During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius was honored as a "saint". He has 2000 disciples, and everyone asks him for knowledge. His Analects of Confucius has been handed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.

Confucius is knowledgeable, but he still asks for advice modestly. On one occasion, he went to the ancestral temple to worship his ancestors. As soon as I entered the ancestral temple, I felt strange and asked others questions. Someone laughed: "Confucius has outstanding knowledge, so why ask?"

Confucius said, "Always ask questions. What's wrong? " His disciples asked him, "Why did you call Kong Wen Zi after Kong died?" Confucius said, "You are smart and eager to learn, and you are not ashamed to ask questions. It is worthy of being a writer." Disciple thought: "Teachers often ask others for advice, and they are not ashamed!" "

Being open-minded and eager to learn from everyone, including those who are lower than themselves, is called "not ashamed to ask questions". ?

2. Sun Jing is eager to learn

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Sun Jing, a famous politician. At first, because of his shallow knowledge, he was not reused, and even his family looked down on him, which greatly stimulated him and made him determined to study hard. Often behind closed doors, reading alone. Reading from morning till night every day, often forgetting to eat and sleep. After studying for a long time, I am tired, but I still don't rest. After a long time, I was too tired to doze off.

Afraid of affecting his study, he came up with a special method. In ancient times, men had long hair. He found a rope and tied it firmly to the beam. When he is tired of reading, he dozes off. When his head is lowered, the rope will hold his hair and hurt his scalp, wake up immediately and continue to study.

3. Wang Xizhi is persistent.

Wang Xizhi was a great calligrapher in the Jin Dynasty 1600 years ago, and was known as the "book saint". Wang Xizhi practiced calligraphy at the age of 7, and was diligent and eager to learn. Wang Xizhi concentrated on practicing calligraphy and forgot to eat and sleep. When he was eating and walking, he was also trying to figure out the structure of words. He kept scribbling on his body with his hands. Over time, his skirt was worn out.

/kloc-When he was 0/7 years old, he stole his father's secret system and calligraphy theory read it. When he is mature, he practices writing. He sat by the pool every day practicing calligraphy, seeing off the dusk and welcoming the dawn. After practicing calligraphy, he washed his pen in the pool. I don't know how much ink is used and how many pens are rotten. Over time, a pool of water was washed into ink. This is the legendary Mo Chi that people see in Shaoxing today. ?

Qi Baishi doesn't take a day off.

Qi Baishi is a famous painter and calligrapher in China. He cherishes time very much and never wastes it. He has been encouraging himself with an epigram, that is, "don't teach for a day." What does it take to be idle for a day? He set a standard for himself, that is, he should draw with strokes every day, at least five times a day. Although he is over 90 years old, he still insists on doing so.

Once, Qi Baishi's family, friends and students came to celebrate his 90th birthday. In a festive atmosphere, he was too busy to see off the last guests until very late. At this time, he thought, there are five paintings left unfinished today, which should be finished before going to bed, so he picked up a pen and drew. Due to fatigue, it was difficult to concentrate, and he didn't go to rest until his family dissuaded him many times.

The next day, Qi Baishi got up early. The family was afraid that he was tired and urged him to rest more. Qi Baishi said seriously, "There were many guests yesterday, so I stopped painting. Today I want to make up for yesterday's leisure! " After that, he painted seriously again.

5. Ouyang Xiu borrowed scriptures.

Ouyang Xiu was gifted since he was a child, but because of his poor family, he had no money to buy paper and pens. In order to let her son learn to write and practice calligraphy, Zheng, Ouyang Xiu's mother, came up with a clever way to teach Xiao Ouyang Xiu to write with a brush instead of a brush.

Ouyang Xiu worked hard, learned a good hand and became a well-known child prodigy. This kind of hard work also influenced his little friend Li, and he took Li on the road to study.