1. Sit down on fuel and taste courage
In 496 BC, King Helu of Wu sent troops to attack the state of Wu, but was defeated by the state of Yue. Helu was also seriously injured and died. Two years later, Helu's son Fucha led an army to defeat the State of Yue. King Gou Jian of Yue was escorted to the State of Wu as a slave. After Gou Jian endured humiliation and served the King of Wu for three years, Fu Chai finally removed his wariness and sent him back to the State of Yue.
In fact, Gou Jian did not give up his desire for revenge. On the surface, he obeyed the King of Wu, but secretly trained elite soldiers, strengthened his political power, and waited for the opportunity to counterattack the Wu Kingdom. Gou Jian was afraid that his desire for immediate comfort would weaken his will to seek revenge, so he arranged a difficult living environment for himself. He didn't use a mattress to sleep at night, but only spread some firewood (called firewood in ancient times). There was also a piece of gall hung in the house. He would taste the taste of gall from time to time in order not to forget the shame of the past.
In order to encourage the people, Gou Jian participated in labor with the queen and the people. With the concerted efforts of the people of Yue, the country of Yue became stronger and stronger, and finally found the opportunity to destroy the country of Wu in one fell swoop.
2. Enduring the humiliation and rewriting "Historical Records"
my country's great historian and writer Sima Qian traveled all over the country in his youth, getting in touch with society, experiencing people's sentiments, and inspecting historical sites. Later, he inherited his father's position as Taishi Ling and read many ancient documents collected by the country. On this basis, he began to write "Historical Records" in accordance with his father's legacy.
While Sima Qian was concentrating on writing a book, the Li Ling incident occurred. Sima Qian spoke out and outspoken, which offended Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and was sentenced to castration (castration). Castration is a corrupt punishment, which taints ancestors and makes people laugh at relatives and friends. Let a man not be a man. In order to complete the creation of "Historical Records", Sima Qian endured humiliation, worked hard to write books in pain, and spent his whole life completing "Historical Records", my country's first biographical general history. Lu Xun praised it as "the swansong of a historian and the most rhyme-free Li Sao".
3. The head is cantilevered and the buttocks are tapered
There was a man named Sun Jing in the Han Dynasty who liked reading since he was a child and was diligent and eager to learn. Sun Jing studied very late every night. In order to avoid getting sleepy and affecting his studies, he thought of a way: tie one end of his hair with a rope and tie the other end to the beam. As soon as he dozed off and lowered his head, the rope would My scalp hurts, and I regain my energy, so that I can devote all my energy to studying.
Sun Jing studied diligently and gained a lot, and later became a learned man.
During the Warring States Period, there was a man named Su Qin. He always wanted to do something big, but due to lack of knowledge, he never got the right thing. He thought to himself, how could a person be so unambitious? From then on, he made up his mind to study hard. When he was about to take a nap late at night, he pricked his thigh with an awl. The blood flowed freely and he lost all sleep. So he cheered up and continued to study.
Su Qin studied diligently and persevered in this way, and eventually became a famous politician during the Warring States Period.
4. Nao Ying Ying Xue
During the Jin Dynasty, Che Yin was eager to learn since he was a child. However, due to his poor family, his father could not provide him with a good learning environment. In order to maintain food and clothing, there was no extra money to buy lamp oil for him to study at night. For this reason, he could only use his time during the day to recite poems.
One summer evening, he was reading an article in the yard. Suddenly I saw many fireflies flying in the low sky. Twinkles of light looked dazzling in the darkness. He thought that if many fireflies were gathered together, wouldn't they become a light? So he went to find a white silk bag, caught dozens of fireflies and put them in it, then tied the mouth of the bag and hung it up. Although it was not very bright, it could be used for reading. From then on, whenever there were fireflies, he would grab one and use it as a lamp. Because of his diligent study and practice, he finally became a high-ranking official.
The same was true for Sun Kang at the same time. Since he had no money to buy lamp oil, he could not read at night and had to go to bed early. He felt that it was a pity that time ran away in vain.
