Life is a gold mine that can be mined and exploited, but the rewards given to people are always different because of people's different degrees of diligence. The following is a diligent and inspiring idiom story that I have compiled for you. I hope it will be helpful to you! A diligent and inspiring idiom story: One of the idiom stories of diligence and inspiration: Sleeping on firewood and tasting courage
At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Gou Jian, the king of Yue, slept on firewood every day. Before going to bed, , licking the bitter taste of deer gall with your tongue to remind yourself of the hard times in the past, and to work hard and take revenge for the country.
It turns out that King Wu Fucha sent troops to defeat the State of Yue. King Gou Jian of Yue was captured and taken to the State of Wu as a groom, serving the horses day and night.
For a king, this is really embarrassing. But Gou Jian secretly made up his mind to restore his country, so he did not show any resistance and kept raising horses honestly.
Gou Jian also pretended to be loyal to Fu Chai. Drive the carriage for him carefully and with humility. Fu Chai thought that Gou Jian had sincerely surrendered, so he let him return home.
After Gou Jian returned home, he was determined to make Yue rich and powerful. He personally participated in farming and shared the joys and sorrows with the people. He was afraid that the comfort in front of him would weaken his ambition, so he worked hard and often asked himself: Have you forgotten the shame of being in Wu?
Gou Jian also sent the beautiful girl Xi Shi to King Wu. King Wu Fu Chai only focused on eating, drinking and having fun, and did not care about national affairs, which made the country weaken day by day. After twenty years of full preparation, Gou Jian saw that the time had come, and when Wu was unprepared, he led his troops to defeat Wu. Fu Chai felt so ashamed that he raised his sword and killed himself. Diligent and Inspiring Idiom Story Part 2: Dancing upon hearing the Rooster
Zu Ti of the Jin Dynasty was a man with an open mind and lofty ambitions. But when he was a child, he was a naughty child who didn't like reading. When he entered his youth, he realized his lack of knowledge and felt that he could not serve the country without studying, so he started reading hard. He read extensively and studied history seriously, so he started reading hard. He read extensively and studied history carefully, from which he learned a wealth of knowledge and made great progress in his knowledge. He went in and out of Luoyang, the capital, several times. People who came into contact with him said that Zu Ti was a talented person who could assist the emperor in governing the country. When Zu Ti was 24 years old, someone recommended him to go to court, but he refused and continued to study hard.
Later, Zu Ti and his childhood friend Liu Kun Yizhi served as Sizhou chief registrars. He and Liu Kun had a deep relationship. Not only did they often sleep in the same bed and quilt, they also had the same lofty ideals: to make contributions, revive the Jin Dynasty, and become the pillars of the country.
Once, Zu Ti heard the crow of a rooster in his sleep in the middle of the night. He kicked Liu Kun awake and said to him: "Other people think it is unlucky to hear a rooster crow in the middle of the night, but I don't." Thinking about it this way, how about we just get up and practice swordplay when we hear the rooster crow? Liu Kun readily agreed. So they got up after the rooster crows every day to practice their swords, with sword lights flying and sword sounds clanging. Spring goes to winter, cold comes and heat comes, never stopping. Hard work paid off, and after long-term hard study and training, they finally became all-round talents capable of writing good articles and leading troops to win battles. Zu Ti was named General Zhenxi, realizing his desire to serve the country; Liu Kun became the governor, taking charge of the military affairs of the three states of Bing, Hebei and You, and gave full play to his literary and military talents. Diligent and Inspiring Idiom Story Part 3: A drop of water penetrates a stone
During the Song Dynasty, Zhang Guaiya was the county magistrate in Chongyang. At that time, soldiers often insulted generals and petty officials violated superior officers. Zhang Chengya believed that this was an abnormality and was determined to rectify this phenomenon.
One day, he was patrolling around the Yamen. Suddenly, he saw a petty official coming out of the treasury in a panic. Zhang Chengya stopped the clerk and found a penny hidden under his turban. The clerk hesitated for a long time before admitting that he had stolen it from the government army. Zhang Chengya took the clerk back to the lobby and ordered him to be tortured. The clerk was unconvinced: "One penny is nothing! You can only beat me, but you can't kill me!" Zhang Chengya was furious and judged: "One penny a day, a thousand penny a thousand days, the rope is cut and the wood is cut." A drop of water penetrates a stone. ?In order to punish this behavior, Zhang Chengya beheaded the petty official in public. Diligent and Inspiring Idiom Story Part 4: The Foolish Old Man Moved the Mountain
It is said that in ancient times there were two mountains, one was called Taihang Mountain and the other was called Wangwu Mountain. There lived an old man named Yu Gong in Beishan, who was almost 90 years old. Every time he went out, he had to go in a long circle because he was blocked by these two mountains.
One day, he called his whole family together and said: "I am going to work with you and spend my life's energy to move Taihang Mountain and Wangwu Mountain and build a highway to the south." Do you agree!?
Everyone agreed, but Yugong’s wife raised a question: With the combined strength of all of us, we can’t move a hill, so how can we move Taihang and Wangwu? What about moving the two mountains? Besides, where to put the excavated soil and stones?
After discussion, everyone thought that the excavated soil and stones could be thrown to the eastern seaside. and the farthest reaches of the north.
Early the next morning, Yu Gong and his children and grandchildren began to dig the mountain. Although the family could not dig much every day, they still persisted in digging. I only go home once when the season changes.
After an old man named Zhisou learned about this incident, he came to advise Yu Gong and said: "You are not smart to do this. With your limited energy, how can you combine these two things?" What about digging the mountain flat? Yu Gong replied: "You are too stubborn and cannot be enlightened. Even if I die, my son will still be here." When the son dies, there are still grandchildren, and the grandchildren have children, and the children have sons.
There is no end to the descendants, but the mountain will never grow higher, so why can’t it be dug level?