Celebrities at home and abroad in ancient and modern times failed because they did not have lofty ideals and aspirations
Li Zicheng, Li Yu, most of these people have a prominent background, or they were successful at one stage in life, but because they were addicted to the present Wealth leads to failure. The vision of the future ideal society by celebrities at home and abroad
Confucius' "Society of Great Harmony" Books about the determination to become talented and establish lofty ideals at home and abroad
How steel is made, biographies of celebrities, and the biography of Zeng Guofan , Mao Chuan and so on. Those willful celebrities at home and abroad in ancient and modern times
1. Shi Chong (249-300 AD, a wealthy businessman in the Jin Dynasty)
Amount of wealth: rich enough to rival a country.
Willful deeds: Talking about the rich people's "willful" stories, the story of Shi Chong's fight for wealth with Emperor Wu's uncle Wang Kai can definitely make the headlines. When Shi Chong heard that Wang Kai's family used maltose water to wash pots, he ordered his kitchen to use candles as firewood; when Wang Kai heard that Shi Chong's family used spices to paint the walls, he used red stone grease to paint the walls; Emperor Wu of Jin built a tree two feet high The coral tree was given to Wang Kai as a reward, and Wang Kai showed it off to Shi Chong. Shi Chong smashed it with iron Ruyi, and then asked his men to take out the more beautiful and taller corals at home and give them to Wang Kai as compensation; Emperor Wu of Jin used the coral trees as tribute from foreign countries. Fire-huan cloth was made into clothes, which he wore to visit Shi Chong. Shi Chong deliberately wore ordinary clothes, but asked all fifty of his servants to wear fire-huan cloth to greet Emperor Wu. Do you think there is anyone more willful than Shi Chong?
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Lu Buwei
2. Lu Buwei (292 BC-235 BC, Warring States Period) Big businessman)
Amount of wealth: "Traveling and selling at low prices and selling at high prices, the family is rich in gold."
Willful deeds: According to legend, Lu Buwei asked his father: "What is the return rate of farming?" The answer was: "Ten times." He also asked, "How many times can we get profits from doing business?" The answer was: "A hundred times." He asked again: "How many times the benefits can be gained by establishing a king?" The answer was: "Countless times." Lu Buwei sighed with emotion: "I want to establish a country and establish a king, and do earth-shattering things." So he met Qin in exile. The young master Ying Yiren helped him return to his country and ascend the throne; he also gave his beloved Zhao Ji to Ying Yiren. Later, Zhao Ji gave birth to a baby boy for Ying Yiren and named him Ying Zheng, so some people say that his biological father is actually Lu Buwei. There are few businessmen in the world who play politics like Lu Buwei.
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Shen Wansan
3. Shen Wansan (1330-1376, a wealthy businessman in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties)
Wealth Quantity: "There are tens of millions of resources, and the fields are all over the world."
Willful deeds: It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was going to reward the three armies. Shen Wansan wanted to show off and asked him to fund it. Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately asked him: "I have an army of millions, can you spread it all over?" Shen Wansan's willful pride came to him, and he replied: "I would like to reward each army with one tael of gold!" But Zhu Yuanzhang still rejected him: "Although you can Good intentions, but I don't need you. I am rich all over the world, why do I need your money?" Zhu Yuanzhang built Nanjing City, and Shen Wansan offered to contract for one-third of the project cost, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel very embarrassed. Later, Emperor Zhu found a reason to exile Shen Wansan to Yunnan and confiscated the Shen family's property. Shen Wansan’s story tells us: It’s okay to show off your wealth, but never show it off to the emperor.
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Heshen
4. Heshen (1750-1799, a powerful official and rich man in the Qing Dynasty)
Amount of wealth: The family property was equivalent to the fiscal income of the Qing Dynasty for fifteen years at that time.
Willful deeds: The emperor summoned him in the Old Summer Palace, and he rode horses straight into the middle left gate and passed through the Zhengda Guangming Hall; he rode in a sedan in the restricted area of ??the palace, unscrupulously; he privately married a palace maid as his mistress; he privately built a nanmu house, which was extravagant Violating the regulations, the style imitated Ningshou Palace; the pearl bracelets collected at home were many times larger than those in the palace, and the big pearls were bigger than the pearls on the royal crown; even after Qianlong became seriously ill, he was still chatting and laughing. A Gui, a great scholar, returned to his ministry in Pingding. On the order of Qianlong, he carved a jade horse from beautiful Khotan jade and hid it in the palace. The jade was white and moist, more than three feet long and about two feet high. He Shen ordered someone to steal it and gave it to his concubine to use as a small stool to sit on when taking a bath.
