1. Digging through the wall to steal light

Kuang Heng, a famous scholar in the Western Han Dynasty, was born in a peasant family and lived in poverty. He was eager to study since he was a child, but his parents couldn't afford to send him to school, even books, so Kuang Heng had to borrow books from others.

One night, Kuang Heng really wanted to read a book before going to bed, but because his family was too poor to even light the lamp, he couldn't read at all. Just as Kuang Heng was worried, he suddenly found that the light was coming through the gap in the wall, which turned out to be the neighbor's light.

Kuang Heng had a plan, so he dug the small crack into a small hole with a chisel, and then leaned against the wall with a book in his hand, reading with that faint light. From then on, Kuang Heng borrowed the neighbor's lights every night, buried himself in studying hard, and finally became a famous scholar.

Second, the firefly capsule reflects the snow

The story is about Che Yin, Che Yin (333-41 AD), whose name was Wuzi, who was born in Nanping County in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (now Baizhi Township, Linli County).

Che Yin in the Jin Dynasty was poor and had no money to buy lamp oil, but he wanted to study at night, so he caught a firefly as a lamp to study at summer night. Snow-reflecting is a kind of reading in winter night in Sun Kang of Jin Dynasty by using the light reflected by snow. Its spirit of reading at night inspires generations of students, inspiring the younger generation and setting an example forever.

He has made great achievements in his career and devoted himself to serving the country and the people. He has served as an assistant minister in Chinese books, a servant in China, a learned man in imperial academy, a long history of a title of generals in ancient times, a general in ancient times, an official in Danyang, and an official in the official department. After two knighthoods, he was named as Hou Guan Nei and Hou Lin Xiang by the court. Meritorious service, quite a moment of prosperity.

Third, the head-hanging beam is awl-pricked.

It's about Su Qin. Su Qin was born in Chengxuanli, Luoyang, Eastern Zhou Dynasty during the Warring States Period. Su Qin is a native of Luoyang. Although he was born in a poor family, he has great ambitions. After studying lobbying with Guiguzi for many years, he saw that his classmates Pang Juan and Sun Bin all went down the mountain one after another to seek fame, so he also bid farewell to the teacher Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi went to Wei, while Su Qin traveled in other countries for several years, but achieved nothing, so he had to go home awkwardly.

When Su Qin came home, his brother, sister-in-law, younger brother, younger sister and wife all laughed at him for not doing anything but gossiping. Su Qin felt very ashamed when he heard these mocking words, but he always wanted to lobby the world and seek fame, so he asked his mother to sell her property and then travel around the world.

Su Qin's mother dissuaded her, saying, "You don't like our local people to raise a family, so why do you want to go out and talk about wealth?" Isn't that throwing away the real work and pursuing something hopeless? If you have no livelihood in the end, don't you regret it? " Su Qin's brothers and sisters-in-law laughed at him for never changing his mind.

Su Qin knows that she has been sorry for her family for so many years. She is ashamed and sad, and she doesn't feel like tears. However, Su Qin's ambition to become famous in the world remained unchanged, so he stayed at home, took out Jiang Ziya's Yin Fu, a gift given to him when Master came down the mountain, and studied at his desk day and night.

Su Qin often encourages himself to say, "Scholars have decided to take the road of seeking fame by reading. If you can't gain a noble and glorious position by what you have learned, what's the use of reading more!" Thinking of this, Su Qin learned more selflessly.

In order to seize the time to study, Su Qin also thought of a good way. When he studies, he ties his hair with a rope and hangs it on the beam. If he dozes off, his hair will wake him up. Late at night, if you feel sleepy, stab yourself in the thigh with an awl, so that you can stay awake. This is the origin of the idiom "head hanging beam, awl stabbing stock".

fourth, Wei bian's three unique skills?

Wei: cooked cowhide; Wei weaving: weave bamboo slips together with cooked cowhide rope; Three: approximate number, which means many times; Absolutely: broken. Confucius repeatedly broke the cowhide belt of bamboo slips for reading Zhouyi. Metaphor reading hard.

five, hanging books in a corner

is a metaphor for studying hard. From "Biography of Li Mi in the New Tang Dynasty": "Wen Baokai is in Lushan, so follow him. "Ride a bull with a shovel, hang it on a corner of Hanshu, and read it. Shi Biao took part in Yang Xuangan's uprising against Sui Dynasty at the end of Sui Dynasty. After his failure, he joined the Wagang Army, a peasant uprising army, and became a leader. ?

idiom story:? Shi Biao rode an ox on a saddle made of thin grass, hung a roll of Hanshu on the horn, and read a book while walking. Yang Su, the Duke of Yue, happened to see it on the road and followed him slowly, asking, "Where are the scholars so diligent?" Shi Biao knew Yang Su and came down from the cow's back to pay homage. Yang Su asked him what he was reading, and he replied, "Biography of Xiang Yu."

Yang Su talked with him and was surprised. After returning home, he said to his son Yang Xuangan, "I think Shi Mi's knowledge and demeanor are beyond your comparison." Therefore, Xuangan fell in love with Shi Biao. In the ninth year of Emperor Yangdi's reign, Xuangan set out in Liyang and sent people into Hangu Pass to meet Shi Biao.