1. Hanging beams and thorns

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Sun Jing, a famous politician. When he was young, he was diligent and studious. He often closed the door and studied alone. Reading from morning to night every day, often forgetting to eat and sleep. After studying for a long time, I was tired and didn’t rest. After a long time, I was so tired that I dozed off. He was afraid that it would affect his study and study, so he came up with a special method.

In ancient times, men’s hair was very long. He found a rope and tied one end firmly to the beam. When he was tired from studying, he took a nap. As soon as he lowered his head, the rope would hold his hair, which would hurt his scalp. He would wake up immediately and continue reading and studying.

2. Reading with the Moon

A long time ago, there was a man named Jiang Bi. When Jiang Bi was young, his family was very poor. His father was paralyzed and his mother was often sick. During the day, Jiang Bi I had to work outside to earn money to support my family, and I had to help my mother with work at night. I had no money or time to go to school.

One night, after everyone at home fell asleep, Jiang Bi was sitting alone in the room. Suddenly, he saw the moonlight outside the window was so bright. Jiang Bi thought to himself: "Such a bright moonlight, I can use it to read some books, so I don’t have to worry about not having money to light a lamp and read.” However, the moon would move slowly, so Jiang Bi would take the book and follow the moonlight while reading until the moonlight disappeared.

Sometimes, Jiang Bi was too tired from work during the day, so he still tried to concentrate on reading at night. In this way, day by day, Jiang Bi's knowledge became better and better, and finally he became a great scholar. Scholar

3. Yingxue Nang (náng) Ying

During the Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Sun Kang who was very studious. His family was too poor to buy lamp oil and couldn't study at night, so he tried his best to study hard. On winter nights, he often read outdoors by the light of the snow, regardless of the cold weather. (Sun Kang Yingxue read hard)

At that time, there was another person named Che Yin (yin), who, like Sun Kang, had no money to buy lamp oil. On summer nights, he caught many fireflies, put them in gauze bags, illuminated them with fluorescent lights, and studied day and night. (Che Yin Nang Ying night reading)

4. Negative salary (xīn) Hanging angle

During the Han Dynasty, Zhu Maichen’s family was very poor when he was a child. In order to maintain his livelihood, he had to go to the mountains to cut firewood every day and had no time to study. But he was eager to learn and often read while walking with firewood on his back. (Zhu Maichen studied with a salary)

In the Sui Dynasty, there was a man named Li Mi who herded cattle for others when he was a child. Every day when he went out, he would take a few books and hang them on the horns of the cow. While the cow was grazing, he would sit on the grass and read attentively. (Li Mi Niujiao Hanging Book)

5. Painting the Land with Di

Mr. Ouyang Xiu's father passed away when he was four years old. His family was poor and had no money for him to study. The wife used reed stalks to draw pictures on the sand and taught him to write. He also taught him to recite many passages from ancient times. When he got older and there were no books to read at home, he would go to nearby scholars' homes to borrow books and read them, and sometimes copy them.

In this way, I worked day and night, forgetting to eat and sleep, just studying. From the small letters of poems and poems, the writing is at an adult level, so high. (Ouyang Xiu paints the ground with Di)