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Wang Yuanbao
5. Wang Yuanbao (date of birth and death unknown, the richest man in the Tang Dynasty)
Wealth Quantity: Wealth can rival a country.
Willful deeds: It is said that Wang Yuanbao was originally called Wang Ergou. Later, he made a fortune selling colored glaze and became the richest man in Chang'an, so he changed the very vulgar name Ergou to the more vulgar "Yuanbao". It means, I am Wang Yuanbao, I am rich! How much money does Wang Yuanbao have? Unofficial history says that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty once summoned Wang Yuanbao and asked about his wealth. Wang Yuanbao said willfully: "I would like to tie a piece of silk string to a tree in Nanshan Mountain. When the trees in Nanshan are gone, I will not run out of silk string." The silk string was silk cloth and was the currency at that time.
Wang Yuanbao's words, translated into today's popular words, are: "I hang a kidney on every tree in the Daxingan Mountains. The trees are all full. I must not have used up my kidneys yet!" Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty heard this. In the end, he could only say with emotion: "I am the most noble man in the world, and Wang Yuanbao is the richest man in the world!"
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Emperor Yang of Sui
6. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty (569-618, Emperor of the Sui Dynasty)
Amount of wealth: During the validity period, the entire country's money belongs to his family.
Willful deeds: Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was a rich emperor who dared to say, "I am willful when I am rich, and this is the kind of man I am." Or rather, an emperor-level rich man. In the first month of 610, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty performed hundreds of plays in Luoyang to entertain merchants from the Western Regions, which lasted for a month. The emperor also ordered that all shops in Luoyang be decorated with curtains and trees wrapped with colorful silk. Businessmen from the Western Regions could eat, drink and stay for free in Luoyang. Emperor Yangdi asked people to tell the merchants from the Western Regions: "China is fertile, but the rules of food and drink are not straight." The merchants from the Western Regions "were all amazed." However, one of them saw the colorful silk wrapped around the tree and asked, "There are also poor people in China whose clothes cannot cover their shapes. How can they be treated with this thing? What is the wrapped tree?" This made Emperor Yang feel very embarrassed.
Hu Xueyan
7. Hu Xueyan (1823-1885, a famous red-top businessman in the late Qing Dynasty)
Wealth: Hu Xueyan opened a bank, "zidian" It is spread all over the north and south, and its wealth and fame shock both inside and outside."
Willful deeds: Hu Xueyan is rich and willful. He once collaborated with another rich man Li Changshou to support an actor named Zhou Fenglin. Once when they were giving money to Zhou, the two of them got into a fight for some reason. Two, pouring like rain", the silver reward given to a rewarder is measured in baskets. Hu Xueyan’s hobby of buying antiques is also very strange: he doesn’t ask whether the antiques are authentic or not, but only the price. He doesn’t want the low-priced ones, but “only keeps the expensive ones” and “only buys the expensive ones, not the right ones.” Someone reminded him to be careful of being deceived. Hu Xueyan said, I just want to see how long they can lie to me.
Willfulness index: Examples of failures due to trivial matters are from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.
The defeat made Xiang Yu unable to recover and committed suicide in Wujiang River. Xiang Yu actually had a chance to escape, but he didn't want to. He said to himself that he had no face to face Jiangdong's elders. It can be seen that Xiang Yu did not dare to face failure and would rather lead the Twenty-Eight Banners to fight to death in Wujiang, and ended up with a tragic end. In fact, it was possible for him to survive Wujiang and make a comeback, but he couldn't face failure and had no choice but to die.
