One morning, Shen Congwen slipped out of the classroom and went to the village to watch a play alone. On that day, the puppet show was The Monkey King Crossing the Flame Mountain. Shen Congwen was very happy and burst into laughter.
He didn't go back to school until the sun went down. At this time, all the students went home from school. The next day, as soon as Shen Congwen entered the school gate, the teacher sternly asked him why he was absent from class. He blushed and faltered.
The teacher knelt down under the tree in anger and scolded loudly: "Look, this nanmu tree is growing every day, but you just don't want to make progress and are willing to be a worthless dwarf." The next day, the teacher called him again and said to him, "Everyone is studying hard, but you secretly went to the theatre. Although I humiliated you yesterday, it was for your own good.
Only when a person respects himself can he be respected by others. "The teacher's words moved Shen Congwen to tears. He secretly vowed that he must remember this lesson and be a respected person. Since then, Shen Congwen has been strict with himself and became a famous writer when he grew up.
Second, the story of Xu Beihong
Xu Beihong studied in France in his early years, and his character modeling pays attention to realistic expression, especially good at sketching. For Chinese painting, he advocates reform: "Western painting can be absorbed and integrated." The combination of Chinese and western techniques has formed his unprecedented realistic painting style.
I heard an old man say that once, Xu Beihong was commenting on this painting at an art exhibition, and an old man from the countryside suddenly came up to him and said, "Sir, the duck you drew is not right. You drew a duck. How can a duck's tail be so long? " When you look at it, it turns out to be Xu's new work "Writing Dongpo Chunjiang Plumbing Poetry", in which the tail feathers of ducks are curled like rings.
The villagers said that drakes have bright feathers and curly tails; The female feather of the duck has a short brown tail, which is wrongly drawn. Xu admitted his negligence in sketching and was deeply grateful to retire.
Third, the story of Li Shimin.
On one occasion, Li Shimin was playing with birds in the harem (a very precious bird, which was just delivered by his subordinates). Just when Wei Zhi came, he was very unhappy to see the emperor playing with birds and said a lot to him. When Li Shimin saw Wei Zhi coming, he quickly stuffed the bird into his sleeve, and the bird was suffocated.
Wei Zhi said, "Your Majesty, this is a difficult time. We should work hard, not have fun! " Li Shimin later didn't get famous flowers and famous grass, but concentrated on politics, which led to "managing the world"!
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Successful examples of foreign celebrities correcting shortcomings;
George Washington: When George Washington was a child, his father planted a fine cherry tree in the orchard. Later, Washington's father bought a very sharp axe. When Washington found out, he wanted to test how sharp the axe was, so he swung it and cut it at the cherry tree. Unexpectedly, the cherry tree, which was still a small sapling at that time, was very weak and was cut down.
When Washington's father found his beloved cherry tree cut down, he was very angry. He asked loudly who did it. Although Washington was scared, he frankly cut it himself. After listening to this, dad didn't blame him, but praised Washington for his honesty.