One night in the middle of the night, he woke up from his sleep. When he turned his head to the window, he found a ray of light coming from the crack of the bed. It turns out that it was brought out by the heavy snow, and you can use it to read a book. So he was completely tired, immediately put on his clothes, took out his books, and went outside. The light of snow reflected on the vast land was much brighter than inside the house. Sun Kang ignored the cold and immediately started reading. His hands and feet were frozen, so he got up and ran around, rubbing his fingers. From then on, whenever there was snow at night, he never missed such a good opportunity and studied tirelessly. This spirit of hard study promoted his knowledge to advance by leaps and bounds, and he became a well-educated man.
Later he became a high official and did many good things for the people.
5. Chiseling the wall to borrow light
During the Western Han Dynasty, there was a farmer's child named Kuang Heng. He wanted to study very much when he was a child, but because his family was poor, he had no money to go to school. Later, he learned to read from a relative and gained the ability to read.
Kuang Heng couldn't afford books, so he had to borrow books to read. Books were very expensive at that time, and people who had books would not lend them to others easily. Kuang Heng worked part-time for wealthy people during the busy farming season. He didn't pay any wages and only asked people to lend him books to read. After a few years, Kuang Heng grew up and became the main labor force in the family. He worked in the fields all day long, and only had time to read a little during his lunch break, so it often took him ten and a half days to finish a book. Kuang Heng was very anxious and wanted to use his time in the evening to read. But Kuang Heng’s family was very poor and couldn’t buy oil for lighting lamps. What should he do?
One night, Kuang Heng was lying on the bed and reciting the books he had read during the day. Suddenly he saw a ray of light coming from the east wall. He stood up and walked to the wall to take a look, ah! It turned out that it was the neighbor's light that came through the cracks in the wall. So Kuang Heng thought of a way: he took a knife and dug a little wider into the crack in the wall, so that he could barely read.
6. Fan Zhongyan, who took the world as his own responsibility
Fan Zhongyan was a native of the Northern Song Dynasty. When he was two years old, his father died of illness, and his mother was so poor that she had no choice but to hold the infant Zhong Yan in her arms and remarry into a family named Zhu. Fan Zhongyan grew up in the Zhu family.
Fan Zhongyan has been studying very hard since he was a child. The Zhu family is a wealthy family, but in order to be inspired, he often went to stay and study in a temple on a nearby mountain. His life was extremely difficult, and he only cooked one pot of thick soup every day. When the porridge is cold, it turns into four pieces. Take two pieces each morning and evening, mix with a few pickles, and continue reading after eating. Sometimes I feel tired from reading at night, so I wash my face with cold water to dispel the sleepiness. His spirit of studying hard left a deep impression on the monks.
After Fan Zhongyan became an official, he criticized the current ills and was impassioned, often regardless of his own safety. He works hard and does not pay much attention to meat. His wife and children only have enough to feed and clothe themselves. I often recite to myself: "A scholar should worry about the worries of the world first, and be happy after the happiness of the world."
7. Li Shizhen and "Compendium of Materia Medica"
Li Shizhen, a native of the Ming Dynasty, He is a great medical scientist and pharmacologist. Li Shizhen's family has been practicing medicine for generations. His father was very skilled in medicine and often treated patients for free, but he was unwilling to let his son become a doctor again: because at that time, medicine was a profession that was looked down upon. Li Shizhen didn't think so. He secretly made up his mind to treat patients like his father.
Li Shizhen began to treat patients at the age of 22. While practicing medicine, she also researched drugs. He found that many old medicine books had many shortcomings, so he determined to rewrite a perfect medicine book. In order to write this medicine book, Li Shizhen not only paid attention to accumulating experience when treating diseases, but also personally went to various places to collect medicines. He is not afraid of high mountains and long roads, nor is he afraid of severe cold or heat. He has traveled to famous mountains rich in medicinal materials. Sometimes he would not go down the mountain for several days. He would eat some dry food when he was hungry, and spend the night on the mountain when it got dark. He traveled thousands of miles, visited hundreds of doctors, old farmers, fishermen and hunters, and learned a lot of knowledge from them that was not available in books. He also personally tasted many medicinal materials to judge their properties and efficacy.
He returned to his hometown and spent 27 years finally compiling a new medicine book, the famous "Compendium of Materia Medica". This book has more than one million words and records There are more than 1,800 medicines, each with pictures. It is a great book on traditional Chinese medicine. It has been translated into several languages ??and spread all over the world.
