Kuang Heng, whose real name is Gui Zhi, was born in the East China Sea in the Western Han Dynasty (the name of Han County, east of Pixian County in Jiangsu Province and east of Ziyang County in Lianshan East Province). He was born in a peasant family, and his grandfather and father were farmers for generations. To Kuang Heng, but I like reading. When he was young, his family was poor. He makes a living as an employee during the day and only has time to study at night. But the family is too poor to light candles. The lights and candles next door are on, but they can't shine. Kuang Heng came up with an idea. He chiseled a hole in the wall next door and "stole" a little light from it to let the light from next door shine in. He is reading with a book in his hand, reflecting the light in front of the hole.
Tie your hair to the beam and poke your thigh with an awl to stay awake ―― study hard/diligently.
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. The stories of Sun Jing and Su Qin touched future generations, and people used "hanging the beam and stabbing the stock" to express the spirit of hard study.
Reading with the light of fireflies in bags or the reflected light of snow-pursuing knowledge under difficult conditions
Che Yin, a native of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was studious when he was young. He helps adults during the day and studies hard at night. But because of his poor family, he often has no money to buy oil lamps and can't read books. He was very upset about it. One summer night, Che Yin sat in the yard silently recalling the contents of the book he had read, and suddenly found many fireflies flashing in the air in the yard. He suddenly felt that if these fireflies were gathered together, wouldn't they be able to read by their light? So he began to catch fireflies, caught more than a dozen, put them in white gauze sewing pockets and hung them on the desk. From then on, he studied hard by fluorescence every day.
Ouyang Xiu studies hard.
Mr. Ouyang Xiu's father died when he was four years old. His family is poor and has no money to study. The wife wrote on the beach with a reed pole and taught him to write. And taught him to read many ancient chapters. When I am old and have no books to read at home, I go to a nearby reader's house to borrow books, and sometimes I copy them. In this way, day and night, sleepless, just concentrate on reading. Poems and essays written since childhood are written at the level of adults, so high.
study hard
Fan Zhongyan lost his father when he was two years old. Mother is poor and has no one to rely on. She remarried to Zhujiajian Island's home in Changshan. (Fan Zhongyan) When he grew up, he knew his life experience, said goodbye to his mother with tears, and left his hometown to study at Du Nan Academy in Yingtianfu. He studies hard during the day and studies late at night. In five years, I never took off my clothes and went to bed. Sometimes I feel sleepy at night and often pour water on my face. (Fan Zhongyan) I often study hard during the day and eat nothing until the sun sets. In this way, he understood the gist of the Six Classics, and later made an ambition to benefit the world. He often tells himself, "Worry about the world first, and enjoy it later."
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Lu Xun sells medals.
When Lu Xun was studying in Nanjing Jiangnan Naval Academy, the school awarded him a gold medal with excellent examination results. He didn't wear this medal as a proof of showing off, but sold it on Gulou Street and bought back some beloved books and a bunch of red peppers. Whenever he reads until the dead of night and it is cold and sleepy, he picks a pepper, divides it into several pieces and chews it in his mouth until his forehead sweats and tears come to his eyes, and his mouth makes a "hum" sound. Suddenly, his whole body warmed up and his drowsiness disappeared, so he picked up a book to study.
Cao took a vacation to take a bath in the study.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Cao Yu taught at Jiang 'an National Theatre in Sichuan. One summer, Cao Yu's family had prepared a bathtub and hot water for him to take a bath. Cao Yu was reading a book at this time, and he couldn't put it down. He pushed again and again. Finally, under the repeated urging of his family, he walked into the back room with a towel in one hand and a book in the other. An hour passed and no one came out. There was a faint sound of running water from time to time in the room. After another hour, the situation is still the same. Cao Yu's family was puzzled. They opened the door and saw Cao Yu sitting in the bathtub, reading a book in one hand and patting the water intentionally or unintentionally with a towel in the other.
Huang Kan mistook ink for a side dish.
19 15. Huang Kan, a famous scholar, gave a lecture on Chinese studies in Peking University. He lives in Datong apartment in Baimiao Hutong, Beijing. He devoted himself to studying "Chinese studies" all day. Sometimes he doesn't go out to eat. He prepared steamed bread, peppers, soy sauce and other condiments and put them on his desk. Eat steamed bread when you are hungry, watch it while eating, and don't eat it. When he saw the beautiful scenery, he shouted, "Great!" Once, I was fascinated by reading, so I put the steamed bread in the inkstone cinnabar box. After eating for a long time, I painted a red face and didn't notice it. A friend came to visit and smiled. What else does he know to laugh at him?
