The famous saying when the boy was studying was said by Yan Zhenqing.

It is from Yan Zhenqing's "Encouraging Learning" that the young man was studying.

Encouragement to study - Yan Zhenqing:

The lights are on at three o'clock and the chicken is on at five o'clock, which is when men are studying.

Black-haired people don’t know how to study diligently early, and white-haired people regret studying late.

Meaning:

The third watch and the fifth watch are both time scales. The third watch is at midnight and the fifth watch is at dawn.

Diligent people always study until midnight before resting. At five o'clock, when they hear the rooster crow, they start to get up and study again. Men should work hard like this when studying. When you were young, you didn't know how to work hard. If you regret it when your hair turns gray, it will be too late.

Story:

Mr. Lu Xun studied seriously since childhood. When he was a teenager, he studied at Jiangnan Naval Academy. He had excellent grades in the first semester and was awarded a gold medal by the school. He immediately took it to the streets of Nanjing's Drum Tower and sold it, then bought a few books and a bunch of red peppers.

Whenever it was cold at night and he couldn't bear to read at night, he would pick off a chili pepper, put it in his mouth and chew it, which made him sweat on his forehead. He used this method to keep away the cold and insist on studying. As a result of studying hard, he finally became a famous litterateur in our country.