1. Zhang Haidi is determined to become a talented person
Zhang Haidi has been severely paraplegic since he was a child. He has been on the verge of death several times, and his body is considered weak. However, over the past 20 years, she has learned 4 foreign languages, translated more than 160,000 words of foreign language works, obtained a master's degree in philosophy, taught herself acupuncture techniques, and treated more than 10,000 people, making great contributions.
2. Be brave and use setbacks as motivation
The first work of the famous 19th century French science fiction novelist Jules Verne, "Five Weeks in a Balloon", was submitted to 15 companies in a row Publishers, were not appreciated, and it was only the 16th submission that was accepted. The American writer Jack London initially submitted his manuscript, but no publisher was willing to publish it, so he had to work hard.
Later, his "Northern Story" was picked up by a discerning Western Monthly magazine, and he became famous in one fell swoop. The famous Danish fairy tale writer Andersen's debut novel came out. Some people knew that he was the son of a shoemaker, so they attacked his work as "a continuum of words", "ignoring grammar" and "understanding rhetoric".
But he was not discouraged, kept writing, and finally became famous. After the publication of "Idle Time" written by the British poet Byron when he was 19 years old, some people scolded him as "bloody" and said that he "expressed his feelings on a lifeless swamp." However, Byron did not retreat, but responded to the slanderer with better poetry.
3. Gao Shiqi struggled with illness
Gao Shiqi is a popular science writer in my country. When he was studying abroad, during an experiment, a glass bottle containing a cultured encephalitis virus broke and the virus invaded his cerebellum. This left a legacy of physical disability. He endured the torture of the virus and completed the entire doctoral program in bacteriology at the University of Chicago.
After returning to China, he dragged his half-paralyzed body to Yan'an to work. After liberation, his condition worsened and he had difficulty speaking and moving. He even needed help from others to open and close his eyes. However, he still created with an astonishing spirit of hard work and wrote more than 1 million words of works. Someone asked him if it was bitter. He smiled and said, "No! Because I fight every day, and fighting is endless fun."
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4. Wang Luobin, the “Father of Western Folk Songs”
Wang Luobin, known as the “Father of Western Folk Songs” in China