1. Leonardo da Vinci painted eggs
Leonardo da Vinci, a famous painter during the European Renaissance, loved painting since he was a child. His father sent him to Florence, a famous city in Italy at that time, to learn from the famous painter Frochio. The teacher asked him to start by painting eggs.
He painted one after another for more than ten days. Seeing that he was a little impatient, the teacher said to him: "Don't think that drawing eggs is easy. You must know that no two eggs in 1,000 are exactly the same; even if it is the same egg, just change the angle to see the shape." It would be different, and the oval outline of the egg would be different.
So, if you want to express it perfectly on the drawing paper, you have to work hard." From then on, Leonardo da Vinci studied hard. Sketch, after a long period of diligent and arduous artistic practice, finally created many immortal paintings.
2. Sun Kang Yingxue Night Reading
Sun Kang, a native of Jin Dynasty, came from a poor family but loved reading. At night, although I had time, I couldn't afford lamp oil, so I had to silently recall and digest the knowledge I learned during the day. One winter, he woke up in the middle of the night and felt that the room was not completely dark, and he could vaguely see some things. It turned out to be caused by the reflection of the white snow. This inspired him: why not use the snow light to read a book?
So snowy nights, especially snowy nights under the moonlight, became a good time for Sun Kang to study hard. Due to his diligence and studious, he finally became a famous scholar and became a censor.
3. The cantilevered head is bone-piercing
During the Warring States Period, Su Qin and Zhang Yi from the Wei Dynasty studied under Mr. Guigu. He studied at night and studied painstakingly. When he was sleepy, he pricked his thigh with an awl, and blood flowed to his footsteps. Sun Jing of the Han Dynasty was eager to learn. When he was studying, he tied his hair to the roof beam with a rope to prevent him from dozing off and to urge himself to study hard.
4. Scientists who are considered fools
Einstein, the most famous physicist of this century, did not appear smart when he was a child. He did not learn to speak until he was 3 years old. His parents therefore Think he is a fool. After going to school, a teacher said to his father: "Your child will achieve nothing" and even ordered him to drop out of school. When he was 16 years old, he applied for the University of Zurich, but failed due to poor grades.
But he was not relieved. Through diligent study, he became an outstanding founder of physics. A young man once asked him how he succeeded, and he wrote down a formula: A=X+Y+Z (A represents success, X represents diligent study and work, Y represents good learning methods, and Z represents less nonsense) .
5. Sima Qian and "Historical Records"
Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty dabbled in books when he was a boy, determined to inherit his father's business. Just when his writing of "Historical Records" was progressing smoothly, he was implicated in the "Li Ling Incident" and suffered castration. Faced with this great shame and humiliation, he did not sigh or sink, but forged ahead with determination, "quietly and angry". He had been wronged for decades and finally wrote the "Historical Records", which "understands the changes of ancient and modern times, and becomes a family story", which will be remembered by future generations. .