This sentence comes from the first text of unit 7, The Story of Growing Up, the first volume of the fourth grade of People's Education Press, Reading for the Rise of China. The original text is: "study for the rise of China!" The forceful words won the applause of President Wei: "Good! For the rise of China! Where there is a will, be a pupil! "
Ambitious people: Ambitious people are bound to succeed in doing things.
Zhou Sheng: Zhou Enlai, a young Zhou Enlai native, heard and witnessed China people being bullied by foreigners in foreign concessions, but they had nowhere to argue. Everyone around us dared to speak out, from which they deeply realized the meaning of "China's depression" and decided to "study for the rise of China". It shows the broad mind and great ambition of young Zhou Enlai.
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Zhou Enlai s initial intention of "studying for the rise of China";
Zhou Enlai knew the hardships of life from an early age, especially treating his biological mother and adoptive mother. He often pawns valuable things at home for money to buy medicine. The hardships of childhood made Zhou Enlai understand the hardships of his parents earlier, and the hardships of having no money to maintain a normal life also made him understand earlier that the daily necessities at home were hard-won, and the simple idea of living a good life took root in young Zhou Enlai's heart.
Visiting Guan Gong Temple and the ruins of the Russo-Japanese War made him realize the painful lesson that he would be beaten if he fell behind. Guan Tianpei, a famous anti-British general in the late Qing Dynasty, was a native of Huai 'an, where he built a public memorial hall for Loyalty Festival. When he was a teenager, he often visited the Yasukuni Shrine with his adoptive mother Chen. His adoptive mother Chen told him the story of Guan Tianpei's sacrifice in the War of Resistance Against Britain, which made young people revere national heroes.
Studying in Northeast China broadened Zhou Enlai's horizons, made him know something about foreign countries, and initially saw the situation that the country was weak, the people were poor and bullied. When he heard the news that the Revolution of 1911 broke out and overthrew the rule of the Qing Dynasty, he took the lead in cutting off the braid symbolizing the subjects of the Qing Dynasty at school. So when President Wei asked his classmates why they were studying, he could naturally say the inspirational saying "Studying for the rise of China".
Teenagers set their initial heart and then fight for it all their lives. Zhou Enlai's firm ideals and beliefs and persistent pursuit of life will always be an example for our producers.