkstone for a long time? Later, he made meritorious deeds in the Western Regions and was named Dingyuan Hou.
Zong Yi, a famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty, was ambitious since he was a child. He likes dancing with a gun and casting swords. When his uncle Zong Bing asked him about his ambition, he replied, "I want to break through a thousand miles with a long wind!" Later, he led troops to attack Linyi country, won by stratagem, and was named General Zuo Wei. [3] When he was a teenager, Bing asked him what his ambition was and said,' I am willing to ride the wind and break the waves.' [2]' Song Shu Xi Chuan'