Enlightenment of Liang Qichao and Yang Zhenning's Family Education
Author: Li Lingling
Liang Qichao was a famous politician, thinker, historian and writer in modern China. In addition to his own achievements, he also set an example, carefully trained and taught his nine children. The secret of his education lies in his profound humanistic influence on children.
After several children grew up, in order to enrich their knowledge of Chinese studies and history, Liang Qichao hired xie guozhen, a student from Tsinghua University Institute of Chinese Studies, as a tutor and set up a cram school at home. Courses include: Chinese studies, from The Analects of Confucius and Zuo Zhuan to China's view of ancient literature. Some famous books and Tang poems are chosen by teachers to read, while others are to be memorized. Write a short essay every week or half a month, and copy the composition neatly with a small brush. In history, from ancient times to the end of the Qing Dynasty, teachers focused on learning. In calligraphy, I copy official rubbings and write two or three big characters every day. Rest for half a day every week. After more than a year's study, several brothers and sisters have greatly improved their Chinese studies and historical level.
Learning classics is to lay a deep humanistic foundation and lay a foundation for all-round success. Liang Qichao has a deep understanding of this. Liang Sicheng, the eldest son of Liang Qichao, later became a famous architect in China. When sending Liang Sicheng to study in the United States, he especially warned Sicheng: "We should set aside some time to study some departments in literature or humanities. I am afraid that you will make your life almost monotonous, because you are too specialized in what you have learned. It is easy to get bored, and boredom is the root of distress and even degeneration. " Science is used to do things, and humanities are used to cultivate self-cultivation. Until today, Liang Qichao's views still have profound enlightening significance to people.
Yang Zhenning, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, also opened the door to wisdom under good family education. His father, Mr Yang Wuzhi, is a professor in the Department of Mathematics of Tsinghua University. Although Yang Zhenning showed outstanding mathematical talent since he was a child, his father was not in a hurry to let him specialize in science, but systematically let his son receive a systematic education in China traditional culture. When Yang Zhenning was very young, he recited many ancient poems and many enlightenment classics. When Yang Zhenning 12 years old, Yang Wuzhi invited Tsinghua University history student Ding Zeliang to teach his son to read Mencius. In middle school, Yang Zhenning recited the full text of Mencius. Yang Zhenning later recalled: "Now I remember that this was a very important thing my father did. When a father discovers that his children are gifted in a certain aspect, the most likely thing to happen is to try his best to promote them in this aspect. But my father didn't do this at that time, but asked me to make up Mencius, which is of great significance to my life. "
Excerpted from the First Program of Family Education in China.
Classic connection-unity of knowledge and action
The unity of knowing and doing refers to the combination of learning and doing, which really makes the words of sages come into life and become our behavior guide in study and life.
Respondent: Lin Chenmin 1- first grade of probation 12-8 1 1:22.
Wang Yanan sleeps in a three-legged bed.
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When Wang Yanan was a child, he was ambitious and loved reading.
When he was in middle school, in order to gain more time to study, he deliberately sawed off one foot of his wooden bed and turned it into a three-legged bed. I read until late at night every day. I went to bed when I was tired, and then I turned over in a daze. The bed leans in the direction of short feet. He woke up suddenly, got out of bed at once and read at night. Every day, without interruption. As a result, he achieved excellent results every year and was praised as one of the "three outstanding figures" in his class.
Because he studied hard as a teenager, he eventually became an outstanding economist in China.
How did Chairman Mao study?
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Special hobby
For decades, Chairman Mao has been very busy, but he always finds time, even a minute, to study. His former residence in Zhongnanhai is a sea of books. Books are everywhere on the bookcase, desk, dining table and coffee table in the bedroom. All the beds are occupied by books except the place where one person lies.
In order to study, Chairman Mao spent all available time. A few minutes before swimming, I sometimes have to read some famous poems. After swimming, I forgot to rest, so I picked up the book again. He never wastes even a few minutes in the toilet. The book Selected Works of Zhaoming, the second edition of Song Xichun, and some other books and periodicals were completed intermittently by this time. Read a little today and a little tomorrow.