8. The author of "A Dream of Red Mansions" who had a rough life experience
Cao Xueqin, a writer in the Qing Dynasty. In his youth, he lived a wealthy life of fine clothes and dandy pants. In the early years of Yongzheng's reign, due to his involvement in the internal political struggle of the imperial court, his father was dismissed from office, his family property was confiscated, and his family moved to Beijing. From then on, the family declined and life became increasingly difficult. The ups and downs of the family and the harshness of the world made him deeply feel the decadence, cruelty and internal strife of the feudal aristocratic class. Cao Xueqin then devoted his whole life to creating "The Story of the Stone", that is, "A Dream of Red Mansions". During this period, "it has been read for ten years, with five additions and deletions." Eventually "A Dream of Red Mansions" became an encyclopedia of life in my country's feudal society.
9. "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" written after failure in the imperial examination
Pu Songling, a writer in the Qing Dynasty, was obsessed with the imperial examination when he was young, and failed after many attempts. Life was also poverty-stricken. Until old age, he was still a poor scholar and could barely make ends meet by teaching.
It was his frustration in the imperial examination room that prompted him to awaken and realize the decadence of the feudal imperial examination and the darkness of society. Pu Songling turned to writing books to criticize the current shortcomings. It is said that when he was in the countryside, he often spread reed mats by the roadside, prepared cigarettes and tea, and asked passers-by to tell him stories. When others were tired of telling stories and thirsty, he would offer cigarettes and tea to others. Don’t stop until you finish speaking. Record as soon as you get home. After decades of this, I finally wrote "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", which was praised ambivalently as "the writing of ghosts and monsters is superior to others, and it is full of corruption and cruelty." Lao She also praised, "The ghost fox has a character, and his laughter and scolding can be turned into articles."
10. Zhang Haidi, who is physically disabled and strong in spirit
Zhang Haidi suffered from spinal hemangioma when she was 5 years old and became a high-level paraplegic. As a result, she never went to school. She began to study by herself with tenacious perseverance in her childhood. Knowledge, she has taught herself professional courses in primary school, middle school, and university. When Zhang Haidi was 15 years old, she was sent to a poor mountain village in Shen County, Liaocheng with her parents. However, she did not fear the hard life, but dedicated her youth with an optimistic spirit. There she taught children in the village primary school, overcame various difficulties to learn medical knowledge, and enthusiastically treated the villagers with acupuncture. During her stay in Shenxian County, she treated more than 10,000 people for free, and was warmly praised by people.
Zhang Haidi was physically disabled but strong-willed. With the firm belief that "he is a shooting star, he must leave his light to the world", he endured unimaginable pain and taught himself English, German and Japanese. He also translated 130,000 words of English novels, wrote a large number of literary works, and made achievements that attracted worldwide attention.
11. Seize the throat of fate - Beethoven
On December 16, 1770, Beethoven was born in a very poor family on the banks of the Rhine River in Germany. At the age of four, he began to learn piano under the influence of his father. At the age of thirteen, he became an organist and began to compose music.
From 1792 to 1802, Beethoven moved to Vienna, an art palace full of music. During this period, Beethoven pursued the proficiency of musical skills and the ideas of "freedom, equality, and fraternity". He also suffered from the pain of broken love and also lost his hearing. In these most painful days, Beethoven's pursuit of music did not stop. His strong personality did not succumb to the arrangements of fate. He overcame difficulties that others could not imagine and created one shocking piece of music after another. work.
On March 16, 1827, Beethoven, who was impoverished and alone, died of illness in Vienna. At his last moment, there was heavy rain, thunder and lightning, and Beethoven raised his withered arms to the sky in a final struggle. This spirit of endless life and endless fighting is all concentrated in his immortal works.
12. Nobel, the father of dynamite
Nobel’s father was a talented inventor who was devoted to chemical research, especially dynamite. Influenced by his father, Nobel showed a tenacious and brave character since he was a child. He often went to experiment with explosives with his father. After many years of studying explosives with his father, his interest soon turned to applied chemistry.
