In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a young man named Sun Jing, who was diligent and studious. He studies behind closed doors from morning till night, with little rest. Sometimes it is easy to take a nap in the middle of the night.

In order not to affect her study, Sun Jing came up with a way. He found a rope with one end tied to his hair and the other end tied to the beam of the house.

In this way, when he dozes off because of reading fatigue, as long as he lowers his head and the rope pulls his hair and hurts his scalp, he will wake up from the pain and continue reading. Later, he finally became a famous politician.

2. Su Qin is biting.

Su Qin was a famous politician in the Warring States Period, but when he was young, he didn't have much knowledge, and no one paid attention to him in many places. Even if he was ambitious, he couldn't be reused, so he made up his mind to study hard.

Because he often reads until late at night, when he is tired enough to take a nap, he pokes his thigh with an awl prepared in advance, so that the sudden pain makes him wake up at once and cheer up to continue reading.

3. Song Lian studies hard.

Song Lian liked reading when he was a child. As the family is poor, there is no way to buy books to read. They often borrow books from collectors, copy them by hand, and count the days to return them on time.

When it was very cold, the ink in the inkstone became hard ice, and the fingers could not bend and straighten, so they didn't stop. After copying, return the borrowed books as soon as possible, and dare not exceed the agreed time limit slightly. So people are willing to lend books to Song Lian, so Song Lian can read many books.

As an adult, he paid more attention to the theory of ancient sages, but he was worried that there were no knowledgeable teachers and celebrities to associate with. (Song Lian) once went to a place hundreds of miles away, holding a book to ask the famous predecessors of his fellow villagers for advice.

The elder was famous for his high morality, and his disciples crowded his room. (The elder) has never softened his language, and his face is gentle.

Song Lian stood beside him respectfully. Ask questions, ask the truth, and bend down for advice. Sometimes when he scolds people, my expression is more obedient and my behavior is more considerate, and I dare not answer a word.

He will ask again when he is happy. So Song Lian was stupid, but in the end he learned a lot.

4. Dig the wall and steal the light

In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a farmer's child named Kuang Heng. He wanted to study very much when he was a child, but because his family was poor, he couldn't afford to go to school. Later, he learned to read from a relative before he could read.

Kuang Heng can't afford books, so he has to borrow books to read. At that time, books were so valuable that people who had books refused to lend them to others easily. During the busy farming season, Kuang Heng worked as a short-term worker for wealthy families and asked them to lend him books for free.

A few years later, Kuang Heng grew up and became the main labor force in the family. He works in the fields all day, and only has time to read some books during his lunch break, so it often takes ten days and a half months to finish reading a book.

Kuang Heng was in a hurry, thinking: planting crops during the day, no time to read, you can spend more time reading at night. But Kuang Heng's family is too poor to buy oil for lighting.

One night, Kuang Heng was lying in bed reciting the books he had read during the day. Behind me, I suddenly saw a light coming through the east wall. He stood up and went to the wall to have a look. Ah! It turned out that the neighbor's light came through the cracks in the wall.

So Kuang Heng thought of a way: he picked up a knife and dug several cracks in the wall. In this way, the light coming through is also very big, so he gathered the light coming through and began to read.

Kuang Heng studied hard and thrived in this way, and later became a very learned man. This story is also called "Digging a wall to steal light" and "Digging a wall to borrow light".

Fireflies reflect snow

Sun Kang's family is too poor to afford lamp oil. One night in the middle of the night, Sun Kang woke up from his sleep. When he turned his head to the window, he found a ray of light in the window. It turned out to be light reflected by heavy snow.

He found that he could use it to read. So he was so tired that he immediately got dressed, took out his book and went outside. The snow reflected on the wide earth is much brighter than the snow in the room. Sun Kang ignored the cold and immediately read a book. His hands and feet were frozen stiff, so he got up and ran, rubbing his fingers at the same time.

From then on, every snowy night, he never missed this good opportunity and studied tirelessly. This spirit of hard work has promoted his knowledge to advance by leaps and bounds and become a knowledgeable person. Later, he became an ancient scholar.