First, the hanging beam stings
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a young man named Sun Jing, who was diligent and studious. He studies behind closed doors from morning till night, with little rest. Sometimes it's easy to doze off at midnight.
In order not to affect his study, Sun Jing thought of a way. He found a rope, one end of which was tied to his hair, and the other end was tied to the beam of the house, so that when he was tired of reading and dozed off, as long as he kept his head down and the rope pulled his hair and hurt his scalp, he would wake up with pain.
Su Qin was a famous politician in the Warring States Period, but when he was young, he didn't have much knowledge, and no one paid attention to him in many places. Even if he was ambitious, he couldn't be reused, so he made up his mind to study hard.
Because he often reads until late at night, when he is tired enough to take a nap, he pokes his thigh with an awl prepared in advance, so that the sudden pain makes him wake up at once and cheer up to continue reading.
Second, cut the wall and steal the light
In the Han Dynasty, there was a man named Kuang Heng who was diligent and studious, but his family was poor and could not afford candles. Kuang Heng has to work during the day and has time to study at night. Kuang Heng had no choice but to study hard by candlelight in his neighbor's cave, and finally he became a famous scholar by reading a lot of poems.
Third, fireflies reflect snow.
Che Yin, my son, was born in Nanping, Shaanxi (now Anxiang, Tianjin). Che Yin studied tirelessly since he was a child, but because of his poor family, he didn't have the money to buy lamp oil for evening self-study. So, at night, he can only recite poems.
One summer night, when he was reading outside, he suddenly saw fireflies flying in the air like stars in Garden Metallurgy. It suddenly occurred to him: isn't the light of fireflies like a lamp in the dark? So I can study hard all night!
Thinking of this, he immediately found a white silk and plunged it into a small pocket. He also caught dozens of fireflies and put them in the house, which really lit up a lot.
In this way, Che Yin studied hard and finally became a very learned man. He served as the local governor of Xing Wu, the general of the auxiliary country and the minister of the Ministry of Finance.
The same is true of Sun Kang in the same dynasty. Because I have no money to buy lamp oil, I can't read at night, so I have to go to bed early. He felt it a pity to let time slip away in vain.
One night in the middle of the night, he woke up from his sleep, turned his head out of the window and found a light coming through the window. It turned out to be a reflection of heavy snow, which can be used for reading. So he was so tired that he immediately got dressed, took out his book and went outside.
The snow reflected on the wide earth is much brighter than the snow in the room. Sun Kang ignored the cold and immediately read a book. His hands and feet were frozen stiff, so he got up and ran, rubbing his fingers at the same time.
From then on, every snowy night, he never missed this good opportunity and studied tirelessly. This spirit of hard work has promoted his knowledge to advance by leaps and bounds and become a knowledgeable person. Later, he became a big official.
Fourth, reading is already deep in spring, and an inch of time is an inch of gold.
Two White Deer Cave Poems by Wang Zhenbai in Tang Dynasty.
It means: concentrate on your study, and before you know it, spring will pass, and an inch of time is worth an inch of gold.
Five, the night light is five more chickens, which is the time for men to study.
From Yan Zhenqing's Persuasion Poems in Tang Dynasty.
Midnight is the best time for boys to study every day. When they are young, they should know how to study hard and study hard.