In the summer of 1862, he began research on nitroglycerin. This is an arduous journey full of danger and sacrifice. Death was always with him. An explosion occurred during an explosives experiment. The laboratory was blown up without a trace, and all five assistants died. Even his youngest brother was not spared. This shocking explosion dealt a very heavy blow to Nobel's father, and he died not long after. Out of fear, his neighbors also complained to the government about Nobel. After that, the government did not allow Nobel to conduct experiments in the city.
But Nobel was unyielding. He moved his laboratory to a boat in a lake on the outskirts of the city and continued his experiments. After long-term research, he finally discovered a substance that is very easy to cause explosions - mercury fulminate. He used mercury fulminate as a detonator for explosives and successfully solved the problem of detonating explosives. This was the invention of the detonator. When he emerged from the smoke of a successful explosion with blood on his face, he shouted excitedly "I succeeded"
Nobel made many inventions in his life and received 255 patents, among which only explosives There were 129 kinds. Even when his life was on the verge of death, he still couldn’t forget the research on new explosives
The story of Madame Curie
Decades ago, there was a Polish woman named Marie Curie. Niya’s little girl is very attentive to her studies. No matter how noisy the surroundings were, it could not distract her attention.
Once, Manya was doing homework, and her sister and classmates sang, danced and played games in front of her. Manya acted as if she hadn't seen it, reading intently on the side.
My sister and classmates wanted to test her. They quietly set up a few stools behind Manyia. As long as Manya moved, the stools would fall down. Time passed minute by minute, Manya finished reading a book, and the stool was still upright.
From then on, her sister and classmates no longer teased her, and they concentrated on reading and studying like Manya.
Story One: Simple Life
When Manya grew up, she became a great scientist. She is Madame Curie. When Madame Curie and Pierre Curie got married in 1895, there were only two chairs in the new house, one for each of them. Pierre Curie felt that there were too few chairs and suggested adding a few more to avoid having no place to sit when guests came. However, Madame Curie said: "It is good to have chairs, but guests will not leave after they sit down. In order to have more If you have time to do research, forget it."
Since 1913, Madame Curie's annual salary has increased to 40,000 francs, but she is still "stingy". Every time she comes back from abroad, she always brings back some menus from the banquet, because these menus are made of very thick and fine paper, and it is very convenient to write on the back. No wonder some people said that Madame Curie was "like a poor woman in a hurry" until her death.
Once, an American reporter was looking for Madame Curie. He walked to the door of a fisherman's house in the village and asked a woman sitting barefoot on the stone slab at the door where Madame Curie lived. When the woman raised her head, the reporter was shocked: it turned out to be Marie Curie.
13. Indifferent to fame and fortune
Madame Curie is famous all over the world, but she neither seeks fame nor fortune. She won 10 bonuses, 16 medals, and 107 honorary titles in her lifetime, but she didn't care at all. One day, a friend of hers came to her home and suddenly saw her little daughter playing with the gold medal that the Royal Society had just awarded her. He was surprised and said, "Mrs. Curie, you got a medal from the Royal Society." , is a very high honor, how can you give it to your children to play with?" Madame Curie smiled and said: "I want my children to know from an early age that honors are like toys, they can only be played with, and they must not be taken too seriously. Otherwise, nothing will be achieved."
14. Einstein
Einstein was not lively when he was a child. He could not speak even when he was more than three years old. His parents were worried that he was mute. I took him to the doctor for a checkup. Fortunately, little Einstein was not mute, but he could not speak very smoothly until he was nine years old. Every word he spoke had to be thought through laboriously but carefully.
When Einstein was in elementary school and middle school, his homework was ordinary. Because he behaves slowly and doesn't like to interact with others, his teachers and classmates don't like him. The teacher who taught him Greek and Latin was even more disgusted with him. He once publicly scolded him: "Einstein, you will definitely not be successful when you grow up." And because he was afraid that he would affect other students in class, he actually wanted to Kick him out of school
But Einstein achieved great achievements with his love for science and his diligence.
15. Who is Hawking, the King of the Universe?
He is a brain, a miracle, the most outstanding theoretical physicist of our time, and a titan in name of science.
