At the age of 23, Franklin wrote his epitaph: "Benjamin Franklin, the body of a printer, lies here." Like the cover of an old book, the table of contents has been torn off, the letters and gilding have peeled off, his body will rot, but his works will last forever. He is convinced that his works will be edited and revised, and will be published again in a newer and more beautiful version. "

The old pioneer lost his horse-a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise.

During the Warring States Period, near the northern border town, there lived an old man named Sai Weng. Sai Weng keeps many horses. One day, one of his horses suddenly got lost. When the neighbors heard about it, they all came to comfort him and advised him not to worry too much. When he is old, he should pay more attention to his health. Seeing someone comforting him, Sai Weng smiled and said, "Losing a horse is not a big loss, and maybe it will bring some blessings."

The neighbors were amused by Sai Weng's words. Losing the horse is obviously a bad thing, but he thinks it may be a good thing, obviously just comforting himself. A few days later, the lost horse not only went home automatically, but also brought back a Xiongnu war horse.

When the neighbors heard about it, they all admired Sai Weng's foresight and congratulated him one after another, saying, "You still have foresight. Not only did you not lose your horse, but you were lucky to bring back a good horse. " Sai Weng listened to his neighbor's congratulations, but he was not happy at all. He said anxiously, "A good horse for nothing is not necessarily a blessing, but it may cause some trouble."

Neighbors think his posturing is purely the cunning of the elderly. I was very happy, but I didn't mean to say it.

Sai Weng has an only son who likes riding horses very much. He found that the horse he brought back was a good horse, with long hooves, loud neighing, fat and fierce. He rides a horse every day. He is proud of himself.

One day, he was so happy that he ran into a horse, galloped, fell, fell off his horse and broke his leg. When the neighbors heard about it, they came to offer their condolences.

Sai Weng said, "Nothing. It may be a blessing to be able to save your life if you break your leg. " Neighbors think he's talking nonsense again. They can't figure out what good luck a broken leg will bring. Soon, Xiongnu soldiers invaded on a large scale and young people were recruited into the army. Sai Weng's son can't join the army because he broke his leg. All the young men who joined the army died in battle, but only Sai Weng's son saved his life.

Liu Yuxi, a politician and writer in the Tang Dynasty, once participated in Wang's "Yongzheng Reform". After the failure of innovation, he was banished to other places for many years. But he sticks to his integrity and keeps an optimistic spirit. "Qian Fan is beside the sinking ship, and Wan Muchun is in front of the sick tree." He firmly believes that new things will surely overcome rotten things.

Edison made 1200 experiments and failed 1200 times in the process of finding filament materials. Others said to him, "You failed 1200 times. Do you want to continue? " Edison said, "No, I didn't fail. I found that 1200 material is not suitable for filament. "

Wang Meng told himself that in that chaotic era, there was no madness and no suicide, all of which originated from "hopeless optimism". A friend asked him what he had done during his exile in Xinjiang 16 years. He replied: "I was a postdoctoral student in Uyghur at that time, with two years of preparatory courses, five years of undergraduate courses, three years of graduate students, three years of doctoral students and three years of postdoctoral studies. Isn't that full 16? "

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Calm down:

Taigong fishing is willing to take the bait.

Jiang Shang was ordered to be punctual, so he set up a hook in the Weihe River to catch fish. He was three feet above the water and had no bait. He said to himself, "The unlucky people will take the bait!" "

Interpretation of "squire", that is, Jiang Shang in the early Zhou Dynasty, also known as Jiang Ziya. Jiang Taigong fished with a hook instead of bait. If he wanted to fish, he would fish by himself. Metaphor is willing to trap yourself.

Taigong, surnamed Jiang, whose name is Lu Shang, is the minister who assisted and destroyed Shang. When he was not reused by King Wen, he lived in seclusion in a place near Weishui, Shaanxi. Li Na was an area ruled by Ji Chang (Zhou Wenwang), the leader of the Zhou Dynasty. He hopes to arouse Ji Chang's attention to himself and build his own achievements.