Chairman Mao often takes a box of books with him when he goes out for meetings or inspections. The train shook and bumped on the way, and he completely ignored it. He always keeps reading with a magnifying glass in one hand and a page in the other. In other places, like Beijing, there are books on the bed, desk, coffee table and dining table, which seem to be free.
Although Chairman Mao was seriously ill in his later years, he still insisted on studying. He reread a set of hardcover Complete Works of Lu Xun and many other books and periodicals published before liberation and brought to Beijing from Yan 'an.
On one occasion, Chairman Mao had a fever of over 39 degrees, and the doctor forbade him to read books. He said sadly, I have loved reading all my life, and now you don't let me study, and you make me lie here all day eating and sleeping. You know how hard it is for me! The staff had to put the books they had taken next to him, and he smiled happily.
Study hard and read again and again
Chairman Mao has never opposed the reading method that only seeks quick results. When he read the complete works of Han Changli's poems, except for a few chapters, he carefully pondered and studied them one by one, from vocabulary, sentence reading, chapters to the meaning of the full text. He can recite most of Han Ji's poems fluently through repeated reading and reciting. He read novels such as Journey to the West, Dream of Red Mansions, Outlaws of the Marsh and Romance of the Three Kingdoms in primary school and reread them in the 1960s. He has seen more than ten different versions of A Dream of Red Mansions. In the fifties, sixties and seventies, he read Selected Works of Zhaoming several times at school. There are three extant versions of his annotation.
He has read many books on Marxism-Leninism and philosophy. He has read Li Da's History of the United Front and Outline of Sociology for ten times each. He has studied Manifesto of the Productive Party, Das Kapital, Selected Works of Lenin and so on. Many chapters and paragraphs also have notes and sketches.
No pen and ink, no books.
For decades, every time Chairman Mao read a book or an article, he drew circles, bars, dots and other symbols in important places, and wrote a lot of comments in the eyebrows and blanks. Some also extract appropriate places in books and texts or write down reading notes or experiences at any time. Many of Chairman Mao's books are Zhu Mo, with symbols such as annotations, circles, sketches, straight lines, curves, double lines, three straight lines, double circles, three circles, triangles and forks everywhere.
Read everything
Chairman Mao's interest in reading is very extensive, and he reads books on philosophy, politics, economy, history, literature, military and other social sciences as well as some natural sciences.
Many of the books he has read are about history. Chairman Mao likes reading all kinds of Chinese and foreign historical books, especially those of China. From twenty-four histories, history as a mirror and historical records to various unofficial history, official history and historical romances. He has always advocated "making the past serve the present" and attached great importance to historical experience. In his works and speeches, he often quoted historical allusions from Chinese and foreign history books to vividly explain profound truth, and he often used historical experience and lessons to guide and treat today's revolutionary cause.
Chairman Mao also read many books about China literature. He is a real reader.
Lu Xun chewed pepper to drive away the cold.
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Mr. Lu Xun studied hard since he was a child. When I was a teenager, I attended Jiangnan Naval Academy and got excellent results in the first semester. The school awarded him a gold medal. He immediately took it to the street of Nanjing Gulou and sold it. Then he bought some books and a bunch of red peppers. Whenever it's cold at night and he can't stand reading at night, he picks a pepper and chews it in his mouth, making his forehead sweat. In this way, he insisted on studying. After studying hard, he finally became a famous writer in China.
A child who picks up shells.
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/kloc-Rousseau, a French enlightenment thinker in the 0 th and 8 th centuries, has always opposed excessive reading.
At that time, some people in society never stopped after learning one knowledge to catch up with another. They only spend time learning other people's ideas, but have no time to exercise their own. As a result, knowledge has been learned, but intelligence has rarely increased.
Rousseau didn't like it very much. In his book Emile, he said that such a person "is like a child picking up shells on the beach. At first, he picked up some shells, but when he saw other shells, he wanted to pick them up again. As a result, he threw some and picked up some, and even picked up many shells. When he didn't know which one to choose, he had to throw them all away and go back empty-handed. "
King or study?
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Macaulay, a famous historian, once wrote to a little girl that if someone wanted me to be the greatest king, living in a palace all my life, with gardens, delicious food, fine wine, a carriage, gorgeous clothes and hundreds of servants, I would never be king.