Hawking's learning ability was not very strong when he was a child. He learned to read very late. After school, his grades in the class were never higher than the top ten, and his homework was often very untidy, and the teacher thought it was useless. A hopeless child, his classmates also regarded him as an object of ridicule. When Hawking was twelve years old, two children in the class bet him with a bag of candy, saying that he would never become a genius. They gave it to him in a sarcastic way. He was nicknamed Einstein, but more than twenty years later, Hawking would discover that sports had never been his strong point since childhood, and he was unable to play almost all ball games. In his third year at Oxford, Hawking noticed that he had become more clumsy, falling once or twice for no apparent reason. Once, he suddenly fell down the stairs for unknown reasons, fell into coma and almost died. It wasn't until 1962, when Hawking was a graduate student at Cambridge, that his mother noticed her son's unusual condition. Hawking, who had just celebrated his 21st birthday, stayed in the hospital for two weeks. After various examinations, he was diagnosed with "Lou Gehrig's disease," which is motor nerve cell atrophy.
The doctor told him that his body would become increasingly inoperable and only his heart, lungs and brain could still function. Eventually, his heart and lungs would fail. Hawking was "sentenced" to have only two years left to live. That was in 1963. At first, the disease worsened quite rapidly. This was a blow to Hawking. He almost gave up all study and research because he thought he would not live to complete his master's thesis.
Hawking's condition gradually worsened. In 1970, Hawking, whose academic reputation was growing, was no longer able to move on his own and began to use a wheelchair. To this day, he has never left it. Hawking, who is always in a wheelchair, works and lives extremely tenaciously. In March 1991, Hawking was returning to his Berlin apartment in a wheelchair. He was hit by a car while crossing the street. His left arm was fractured, his head was scratched, and he needed 13 stitches. However, 48 hours later, he returned to the office to work. Another time, when he and his friends went to a country house, they turned too sharply uphill and the wheelchair tipped backwards. Unexpectedly, the gravity master was knocked over by the earth's gravity and fell into the bushes. Although his physical disability is getting worse, Hawking strives to live like an ordinary person and accomplish everything he can. This master of quantum gravity fell out of his wheelchair many times under the weak gravity of the earth. Fortunately, he tenaciously stood up again every time. In 1985, Hawking underwent tracheal surgery and completely lost the ability to speak. It was under such circumstances that he wrote the famous "A Brief History of Time" with great difficulty, exploring the origin of the universe.
16. If you give me three days of light
Helen Keller is a famous American writer and educator. In 1882, when she was more than one year old, she suffered brain damage due to a high fever. From then on, she could not see with her eyes, could not hear with her ears, and later, she could not even speak.
She grew up groping in the dark. When she was seven years old, her family hired a tutor for her, Teacher Sullivan, who influenced Helen's life. Sullivan nearly went blind as a child and knows the pain of losing sight. Under her painstaking guidance, Helen learned sign language by touching her hands, learned to read by touching Braille cards, and later learned to speak by touching other people's lips with her hands.
In order to bring Helen closer to nature, Teacher Sullivan let her roll on the grass, run and jump in the fields, bury seeds in the ground, climb trees to eat; and also took her to touch the newborn The little pig also went to the river to play in the water. With the loving care of her teacher, Helen overcame the obstacles of blindness and deafness and completed college.
In 1936, Helen was very sad when her teacher, who had been with her for fifty years, passed away. Helen knew that without the teacher's love, she would not be where she is today, and she was determined to carry forward the love that the teacher gave her. As a result, Helen traveled to cities large and small in the United States, traveled around the world, ran around for the disabled, and devoted herself to serving those who were less fortunate.
In 1968, Helen passed away at the age of 87. Her lifelong dedication to serving the disabled spread throughout the world. She wrote many books and her story was made into a movie. Teacher Sullivan gave her the most precious love, and she spread love to all unfortunate people, bringing them light and hope.