Wujiang committed suicide and Xiang Yu's battle in Dongcheng revived his hope of survival, so he wanted to cross the Wujiang River eastward (Wujiang is in Wujiang Town, Hexian County, Anhui Province today). Said: "Although Jiangdong is small, it is thousands of miles in circumference, and there are hundreds of thousands of people, which is enough to call the king. I hope the king can cross the river quickly. Now only the ministers have boats, and the Han army has arrived and cannot cross." Xiang Yu heard this and then Knowing that Xi Chu had not fallen, he felt huge guilt, repentance for past killings, and to defend the honor of the "Overlord", he finally chose to die in battle instead of crossing the river, so he said: "The sky wants to kill me, I Why do we need to cross the river? And when I crossed the river to the west with eight thousand people from Jiangdong, no one survived. Even though the elders from Jiangdong took pity on me and respected me as king, don't I feel guilty?" Thinking of this, he He said to the chief of the pavilion: "I know you are an elder. I have been riding this horse for five years. It is invincible. It once traveled thousands of miles in a day. I can't bear to kill it, so I will give it to you now." So he ordered the cavalry to dismount and fight with their swords. In the end, Xiang Yu alone killed hundreds of people and was wounded in more than ten places. At this time, he saw his former subordinate Lu Matong in the Han army, and said to him, "Aren't you my old friend?" When Lu Matong saw it, he immediately said to another Han general Wang Yi, "This It's King Xiang!" Xiang Yu said, "I heard that the king of Han offered a reward of a thousand gold and ten thousand households for my head, so I will do a good deed for you!" So Xiang Yu committed suicide at the age of 30. After Xiang Yu died, Wang Yi took his head. In order to fight for Xiang Yu's body, the Han army killed each other and dozens of people died. In the end, five Han generals divided Xiang Yu's body, and they were all made marquises. They became the overlords of Western Chu. This ended his glorious and heroic life!
Who are the famous people at home and abroad who failed because of pride? Give examples
Napoleon’s disastrous defeat in the Battle of Waterloo, the tortoise and the hare, does it count? The story of Zhong Yong, who was called a child prodigy but failed to continue learning because of his pride, accomplished nothing when he grew up. There are many growing pains of celebrities at home and abroad
The great philosopher Socrates gave a class to his students one day. He said: Classmates, we are not going to talk about philosophy today. We just ask everyone to do a simple action, swing their hands forward 300 times, and then swing their hands back 300 times to see who can persist every day. A few days later, when Socrates was in class, he asked the students who persisted to raise their hands. As a result, more than 90% of the people raised their hands. A month later, he asked the students who persisted to raise their hands, and only more than 70% raised their hands. A year later, he made the same request, but only one person raised his hand. This person was Plato, who later became a great philosopher.
John Davidson Rockefeller, the "Oil King" of the United States, had a very strict upbringing since he was a child and earned pocket money by working as a "employee" for his father. He went to the fields early in the morning to do farm work and sometimes helped his mother milk the cows.
He has a small notebook dedicated to accounting. After quantifying his work, he records it in the account at US$0.37 per hour, and then settles the settlement with his father. He did this very seriously and felt it was both sacred and interesting. What's more interesting is that the second, third and even fourth generations of Rockefeller strictly followed this procedure and received regular inspections. Otherwise, no one would get a penny of the fee.
Rockefeller did this not because his family was impoverished, nor because his parents intentionally treated their children harshly, but because he wanted to cultivate the virtues of hard work and thrift and the character of hard work and self-reliance in his children from an early age. What was recorded in that small account book was not only a running account of the child's hard work, but also the child's experience of suffering and testing! In fact, in many developed countries, the requirements for children studying in school are also very "harsh". In Japan, many students use their spare time to wash dishes in restaurants, serve plates, sell goods in stores or take care of the elderly, work as tutors, etc. to earn money to pay for school fees and pocket money. Americans have always taught their children to be independent and self-reliant, and children as young as seven or eight have become "small businessmen", selling their "goods" to earn pocket money. American middle school students have a slogan: "You have to spend money to earn your own money." During holidays, they become migrant workers and learn to support themselves.
Edison (1847-1931)
The 19th century is known as the century of science, and it is also a century characterized by the technologicalization and socialization of science. Science began to become an important part of social life in this century. The turbulent great innovation transformed into the great power of technological science. Some of this century's technological giants continued to be active into the 20th century. Thomas Alva Edison is one of them. Among the 100 most influential people in the past 1,000 years recently selected by the American "Life" magazine, Edison ranked first.
Edison came from a humble background and lived in poverty. His "education" was that he had only attended elementary school for three months in his life. The teacher was always dumbfounded by his weird questions and even talked about him in front of his mother. He is a fool and will have no future. In anger, his mother asked him to drop out of school and let her educate him herself. At this time, Edison's talent was fully revealed. Under the guidance of his mother, he read a lot of books and built a small laboratory at home. In order to raise the necessary expenses for the laboratory, he had to go out to work as a newsboy and publish newspapers. Finally, he used the money he saved to build a small laboratory in the luggage compartment of the train and continued to conduct chemical experiments. Later, a chemical fire broke out and almost burned the carriage. The angry bellman threw all Edison's experimental equipment out of the car and slapped him several times. It is said that Edison was deaf for life as a result.
