Reading: Chisel the wall to borrow light

Kuang Heng. Kuang Heng, whose courtesy name was Zhigui, was diligent and studious, but there was no candle lighting at home. There was a candle in the neighbor's house, but the light couldn't shine into his home, so Kuang Heng cut a hole in the wall to attract the candlelight from the neighbor's house, and let the candlelight shine on the book for reading. There was a wealthy family in my hometown who was illiterate, but there were many books at home. Kuang Heng went to his house to work as a hired worker without any reward. The master felt very strange about this and asked him why he was like this. He said, "I hope I can read all the master's books." The master sighed deeply after hearing this, so he sponsored the books for him to read, and eventually he became a great master. Scholar.

Determined: Wen Tianxiang's youthful righteousness

Wen Tianxiang, a famous national hero in the late Southern Song Dynasty, lived in poverty when he was a boy. Only with the help of kind-hearted people did he have the opportunity to study. Once, Wen Tianxiang was misunderstood as a thief by a wealthy classmate. He argued hard and refused to allow others to trample on his dignity. He finally proved his innocence, and through this incident, Wen Tianxiang further established his ambition to be named on the gold list

Tao Kan, a famous general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was very poor when he was a child, but his mother Zhan understood the importance of studying and frugally sent him to study. However, little Tao Kan was playful by nature and did not concentrate on his studies. Mrs. Zhan saw this and was anxious in her heart.

Once, little Tao Kan squatted beside the loom to watch his mother weave cloth. Zhan looked at the weaving shuttle and thought of a good idea. She asked Xiao Tao Kan to recite "Xian Wen" to her. When Xiao Tao Kan recited "Time flies like an arrow, and the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle", she asked him: "Do you know what these two sentences mean?" Xiao Tao Kan Kan can't tell. Zhan pointed to the shuttle rushing back and forth on the loom and asked him: "Look, does the shuttle come and go quickly?" Little Tao Kan seemed to understand a little better. Mrs. Zhan continued: "Time passes day by day, just like this weaving shuttle. Wouldn't it be a pity if you don't concentrate on studying?" The smart little Tao Kan immediately understood what his mother meant and said to his mother: " Mom, I understand. I will cherish my time and concentrate on studying!" From then on, he worked hard and finally lived up to his mother's expectations and became a pillar of the country.

Not afraid of failure: Edison experimented with electric filament. When Edison invented the electric light, his experiments on filament materials alone failed more than 1,000 times. Many people didn’t take it seriously, and some well-meaning people advised him to forget it, saying: "You have failed more than 1,000 times!" Edison said: "No, I have not failed. I have discovered more than 1,000 materials that cannot be used as filaments."

Question: Galileo was the great Italian physicist Scientist and astronomer, his contribution to mechanics was the establishment of the law of falling bodies, the discovery of the inertial law of objects, the isochronism of pendulum vibration, the law of parabolic motion, and the determination of Galileo's principle. When he was studying at the University of Pisa, he was very curious and often asked questions, such as "Why don't planets move in straight lines?" Some teachers thought he had too many questions, but he never cared. Also asked. Once, Galileo learned that the mathematician Leach was visiting Pisa, so he prepared many questions to ask Leach. This time it was great. The teacher was tireless in teaching, and the students asked endless questions. Galileo quickly learned knowledge about plane geometry, solid geometry, etc., and had a deep grasp of Archimedes' theories on levers, specific gravity of floating bodies, etc.