1. Wang Xizhi

When Wang Xizhi was young, he practiced calligraphy very hard. It is said that he used a broken brush to practice calligraphy, which piled up into a hill, and people called it "Pen Mountain". There is a small pool next to his home. He often washes his brush and inkstone in this pool. Later, the water in the small pool turned black, so people called this small pool "Mo Chi". After growing up, Wang Xizhi's handwriting is quite good, but he still insists on practicing calligraphy every day. One day, he was so absorbed in practicing calligraphy in the study that he forgot to eat.

2, the hanging beam is biting to the bone

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Sun Jing, who was a famous politician. When he was young, he was studious, often closed the door and kept reading alone. Reading from morning till night every day is often forgetting to eat and sleep. I have been studying for a long time, I am tired, and I still don't rest. After a long time, I dozed off with fatigue. He was afraid of affecting his study, so he came up with a special way. In ancient times, men had long hair. He found a rope and tied it firmly to the beam. When he is tired of reading, he dozes off. When his head is lowered, the rope will hold his hair, which will hurt his scalp and wake up immediately, and then continue to study.

3. Digging the wall to steal light

In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a great scholar named Kuang Heng. He liked reading very much when he was a child, but his family was too poor to buy candles, so he couldn't read at night. He often worried about it. That night, Kuang Heng accidentally found that there seemed to be some light on his own wall. When he got up, he saw that the wall was cracked and the neighbor's candle was coming through the crack. Kuang Heng saw it and immediately came up with a solution. He found a chisel and cut a small hole in the crack in the wall. Immediately, a candlelight shot up, and Kuang Heng read the book carefully by this candlelight. Every night after that, Kuang Heng would lean against the wall and read by his neighbor's candlelight. Since he was a child, he was diligent and eager to learn. Later, Kuang Heng became a knowledgeable Confucian scholar.

4. Chen Ping studies.

Chen Ping studies in spite of humiliation. Chen Ping was famous in the Western Han Dynasty. When he was young, his family was poor, and he lived alone with his brother. In order to uphold his father's orders, he was brilliant, didn't give birth, and studied behind closed doors, but was not allowed by his sister-in-law. In order to eliminate the contradiction between his brother and sister-in-law, he endured repeated humiliation. With the intensification of his sister-in-law, he finally couldn't bear it, ran away from home and wanted to travel around the world. After being recovered by his brother, he let bygones be bygon Eventually, an old man came here and taught free of charge. After he finished his studies, he assisted Liu Bang and achieved a great success.

5. Tang Bohu devoted himself to painting

Tang Bohu was a famous painter and writer in Ming Dynasty, who showed his superhuman talent in painting when he was young. Tang Bohu, who was a disciple of Shen Zhou, a great painter, naturally studied harder and mastered painting skills quickly, and was highly praised by Shen Zhou. Unexpectedly, due to Shen Zhou's praise, Tang Bohu, who has always been modest, gradually became complacent. Shen Zhou saw it in his eyes and kept it in his heart. Once at dinner, Shen Zhou asked Tang Bohu to open the window. Tang Bohu found that his window was actually a painting by the teacher Shen Zhou. Tang Bohu was very ashamed and devoted himself to painting.