Edison is the kind of legendary figure admired by the American nation - although he did not receive a good school education, he achieved great success through personal struggle and extraordinary talent. He is self-taught, and with perseverance, rare enthusiasm and energy, he stood up from thousands of failures, overcame countless difficulties, and became an American inventor and entrepreneur. In his early years, he developed duplex and four-way telegraph systems and invented the automatic telegraph motor. Invented the phonograph from 1877 to 1879; experimented and improved electric lights (incandescent lamps) and telephones. Later, a lighting system was developed and a lot of work was done to achieve centralized power supply. He proposed and adopted the DC three-wire system. The generator with the largest capacity at that time was made, and in 1882, the first large-scale power plant was built using this machine. At the same time, experiments were conducted on railway electrification. In 1883, the "Edison effect", the phenomenon of hot electron emission, was discovered. There are also many famous inventions in film technology, mining, construction, chemical industry, etc. From 1869 to 1901 alone, 1,328 invention patents were obtained. During his life, he invented a new invention every 15 days on average, so he was known as the "King of Inventions".
Edison devoted himself to science and was indifferent to fame and fortune. When developing electric lights, a reporter said to him: "If you can really make electric lights to replace gas lights, you will definitely make a lot of money." Edison replied: "If a person works just to save money, it will be difficult for him to get anything. Nothing else - not even money!" He has always been called the father of modern film, but at a grand banquet held by people in the film industry for his 77th birthday, he said: "As for the development of film, I He only made some technical efforts, and the rest is the credit of others."
Edison was broad-minded and good at dealing with adversity. Regarding the inconvenience of his deafness, he said: "Walking among the crowds on Broadway, I can be as calm as a person living deep in the forest. Deafness has always been a blessing to me, and it has saved me a lot of distractions and mental pain." One night in 1914, Edison's film laboratory suddenly suffered a fire, causing huge losses. Edison comforted his extremely sad wife and said: "It doesn't matter, even though I am 67 years old, I am not old.
From tomorrow morning, everything will start again. I believe that no one will age. I have to start working again." The next day, Edison not only started building a new workshop, but also began to invent a new light-a mobile searchlight to help firefighters move forward in the dark. The fire was like a small episode for Edison.
Edison benefited the public and was not afraid of hardships. In search of a filament, he tested thousands of materials; in trying to create a new battery, he failed eight thousand times.
Therefore, Edison often said: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent diligence." At the age of 80, he still maintained the spirit of an inventor and carried out inventions and creations tenaciously. In 1927, he established the Edison Plant Research Company and devoted himself to a new research field, looking for new chemical materials. The 81-year-old Edison successfully extracted rubber from wild grasses and was highly praised by people.
At 3:24 in the morning on October 18, 1931, Edison closed his eyes and passed away with a relieved smile at the age of 84. When he was dying, he said calmly: "I have tried my best for the happiness of mankind; there is nothing to regret."
On the day of the funeral, the entire United States turned off the lights for one minute to express condolences. This is the most solemn way for people to express their infinite nostalgia for Edison, and it is also a silent hymn dedicated to this great inventor.
On March 14, 1879, a little life was born in a small town called Ulm in Germany. His parents gave him a promising name: Albert Einstein. Looking at his cute appearance, his parents placed all their hopes on him. However, it didn't take long for the parents to become disappointed: their children were starting to learn to speak, and Einstein, who was already three years old, was just babbling. Later, Einstein's sister, Maga, who was two years younger than him, was able to talk to the neighbors, but Einstein still hesitated when he spoke, and his words did not match the words... Looking at the slow-moving Einstein Stan, the parents began to worry. They worried whether his intelligence would be inferior to ordinary people. It wasn't until he was 10 years old that his parents sent him to school. However, in school, Einstein was ridiculed by teachers and classmates, and everyone called him a "stupid guy." The school requires students to follow military instructions before and after class. Because of Einstein's slow response, he was often scolded and punished by teachers. Some teachers even pointed at his nose and scolded him: "This guy is so stupid, he can't keep up with any course!" In a craft class, the teacher picked out a very poorly made wooden bench from the students' works. Everyone said: "I think there may not be a stool worse than this in the world!" Amidst the laughter, Einstein stood up with a red face and said: "I think there is such a stool!" As he spoke, he took out two even more unattractive stools from the desk and said, "I made these the first two times, and what I gave you is the third one. Although it is not good, it is better than these two." Much stronger!" Einstein himself was surprised by saying so many words in one breath. The teacher was even more stunned, sitting there not knowing what to say.
