1. Chiseling through walls to steal light

Kuang Heng, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, loved reading since he was a child. But the family is very poor and they don’t even have enough to eat. How can they have money to go to school? He had to work during the day and study by himself at night. What should I do if my family doesn’t have money to buy lamp oil? Kuang Heng did not give in to the difficulties and came up with a way: he cut a small hole in the wall and read and study using the weak light from his neighbor's house. He worked hard, learned a lot of knowledge, and later became prime minister.

Metaphor: Trying to persist in the spirit of learning under difficult conditions.

Stories of Celebrities Reading 2. Hanging beams to stab the buttocks

Sun Jing of the Han Dynasty was studious and studious. He got up early every day and read until late at night. Because of fatigue and drowsiness, I often doze off unconsciously. He hung one end of the rope on the roof beam and tied the other end with his hair. In this way, your scalp will feel painful when you take a nap. Later, he finally became a Confucian master.

During the Warring States Period, Su Qin failed to lobby the Qin State and his family ignored him, so he studied hard on his own. Whenever he fell asleep, he would prick his thigh with an awl until blood dripped from his thigh. Later he became a famous scholar.

Later generations combined their deeds and used the word "hanging beam to stab the stock" to describe hard self-study.

Stories of Celebrities Studying 3. Li Bai’s Story

Li Bai was very playful when he was a child and often skipped school. Once, he ran out of school and went to the river to play. He saw an old woman grinding an iron rod on a stone. Li Bai was surprised and asked the old woman what she was doing by grinding the iron rod. The old woman said: "I am grinding a needle." Li Bai asked again, "When can such a thick iron rod be ground into a needle?" The old woman said: "As long as you have perseverance, the iron rod can be ground into a needle." Li Bai was very ashamed after hearing this. , studied hard from then on, and finally became a great poet.