[Idea Tips]

Innovation requires breaking through stereotypes and breaking through tradition.

Innovation can promote the progress of history.

Only by seeking novelty and difference can things have vitality.

Innovation requires courage and wisdom.

New things may not be perfect, but they must replace old things.

[Quotation]

If you follow in the footsteps of your predecessors, you will only end up in "runner-up". ——Li Keran

Gou is new every day, new every day, and new every day. ——"Book of Rites"

For the sake of human nature, I can't stop writing good sentences, but my words are not surprising. ——[Tang] Du Fu

To grow, you must be original. ——[Germany] Goethe

"Innovating from the old and bringing forth the new is my supreme secret." ——[English] Shakespeare

[Classic material]

Innovation requires the courage to deny (Planck and Einstein)

In 1900, Professor Planck Gram and son take a walk in their garden. He looked depressed and said to his son regretfully: "My son, I am very sorry, today I made a discovery. It is as important as Newton's discovery." He put forward the hypothesis of quantum mechanics and Planck's formula. He was frustrated that this discovery destroyed Newton's perfect theory, which he had always admired and devoutly believed in. He finally announced that he was canceling his hypothesis. Humanity should have benefited from this, but unexpectedly suffered, thus stagnating physical theory for decades.

The 25-year-old Einstein dared to break through the sacred circle and make a bold breakthrough. He admired Planck's hypothesis and extended it in depth. He proposed the light quantum theory and laid the foundation of quantum mechanics. Later, he deliberately destroyed Newton's theory of absolute time and space, created the theory of relativity that shocked the world, and became famous in one fell swoop, becoming an even greater innovation.

Qi Baishi’s Five-Yi Painting Style

Chinese painter Qi Baishi once won the World Peace Prize. However, in the face of the success he had achieved, he was not satisfied. Instead, he continued to learn from the strengths of painters of all ages and constantly improved the style of his works. His paintings after the age of 60 are obviously different from those before the age of 60. After the age of 70, his painting style changed again. After the age of 80, his painting style changed again. Qi Baishi painted in the Five Yi styles throughout his life. Precisely because Mr. Shiraishi continued to change and innovate non-stop after his success, his works in his later years are more perfect and mature than his early works, and he also formed his own unique genre and style.

He warned his disciples, "Those who learn from me will live, and those who resemble me will die." He believes that painters should "walk their own way and have their own methods." That is to say, when learning the strengths of others, you cannot copy them, but you must use them creatively and continuously develop them. Only in this way can art be given fresh vitality.

Innovation brings people closer to the truth (uncovering the layers of celestial bodies)

For a long time, the theory of the "geocentric system" of the ancient Greek astronomer Ptolemy has dominated people mind. Ptolemy believed that the earth was stationary in the center and that the sun, moon, planets and stars all orbited the earth. Copernicus revised Ptolemy's theory in "On the Revolution of Celestial Bodies" and clarified the heliocentric theory: the sun is the center of the universe, and the earth revolves around the sun. Later, Bruno accepted and developed Copernicus' heliocentric theory, believing that the universe is infinite and the solar system is just a celestial system in the infinite universe. Galileo observed celestial bodies through a telescope and discovered that: the surface of the moon is uneven, Jupiter has four satellites, the sun has sunspots, the Milky Way is composed of countless stars, Venus and Mercury have waxing and waning phenomena, etc. Soon Kepler analyzed Tycho. Brahe's observation data found that the planets move along elliptical orbits, and proposed the three laws of planetary motion, which laid the foundation for Newton's discovery of the law of universal gravitation... Therefore, it can be said: Science is a process of continuous discovery, and truth is a process of continuous innovation. .

Conservatism is an obstacle to innovation (Newton tended to be conservative in his later years)

Newton is one of the greatest scientists in the world, and his contribution to science is unprecedented. He made many major discoveries in his life: the three laws of mechanics, universal gravitation, the law of cooling, and calculus. However, in his later years, his research fell into the categories of Aristotle and Plato and could not extricate himself. He spent ten years researching the existence of God and found nothing. From this point of view, even a great scholar cannot be said to have achieved the slightest achievement once he falls into the outdated category.

Innovation is the expression of individuality (Zheng Banqiao's original creation)

Zheng Banqiao was a calligrapher, painter and writer in the Qing Dynasty, and one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou". He has been interested in calligraphy since childhood and determined to master the key points of ancient and modern calligraphers. He studied hard and practiced hard, but at the beginning he just copied the copybooks of famous writers and made little progress, which made him deeply distressed. It is said that once he was so absorbed in practicing calligraphy that he drew on his wife's back. When his wife asked him what he was doing, he said he was practicing calligraphy. His wife scolded: "Each person has his own body. Your body is your body; the human body is the human body. Why are you always hanging on other people's bodies?" After hearing this, Zheng Banqiao suddenly realized: the value of calligraphy lies in its originality and self-contained body. How could he copy other people's inscriptions? From then on, he strived for innovation and groped to incorporate the skills of painting bamboo into the art of calligraphy, and finally formed his own unique style - Banqiao style.

Innovation promotes historical progress (Shang Yang’s Reform)

Shang Yang’s Reform was a series of reform measures implemented by the politician Shang Yang during the Warring States Period to safeguard the interests of the rulers of Qin.

In 361 BC, Duke Xiao of Qin came to the throne. The young monarch was determined to change the backwardness of the Qin State, so he issued an edict to seek talents through reform and development. It was at this time that Shang Yang came to Qin from Wei.

After Shang Yang arrived in Qin, he promoted "the art of strengthening the country" and was determined to assist Duke Xiao of Qin in carrying out social reforms. Therefore, he gained the trust of Duke Xiao of Qin and appointed him as the chief of Zuo Shu.

In 359 BC and 350 BC, under the auspices of Shang Yang, the Qin State promulgated new laws twice. After Shang Yang's reforms, the Qin State took on a completely new look.