Amidst the ridicule and insults, Einstein grew up slowly and entered the Luitbold High School in Munich. In middle school, he liked mathematics classes, but was not interested in other classes that were divorced from reality and life. Lonely, he began to look for sustenance and spiritual strength in books. In this way, Einstein met Archimedes, Newton, Descartes, Goethe, and Mozart in books... Books and knowledge opened up a broader space for him. With his horizons broadened, Einstein had more questions to think about. One day, he said to his uncle who often tutored him in mathematics: "If I use the speed of light in vacuum to run forward with light, can I see the electromagnetic waves vibrating in space?" His uncle stared at him with strange eyes. After a long while, there was both approval and worry in his eyes. Because he knew that the question raised by Einstein was extraordinary and would cause unexpected shock. Since then, Einstein has been tormented by this problem. In the autumn of 1895, after careful consideration, Einstein decided to apply for admission to the University of Zurich in Switzerland. However, he failed and failed in foreign language. After failing the exam, he was not discouraged and took part in middle school tutoring. A year later, he obtained a secondary school tutoring certificate and was admitted to the Polytechnic University of Zurich. At this time, he was already preparing for his future. He spent all his energy on extracurricular readings and laboratories. The professors were very dissatisfied and angry when they saw him reading books that had nothing to do with studying and doing experiments that had nothing to do with test scores, thinking that he was "not doing his job properly."
When Einstein graduated from college, the economic crisis broke out. Because he was of Jewish descent, had no connections, and had no money, he had to be unemployed at home. In order to survive, he had to post advertisements everywhere and earn living expenses of 3 francs per hour by teaching physics. This period of unemployment gave Einstein a lot of help. During the teaching process, he reflected on traditional physics, which contributed to his violent impact on traditional academic views. After five weeks of intense and exciting struggle, Einstein wrote a 9,000-word paper "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies," from which the special theory of relativity was born. It can be said that this is a decisive and great declaration in the history of physics and another milestone for physics to move forward.
Although many people objected to this, and some even published critical articles in newspapers, Einstein still received attention from society and academia. In a short period of time, 15 universities awarded him doctoral certificates, and famous universities in France, Germany, the United States, Poland and many other countries also wanted to hire him as a professor. Einstein, who was called "idiot" and "stupid thing" by people at that time, and thought he could not become a genius, finally became recognized by the world as the most outstanding intelligent figure of our time. What does it mean to change from "ugly gong" to "white swan"? I think Einstein's words are the best answer.
When many young people pestered him and asked him to tell the secret of success, he wrote down a formula: A=x+y+z, and explained: "A means success, x means diligence, and y means correctness." Method, then z, means you must talk less empty words." For many years, Einstein's magical success equation has been praised by people. From Einstein's struggle process, it is not difficult to see that it was diligence, correct methods and less empty words that turned Einstein from a stupid person to a giant. Write down some witty sayings and aphorisms about ideals by famous people at home and abroad
The power of change is the greatest power. People always say that new methods before they failed were whimsical
It is difficult to survive without innovation. Only the truth Only things can be invented
All existence is original. A person contributes to society and society respects him
There is a solution to every problem. Despair is a disease leading to death
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Those who are not afraid of losing a hundred battles are afraid of being discouraged. Those who cannot withstand blows will always be losers
If people want to survive, they cannot be restrained. Great people are courageous people
< p> Women need excellent confidence, men need serious faith, determination is strength, confidence is successConfidence is the master of life, firm confidence can do amazing things
I admire the creation Spiritual life is eternal creation
People should not stagnate due to frustration. People should believe in and value their own strength
Without self-confidence, you will never be happy. Only laziness is eternal despair.
Disappointment, no despair, fear, never a desperate situation
Confidence is not complacency, independence is not isolation, always have confidence in everything
Have confidence in yourself, others will believe in you Believe that you will overcome obstacles
To succeed, nothing is impossible. Scholars need to be confident
A happy life means giving up on yourself. As a person, never underestimate yourself
< p> Don’t regret the past and don’t be afraid of the future. Believe that you are the winner of lifeConfidence is a state of mind. Believe in yourself is the most important
Confidence looks upward. Excessive confidence is arrogance
p>To shoulder heavy responsibilities, you first need to be confident. Inventors rely entirely on the support of great confidence
Trust yourself when others do not trust. Confidence and self-reliance are the main sources of a strong character
Self-confidence is the most powerful victory. Always stand on the side of self-confidence
Believe in your own talents and believe that you are strong
Be an optimistic person. The ideal person must be materially strong. and spiritual satisfaction
Ideals can shatter superstition. People of every generation must have ideals
The ideal of life is for ideal life. Life without ideals is terrible
< p> Everyone has different ideals. People must rely on their ideals to live.Don’t seek quick results and don’t settle for small things. Ideals are the guiding light
Ideals are like stars in the sky. Gorky’s famous saying: Ideals
If human activities are not inspired by ideals, who are the people in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, who failed because of intolerance like Xiang Yu?
