The poem of "The Burning Cauldron"

Pu Songling's self-encouragement couplet

Those who have a will will eventually become the same. But to swallow Wu

Pu Songling personally wrote this inspirational couplet when he repeatedly failed in the imperial examinations in his later period and was in extreme despair.

At first it was engraved on a copper ruler, and then it was hung in the study room of Liaozhai.

The whole couplet is majestic and inspiring. It quotes two very famous allusions in history and the corresponding results after the allusions. One is that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, broke the cauldron and sank the boat to destroy the Qin Dynasty, and the other is that the King of Yue, Gou Jian, lay down on his firewood and tasted the courage to eat. Wu State.

Pu Songling inspired himself with this couplet, and finally became famous in history with "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".

The allusion of "Where there is a will, there is a way"

Once, Liu Xiu sent Geng He to attack the powerful Zhang Bu who occupied the twelve counties of Qingzhou, Shandong. Zhang's infantry and horses are strong and he is a powerful enemy of Geng He.

Zhang Bu heard that Geng He was leading his troops to attack. He sent General Fei Yi and other troops to guard Lixia, Zhua, and Linzi in preparation for the attack. Geng He first captured Zhu'a, and later used tactics to capture Lixia and Linzi. Zhang Bu became anxious and personally led his troops to counterattack Linzi, leading to a bloody battle of life and death outside Linzi City.

During the battle, Geng He was hit by an arrow in the thigh, but he bravely cut off the arrow shaft with his saber and continued to fight even though he was injured. Liu Xiu heard the news. He personally led his troops to support him. Before the reinforcements arrived, general Chen Jun believed that Zhang Infantry was strong and suggested a temporary truce and wait until reinforcements arrived before launching an attack. However, Geng He believed that he could not leave the difficulties to others. After a fierce battle, Geng He finally defeated Zhang Bu.

A few days later, Liu Xiu came to Linzi to express his condolences to the army. He praised Geng He in front of many generals and said: "In the past, Han Xin broke the records and established a foundation. Now the general has conquered Zhu'a and won consecutive battles. The two achievements are similar. In the past, you suggested asking for Zhang Bu to be pacified in Nanyang. I thought you were talking about it at that time." If it is too big, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed. Now I know that where there is a will, there is a way!"

This sentence shows that no matter how difficult a person does, as long as he has ambition and unremitting efforts, he can do it. success.

On the contrary, if a person has no ambition, even the simplest things he does will not be satisfactory