During Sima Qian's tenure, the completion of works and the compilation of history were carried out in an orderly balance, but things will never be smooth sailing, and Sima Qian's fate is not in his own hands.

Sima Qian himself is fearless in life and death, so he can earn integrity when he dies. What can hold Sima Qian back is his unfinished business, and the history books have not been compiled yet. He can't die like this. After recalling that many famous people in history have written famous books, Sima Qian resolutely chose to replace the death penalty with corruption. For the dream of several generations of his family, Sima Qian put up with it, just to finish this history book.

2. Gou Jian

He Lv's son Fu Cha led the army to defeat the State of Yue, and Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was sent to the State of Wu as a slave. Three years later, Gou Jian endured humiliation and served the king of Wu. In fact, Gou Jian did not give up revenge. On the surface, he obeyed the king of Wu, but secretly trained elite soldiers, strengthened political supervision and governance, and waited for an opportunity to fight back against Wu. Hardship can exercise the will, and ease will kill it.

Gou Jian was afraid that he would covet the comfort in front of him and kill the will for revenge, so he arranged a hard living environment for himself. He only digs out some firewood when he sleeps at night and hangs in the house. In order not to forget the shame of the past, he will taste the gallbladder from time to time.

In order to inspire the people, Gou Jian, together with the Empress and the people, and with the help of Qi Xin, the Vietnamese, made the State of Yue strong and finally found the right time to destroy the State of Wu.

3. Tao Yuanming

Tao Yuanming became a magistrate of Pengze County at the age of 40. One day, Tao Yuanming finished his business and put on casual clothes to prepare for work. Suddenly, people outside reported that the city sent an adult Zhang down to inspect, and you had to freshen up and see him.

Tao Yuanming was unhappy when he heard it. Tao Yuanming asked, "Why is it so grand after work?" People explained that this adult used to be a rich businessman in this county, but later he flattered the magistrate and liked ostentation and extravagance.

When Tao Yuanming heard that it turned out that the wealthy businessmen in this county didn't know many words, Tao Yuanming, who was born in an honest and clean way, hated the darkness of officialdom. Hearing this, he said angrily, "I can't bow to an ignorant guy for the salary of five dou meters." Say that finish, I hung up the seal and drifted away. From then on, I stayed away from officialdom.

4. Hua

Hua's father is a small boss who runs a grocery store. Due to the bleak business and deteriorating family circumstances, Hua dropped out of school and became a bookkeeper in a grocery store. In the tedious work, he didn't give up his math research. When he studied hard by himself, he contracted terrible typhoid fever and was sentenced to death by the doctor.

However, he miraculously survived, only his left leg was permanently disabled. It is this sentence that he often talks about: "The so-called genius depends on unremitting efforts." This mathematician without a college diploma, with unremitting efforts, taught himself.

1930, the mathematical circles in China were deeply impressed by the article "Why Su Jiaju's algebraic quintic equation can't work".

5. Lu Xun

Lu Xun grew up in a bureaucratic landlord family. When he was a child, he spent his childhood in a rich and lively family. He often studies in private schools and reads many literary classics and books. But when 13 was old, his grandfather, who was an official in Beijing, was locked up for some reason. Since then, my father has been ill for a long time and eventually died. His family has declined, and family changes have had a profound impact on young Lu Xun.

In the past, when his family was well off, people around him looked at him enviously as a little "dude". There is kindness in his words and tenderness in his eyes. But now that his family is poor, the attitudes of people around him have changed. Cold words, cold eyes, and a disdainful expression on his face.

The change of people's attitudes around him left a deep impression on Lu Xun's heart, which caused a great blow to his mind and made him feel that China at that time lacked sincere sympathy and love between people.

Lu Xun linked his personal life experience with the fate of the whole Chinese nation, which laid the basic ideological foundation for him to become a writer and thinker later. At that time, he and his second brother Zhou Zuoren translated two volumes of foreign novels, and he published a series of important papers, such as Teaching the History of Science, On Cultural Paranoia and On Moro Poetry.

In these papers, he put forward the important idea that "founding the country" must first "establish people" and enthusiastically called for "soldiers in the spiritual world who aim at resistance and action".