Chiang Kai-shek was soft-hearted during the negotiations in Chongqing
Cao Cao, Liu Bei should have been killed when he defected
Yang Guang, did not kill the Li family. Anecdotes about collecting famous people from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad (5)
Once Zengzi killed a pig, Zengzi’s wife I have to go to the market, even if my child is crying. The wife coaxed the child and said, "Don't go. I will come back and kill the pig for you to eat." When she came back from the market, she saw that Zengzi was about to kill the pig, and she quickly stepped forward to stop him. Zengzi said, if you deceive a child, the child will not trust you. With that said, he killed the pig. Zengzi did not deceive his children and cultivated their children's character of trustworthiness.
Ji Bu values ????promises. In the late Qin Dynasty, there was a man named Ji Bu who always valued promises and kept promises. People say, "It is better to get a hundred catties of gold than to get a promise of Jibu." This is the idiom that only with the help of friends can one survive. And if you have faith, you will naturally gain everyone’s trust.
Honest Yan Shu Yan Shu, a famous writer and politician in the Northern Song Dynasty, was recommended to the court by local officials as a "child prodigy" at the age of 14. He could have obtained an official position without taking the imperial examination, but he did not do so and took the examination resolutely. It just so happened that the exam questions were ones he had done before and received guidance from several famous teachers. In this way, he easily stood out from more than a thousand candidates and was praised by the emperor. But Yan Shu did not feel complacent because of this. On the contrary, when he accepted the emperor's re-examination, he truthfully told the emperor the situation and asked for another question to be tested in front of him. After discussing with the ministers, the emperor came up with a more difficult topic and asked Yan Shu to write an essay in class. As a result, his article was praised by the emperor again.
Han Xin, the founding hero of the Han Dynasty, lived in poverty with his brother and sister-in-law and lived on leftovers. Little Han Xin helped his brother work during the day and studied hard at night. His mean sister-in-law still hated him studying, thinking that reading was a waste of lamp oil and was useless.
So Han Xin had no choice but to live on the streets, living a life without enough clothes and food. There was an old woman who worked as a servant for others who sympathized with him and supported him in his studies and gave him food every day. Facing the old woman's sincerity, Han Xin was very grateful. He said to the old man: "I will repay you when I grow up." The old woman smiled and said: "I will be buried when you grow up." Later, Han Xin became a famous general. , was named King of Chu by Liu Bang. He still missed the old man who once helped him. So he found the old man, took the old man into his palace, and treated her like his own mother.
Washington cut down the cherry tree. When Washington, the founding president of the United States, was a child, he was an honest child. There was such a story between him and his father.
One day, his father gave him a small ax. The small ax head is brand new, small and sharp. Washington is so happy! He thought: My father's big ax can chop down big trees, but can my small ax chop down small trees? I'm going to give it a try. He saw a small cherry tree on the edge of the garden. The breeze swayed it, as if waving to him: "Come on, little Washington, try your little ax on me!" Washington happily said He ran over and raised his ax to chop down the cherry tree. Hearing a "crack" sound, the small tree split into two pieces and fell to the ground. He then used a small ax to cut off the branches and leaves of the small tree, clamped the small stick between his legs, held the small ax in one hand, and supported the roots of the small tree with the other, and played a horse riding and fighting game in the garden.
After a while, my father came back and was very angry when he saw his beloved cherry tree falling to the ground. He asked Washington: "Who cut down my tree?"
Only then did Washington realize that he had gotten into trouble, and thought to himself: He will definitely get beaten by his father today! But he never liked to lie, so he said to his father: "Dad! It was I who chopped down your cherry tree. I want to test the speed of the small axe."
After listening to Washington's words, his father not only Instead of beating him, he picked him up and said happily: "My good son, dad would rather lose a thousand cherry trees than you tell a lie. Dad forgives the honest child. However, he will never do it again." Just cut down the trees."
Washington nodded, keeping his father's words in mind.