At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Dong Yu who liked to study since he was a child. Wherever he goes, he always takes a book with him and sits down to study whenever he has time. Later, Dong Yu became a great scholar. Someone asked Dong Yu, "How do you study?" Dong Yu replied: "When I meet a book I can't understand, I will read it again and again." The man asked, "How can you have so much time to read a book over and over again?"
Dong Yu said: "Then use the time of' Three Surplus'."
The man asked curiously, "What do you mean by' midnight'?"
Dong Yu said: "Winter is a year's profit, night is a day's profit, and rainy days are sunny days. As long as you make good use of this' three more' time, you will have time to study. "
2. Tao Kan cherishes time.
Tao Kan was a famous soldier in the Jin Dynasty, who made great contributions to the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. But he was very playful when he was a child and didn't want to study hard. His mother is very worried about him. One rainy day, Tao Kan didn't go to school, so he played by his mother's loom. His mother asked him to recite. When he recited "Time flies, the sun and the moon fly", his mother asked him what these two sentences meant, but he couldn't explain them.
His mother told him, "This means that days pass quickly, just like a shuttle on a loom. Isn't it a pity that you are so careless in your study now and your days have passed like this? " Hearing this, Tao Kan made up his mind to study hard. From then on, Tao Kan studied hard all day and gradually improved his studies, laying a solid foundation for his future career.
I haven't been idle for a day
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. "
4. Sun Jing stabbed stocks
In the Han Dynasty, there was a man named Sun Jing, who was diligent and studious since childhood. He studies late into the night every night. In order to avoid being sleepy, he tied his hair with one end of the rope and tied it to the beam. During the Warring States Period, there was a man named Su Qin who wanted to do something big, so he studied hard. Whenever he studies late into the night, he always takes a nap. So, when he was taking a nap, he stabbed his thigh with an awl and lifted his spirits.
5. Churchill worked hard
Churchill, one of the three giants in World War II, worked 17 hours a day on average, which also kept ten secretaries busy all day. In order to improve the efficiency of slow government agencies, Churchill also formulated a system. He hung the sign "Let's act today" on the walking sticks of those officials who were slow to act.