1. Lü Meng studied
Lü Meng was a general of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. He had made great achievements many times, but he did not like reading. So Sun Quan said to Lu Meng: "You are now a general, and you have a heavy burden on your shoulders. You must read more and gain more knowledge." Lu Meng began to study. Slowly, he discovered that there were many things in the book that he had never known before. Once, he read the story of Sun Bin using the "reducing stove strategy" to induce Pang Juan to underestimate the enemy, and finally defeated Pang Juan. His eyes were opened. As a result, Lu Meng gradually fell in love with reading.
2. Gu Yanwu was diligent in his studies
Gu Yanwu was a great scholar in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. He was knowledgeable and had profound knowledge in Confucian classics, history and poetry. With his attainments, he is worthy of being a famous Confucian. Gu Yanwu has studied diligently since he was a child and takes knowledge very seriously. When he grew up, whenever he traveled, he would use horses or mules to carry heavy books, truly "reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles."
During his travels, Gu Yanwu also attached great importance to the collection and arrangement of first-hand information. If he goes to a certain place and finds that the geography, customs, etc. are different from what he knew before, he will open the relevant books to check and correct them. Gu Yanwu just kept reading and studying hard, and finally accumulated a wealth of knowledge.
3. Su Xun was angry
Su Xun was a famous writer in the Song Dynasty and one of the eight great writers of the Tang and Song Dynasties. He was very playful when he was a child, but he didn't realize the importance of reading until he was 27 years old. From then on, he began to study hard and seize all the time to study.
One year during the Dragon Boat Festival, Su Xun stayed in the study room reading since morning. His wife brought a plate of rice dumplings and a plate of sugar into the study.
At noon, when the wife was clearing away the dishes, she found that the rice dumplings had been eaten, but the sugar in the dish was still intact, and there were many
glutinous rice grains on the inkstone next to it. It turned out that Su Xun was only concentrating on studying and mistakenly mistaken the inkstone for a sugar dish. It is with this spirit of seriousness and hard work that Su Xuncheng
becomes a literary master.
4. Kuang Heng was a Confucian scholar of the Western Han Dynasty. He loved studying since he was a child and worked hard, but his family could not afford lamp oil and could not study at night. One night, he found that his neighbor's house was brightly lit. Kuang Heng envied people who read under the light. Little Kuang Heng had an idea: If I steal a hole here, the light from next door can pass through the wall and shine into my small house. , can’t I use this light to study? He happily climbed out of bed, found a chisel, and dug a small hole under the wall. In an instant, the light illuminated a small area
. Kuang Heng quickly took out the "Book of Songs" from the bedside, moved to the small piece of precious light, and began to read it with concentration.
At night, with the help of a small beam of light borrowed from the house next door, I read tirelessly and finally became a generation of scholars.
5. Che Yin’s reading at night
Che Yin was a famous official in the Jin Dynasty and was famous for his erudition. He grew up in a very poor family and could not even afford oil for lighting lamps. In this way, Che Yin could not study at night, and he was very distressed about this. One summer night, Che Yin sat boredly outside the house enjoying the cool air. At this time, the fireflies flying around in the grass caught his attention. The flashing lights on those little bugs looked like lights! He quickly found a small bag made of white gauze and caught dozens of fireflies in one breath and put them in his bag. The light emitted by so many bugs gathered together. Che Yin took this "lamp" and happily went into the house to read. In this way, after years of hard study, I finally became a learned person.
Extended information:
Quotes about reading:
1. There is no other way to read, but to be determined and open-minded, and to play it repeatedly and carefully, you will have merit. ——Zhu Xi
Interpretation: There is no other way to study. Only by making great determination to study with humility and perseverance, and by repeatedly studying and practicing, can you achieve some small achievements.
2. Apply one example and learn the other three, hear one and know the ten. ——Zhu Xi
Definition: Being able to use what you have learned to tell other similar and identical things from one thing.
3. Those who have no doubts in reading must be taught to have doubts, and those who have doubts must have no doubts. Only here can they make progress. ―Zhu Xi
Interpretation: When you start reading and studying, you must be able to find problems, raise questions, and solve them while studying. Finally, when you reach the end of learning, there are no doubts. This is That’s when you really make progress.