Taigong often hangs a clock by Fanxi. Most people fish with a hook, followed by a bait, and then sink into the water to lure the fish into taking the bait. But Taigong's hook is straight, there is no bait on it, it does not sink into the water, and it is three feet away from the water. As he held the fishing rod high, he said to himself, "Fish that don't want to live, if you want, take the bait yourself!"

One day, a woodcutter came to the stream and saw Taigong fishing with a straight hook on the water without bait. He said to him, "Old man, you can't catch a fish in 100 years!" "

Taigong raised his fishing rod and said, "To tell you the truth! I don't want to catch fish, but I want to catch the king and the marquis! "

Taigong's peculiar fishing method finally spread to Ji Chang. When Ji Chang found out, he sent soldiers to call him. But the squire ignored the soldiers and only cared about fishing by himself, saying to himself, "Fishing, fishing, fish don't bite, shrimp make trouble!" " "

After listening to the soldier's report, Ji Chang sent officials to invite the squire. However, Taigong still didn't answer. He said while fishing: "Fishing, fishing, big fish don't bite, small fish don't make trouble!" " "

Ji Chang realized that the fisherman must be a talent and should invite him personally. So I ate vegetarian food for three days, took a shower and changed clothes, and went to Fanxi to hire Taigong with a generous gift. Seeing that he sincerely hired himself, Taigong agreed to work for him.

Later, Jiang Shang assisted King Wen to build a prosperous country, and also helped King Wu Ji Fa, the son of King Wen, to destroy the business, and was made a marquis by King Wu in the State of Qi, thus realizing his desire to make contributions. "

In the spring of the tenth year of Duke Zhuang of Lu, the Qi army attacked the state of Lu in China, and Duke Zhuang of Lu wanted to fight. Cao Gui asked Zhuang Gong to be interviewed. His fellow countryman said, "The big officials will plan this. Why do you participate?" Cao Gui said: "Big officials are short-sighted, so they can't think ahead." So he went to the court to see Zhuang Gong. Cao Gui asked Duke Zhuang, "Why are you fighting with Qi?" Zhuang Gong said, "I dare not keep things like food and clothing for the sake of health, but I must give them to others." Cao Gui said: "This kind of small kindness can't spread to the people, and the people won't listen to you." Zhuang Gong said: "I never dared to falsely report the number of cattle, sheep and jade used for sacrifice. I must be honest and trustworthy. " Cao Gui said, "This is only a small contribution. You cannot convince the gods. God will not bless you. " Zhuang Gong said: "Large and small cases should be handled reasonably, even if they cannot be understood clearly." Cao Gui said: "This is to do one's duty (to the people), and we can go to war on this basis. Please allow me to go with you when fighting. "

That day, Duke Zhuang of Lu and Cao Gui shared a car. Fight the Qi army in the spoon. Duke Zhuang was about to beat gongs and drums and March. Cao Gui said, "Not now." After the Qi army beat the drums three times, Cao Gui said, "You can beat the drums and move forward." The Qi army was defeated. Zhuang Zhengyi wanted to order the pursuit and said, "Not yet." (Say that finish) Get off and look at Qi Jun's car prints, climb to the crossbar in front of the car and look at Qi Jun's formation. (Then) Say, "We can chase." So he chased the qi army.

After the battle was won, Duke Zhuang of Lu asked the reason for the victory. Cao Gui replied, "Fighting depends on courage. The first drumming can inspire soldiers' courage, the second drumming will weaken their courage, and by the third drumming, their courage will disappear. The enemy's courage has disappeared, but our courage is developing vigorously, so we defeated them. Qi is a big country, so it's hard to find out. I'm afraid there is an ambush. I found that their car prints were chaotic and the military flag fell, so I ordered the pursuit. "

During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei sent Sima Yi to attack the street kiosks in the middle of Shu, and Zhuge Liang sent Ma Su to station. Sima Yi led the troops to attack Xicheng. Zhuge Liang had no soldiers to meet the enemy, but he was calm and calm. He opened the city gate wide and played the piano and sang on the rostrum himself. Sima Yi suspected an ambush and led the troops to retreat. When he learned that Xicheng was an empty city and went back to fight again, Zhao Yun rushed back to help and finally defeated Sima Yi.