Where there is a will, things come true. The cauldron sinks the boat, and the hundred and two Qin passes finally belong to Chu. If you work hard, God will not let you down, if you lie down on the firewood and taste the courage, three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu. These two famous quotes are catchy, sonorous and powerful, inspiring and full of energy. I believe many people regard it as their own motto, or write it in their diary as a quote to inspire themselves. Do you know the protagonists and stories behind these two famous quotes?

Pu Songling (1640-1715), also known as Liuxian and Jianchen, also known as Liuquan Jushi, known as Mr. Liaozhai in the world, was an outstanding writer in the Qing Dynasty, Zichuan County, Shandong Province (now Zichuan A native of Pujiazhuang, Hongshan Town, District.

Pu Songling was smart and studious since he was a child. He took the boy's examination at the age of 19 and was famous for ranking first in the county, prefectural and provincial examinations. Let's put it this way, the county examination is equivalent to today's high school entrance examination, and the government examination is equivalent to the college entrance examination. In other words, there are 211,985 undergraduate students who are the top scorer in the high school entrance examination and the top scorer in the college entrance examination. He has been a "genius" and "a top student" since he was a child, and he has been what his parents call "other people's children" since he was a child.

Mr. Pu Songling had to take the exam in almost every subject for more than fifty years. It was not until he was seventy-one years old that he was granted the status of a Gongsheng student as a matter of routine. From the age of 19 to 71, for more than fifty years, he has been failing in the exams many times, just like Zhou Jin, Fan Jin and others in "The Scholars". It was really miserable, but Fan Jin at least passed the exam in the end. , Pu Songling did not.

So in the misery of repeated defeats and repeated defeats, in order to motivate himself, Mr. Pu Songling engraved these two energetic couplets on his copper ruler.

Another source: Where there is a will, there is a way. The earliest source of "Cheng" is Fan Ye's "The Biography of Geng Yan in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty". Geng Yan was hit by an arrow during the battle. He did not give up because of this. Instead, he cut off his sword and continued to fight. In the end, he won the victory with his perseverance. When Liu Xiu learned about it, he praised Geng Yan and said: "When the general was in Nanyang, he often thought that it would be difficult to implement such a great plan, but if there is a will, things will come true." "This praises Geng Yan's noble qualities of great ambition, firm will, perseverance and perseverance. This is the earliest origin of "Where there is a will, things come true." . ——Protagonist: Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu. Historical events: The Battle of Julu.

"Historical Records of Xiang Yu": "Xiang Yu led his troops across the river, but all the ships were sunk, the cauldrons were broken, and the houses were burned. Three days of food to show that the soldiers must die and none of them will return the favor. ”

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, General Zhang Han of the Qin State made a sneak attack on Dingtao, defeated the main force of the Chu army led by Xiang Liang, and led the army to cross the Yellow River north to attack Zhao Xie, who claimed to be King Zhao. King Zhao was defeated again and again. Defeated, he had no choice but to retreat to Julu (today's Xingtai City, Hebei Province).

Zhang Han sent generals Wang Li and Shejian to tightly siege Julu City, and set up defense lines outside the city, and they were surrounded like iron barrels. The Zhao army gradually lost its support and sent people everywhere for help. After learning about it, King Chu Huai sent two generals, Song Yi and Xiang Yu, to rescue Zhao.

After Song Yi led his troops to Anyang, he ordered the whole army to rescue them. The army rested here. More than forty days passed, but Song Yi still did not propose to send troops to aid Zhao.

He thought that he could wait until the war between Qin and Zhao was almost over before sending troops to rescue him. Xiang Yu repeatedly urged Song Yi to send troops but was rejected.

He saw that Song Yi only cared about drinking and having fun, but did not care about the hunger of the soldiers and did not want to cross the river to join the Zhao army. The Qin army killed Song Yi and led the army to rescue Zhao. After the army crossed the Zhangshui River, Xiang Yu ordered: "Crack all the ships and sink them to the bottom of the river.

Break all the rice pots and set fire to all the houses on the shore. Each person was only allowed to take three days of dry food to the battlefield to fight the Qin army to the death. "

In the nine fierce battles with the Qin army, Xiang Yu took the lead, and the Chu army was also brave. The Chu army and the Zhao army joined forces and surrounded the Qin army.

Finally Later, the siege of Julu City was lifted, and the Qin army was defeated. Later, "all the ships sank, the cauldrons and steamers were broken" evolved into the idiom "the cauldrons were broken, and the boats were broken", which metaphorically refers to those who are determined to fight to the end and never retreat. Swallowing Wu - Protagonist: Gou Jian, King of Yue Historical events: Gou Jian destroyed Wu.

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During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, King Wu Fu Chai raised his troops to attack Yue. The country of Yue was defeated and was about to be subjugated. In order to preserve his strength and look for a chance to make a comeback, he sent Wen Zhong to lobby Fu Chai to negotiate peace. Fu Chai was said to have However, he wanted Gou Jian and his wife to be his servants in the Kingdom of Wu.

Fu Chai asked Gou Jian and his wife to live in a stone house next to the tomb of the late king, and let them look after the tomb, feed the horses, and serve them. He was also testing whether Gou Jian was sincerely surrendering to him. Although Goujian suffered humiliation and ridicule, he endured it for the sake of restoring the country. After three years of this, Fu Chai thought that Goujian was sincerely surrendering. Let him go back to China.

After returning to China, Gou Jian was determined to take revenge. He was afraid that the pleasure in front of him would destroy his will, so he hung a gall in the dining room and hung it every time he ate. Take a taste and ask yourself: "Have you forgotten the shame of Kuaiji? "

At the same time, he replaced the sleeping mat with firewood, worked hard, worked with the people, and vigorously developed production. Finally, in 473 AD, he defeated Fucha and destroyed the state of Wu.

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We have encountered famous sayings of one kind or another in our lives since we were young. Everyone’s growth experience is different, and all kinds of famous sayings have different impressions on me, but there are always some famous sayings. Some have a profound impact on us, some inspire us to work hard for a while, and some affect us throughout our lives.