1. Su Shi

Su Shi was a famous writer, calligrapher and painter in the Song Dynasty. He was accused by some people among the reformists of the time of "ridiculing the government" and "harboring evil intentions". He was arrested and interrogated, and almost lost his life. This is known in history as the "Wutai Poetry Case". Later he was exiled to Huangzhou.

In 1085 AD, Song Shenzong died of illness, Zhezong succeeded to the throne, and Empress Dowager Gao became regent. Empress Dowager Gao was dissatisfied with the new law and immediately appointed the old party leader. Sima Guang and others also returned to power. Su Shi was transferred back to the capital and served as a scholar of the Central Academy of Sciences, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and a Zhizhigao. Later, he had differences with the old party. He criticized the corruption exposed after the old party came to power. As a result, he aroused strong opposition from conservative forces, and was framed again.

In 1089 AD, Su Dongpo was demoted from Beijing again and became the prefect of Hangzhou. In 1093, Empress Dowager Gao died and Zhezong came to power. He recalled the reformists to take charge of the government, and the political situation took a dramatic turn. In June of the next year, Su Dongpo was demoted further and was demoted to deputy envoy of Ningyuan Army and settled in Huizhou. Living in exile in his later years was another heavy blow to Su Dongpo.

On July 26, 1101 AD, this 66-year-old man finally passed away full of grief and anger, ending his ill-fated life.

Many of Su Shi's most popular works were written when he was demoted, such as: the poem "Nujiao. Huaishi at Chibi", the prose "Zhengu Yan Ji", "The Biography of Fang Shanzi", "Night Tour of Chengtian Temple", "Red Cliff Ode" before and after, etc.

2. Cervantes

Cervantes was a famous Spanish writer in the 16th century. His masterpiece "Don Quixote" is popular all over the world and is called an immortal work.

Cervantes had a troubled life. He was born into a declining noble family and his family was poor. He and his father went out to make a living since he was a child. He joined the army at the age of 22. In a naval battle with Türkiye, his left hand was disabled. Later, he was captured by pirates and sold into slavery in Algeria, where he went through many hardships.

After being ransomed by his parents and gaining freedom, he served as military supplies in the navy, and was later unjustly imprisoned. At that time, a family of seven lived a life of hunger, cold, and social coquettishness.

It was in such a predicament that he wrote "Don Quixote", "Numancia", "Punishment of Evil

Stories of Promoting Good", "Galade" Asia", "The Travels of Parnassus", "Eight New Comedies and Eight New Interlude Farces"

A number of other influential works.

3. Gou Jian

In 494 BC, the State of Yue defeated the State of Wu. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, had no choice but to seek peace with Wu and wait for a comeback. Gou Jian first bribed the King of Wu and his ministers with beautiful women, gold, silver and jewels, and also used his wife as a hostage and worked as a groom for the King of Wu. Gou Jian also served the King of Wu with tea, meals, and urine. He finally won the King of Wu's trust and was released.

After Gou Jian narrowly escaped death and returned to China, Gou Jian began a journey of hard work and courage. While continuing to pay tribute to the state of Wu, he carefully selected beautiful Xishi for Fucha, and at the same time gathered troops for training. At this time, the King of Wu had already confirmed Gou Jian's sincerity. He put all his experience into fighting for hegemony with the northern princes. No matter how Wu Zixu tried to persuade him, the King of Wu trusted Gou Jian very much.

In 437 BC, King Gou Jian of Yue led an army to defeat the great city of Helu in the state of Wu, avenging his previous humiliation. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, finally completed his mission of revenge and became a good story in history.

4. Wang Luobin

Wang Luobin, this music master is known as the "Father of Western Folk Songs" in China.

Wang Luobin rose up and fell down because of songs in his life. Colorful, but also full of trauma and pain. He was imprisoned three times for "unfounded" crimes and suffered 20 years of imprisonment. Despite this, when his wife died of illness at the age of 40, he still clung to his life alone. In the beautiful Xinjiang, I kept traveling to various places to collect folk songs. His life was just as he wrote in his last words: He wished to bring people the enjoyment of beauty through songs.

Wang Luobin has been in adversity with great psychological pressure for a long time. However, with an attitude that is "better than strolling in a leisurely garden", he devoted himself to the lonely smoke in the desert in the northwest and created "In That Distant Place" " and many other western folk songs.

5. Edison

Edison is a world-famous inventor. When he was a child, because his family was poor, he only went to school for three months. He started selling newspapers when he was eleven or twelve years old. He loved science and often saved money. Buy scientific books, newspapers and chemicals. The equipment he used for his experiments were bottles and cans picked from the garbage dump.

Edison once sold newspapers on a train, and the conductor agreed that he would occupy a corner in the smoking compartment. He moved the chemicals and bottles and cans there, and after selling the newspapers, he did various interesting experiments. There was a sudden tremor as the train started to move, knocking over a bottle of white phosphorus. Phosphorus burned immediately when it encountered air, and many people came to put out the fire with Edison.

The commander was so angry that he threw out all Edison's experimental equipment and slapped him hard, deafening one of his ears.

Edison's determination to study science did not waver. He lived frugally and started doing chemical experiments again. Once the sulfuric acid burned his clothes, and another time the nitric acid nearly blinded him. He was not intimidated by the danger and continued to experiment tenaciously.

Edison was experimenting with electric lamps. He did countless experiments in order to find a cheap and long-lasting filament.

He often worked in the laboratory for dozens of hours. When he was too tired, he would lie down on the experimental table and take a nap. With such unremitting efforts, he finally found a suitable filament and invented the electric light. Later, Edison invented movies, the phonograph, etc. He invented more than 1,000 things in his life.