17. Gorky would rather be beaten than to study
Gorky was a great literary giant of the former Soviet Union. Lenin called him "the most outstanding representative of proletarian art." He was born in a carpenter's family during the Tsarist Russia. He lost his father when he was 4 years old and was fostered in his maternal grandmother's home. Because his family was extremely poor, he only attended elementary school for two years. He entered the cold "human world" at the age of 10. He worked as an apprentice, a porter, a keeper, and a baker. He also wandered to southern Russia twice and suffered a miserable life. But he likes reading very much. In any case, he will take advantage of every opportunity to read eagerly in the book. As he said himself: "I threw myself on books like a hungry man on bread." He suffered all the humiliation in order to study. When I was 10 years old, I worked as an apprentice in a shoe store. I had no money to buy books, so I borrowed books from everywhere to read. The preschoolers at that time were actually slaves: they went to the streets to buy groceries, lit the stove, wiped the floor, washed vegetables and took care of the children... they worked from morning till half-finished every day. After a tiring day, use a homemade lamp to keep reading. The landlady forbade Gorky to study. She also searched for books in the attic and tore them into pieces when she found them. Because of his studies, he was severely beaten by the landlady. In order to read, Gorky could endure anything, even willing to endure torture.
He said: "If someone proposes to me: 'Go to the square and beat you with a stick!' I think I can accept this condition." Because Gorky read eagerly throughout his life and worked tirelessly on Through hard work, he wrote a large number of influential works: "Petrel", "Song of the Eagle", "Mother", "The Life of Klim Samkin", "Childhood", "The World", "My University" 》. In addition, he also wrote scripts and a large number of political commentaries, features and articles
18. From stuttering to speaker
Greece is an ancient civilization. In ancient Greece, people often got together to debate. In the debate, everyone rushes to the stage to give a speech. Some people are knowledgeable and eloquent speakers. They can quote a lot of evidence and talk about the past and the present. The more the audience listens, the more they like to listen. Therefore, people call such people orators.
Demosthenes is the most famous orator in ancient Greece. People admired him for his profound knowledge and good eloquence. Every time he gave a speech, he could conquer the hearts of the audience.
But do you believe it? Such a famous speaker was once a stutterer. Stuttering is what people usually call "stammering". How can a person who cannot speak fluently and stutter become an eloquent speaker? But Demosthenes did it, and did it brilliantly.
Demosthenes liked to study since he was a child and was very knowledgeable. He wanted to be a speaker. However, when he went on stage to give a speech, the originally calm audience suddenly became irritable, and there was a commotion in the audience. Some people simply shouted in the audience and told him to step down.
Demosthenes knew that he had failed and felt very painful. However, he did not lose heart and was determined to overcome his weaknesses and become a famous speaker.
From then on, Demosthenes would get up and run up the mountain as soon as it dawned every morning. As he climbed the mountain, he shouted, trying to make his voice spread as far as possible. Afraid of going to the top of the mountain, he stood facing the wind, using the trees as his audience, and made long speeches with gestures. He spoke very seriously, as if there were many listeners in front of him.
In order to make his stuttering clear, Demosthenes often practiced speaking with pebbles in his mouth. Its mouth was scratched by pebbles, leaving blood, but he kept practicing.
He often goes to plays and watches carefully how the actors speak, use gestures, and express emotions when they perform on stage. When he comes back to practice his speech, he injects his own emotions like an actor.
Demosthenes finally corrected his stuttering a year later. While reading and studying desperately, he continued to increase his knowledge. He read a lot of books, and sometimes shouted loudly while holding a book in his hand. Read it aloud, over and over again, until you can read clearly and pronounce it correctly.
Demosthenes suffered a lot in this way and was loyal to overcoming the speech impediment.
When he took the stage to speak again, his voice was loud, his articulation was clear, his tone was elegant, his posture was chic, his witty words were endless, and the audience in the audience was completely conquered. When he finished his speech, the audience cheered enthusiastically and congratulated him on his success. Demosthenes finally changed from a stutter to a real orator.
The success of Demosthenes tells people the truth: Where there is a will, there is a way.
19. Inventor Edison
Edison went to school at the age of 8, but after only three months of studying, he was dismissed by the teacher as an "imbecile" and kicked out of school (because of " "Stupid and confused" was ordered to drop out of school). From then on, his mother became his "teacher" and decided to teach her son how to read and write, and educate him to be honest, love the motherland, and love mankind. Because of his mother's good education methods, he developed a strong interest in reading. , once when he was doing an experiment on a train, the train suddenly jolted, causing a piece of phosphorus to fall on the wooden board, causing it to burn. The conductor came and extinguished the flames, and gave him a slap in the face, deafening his left ear. He was kicked off the train. Edison was only 16 years old at that time
Edison's life*** There are about two thousand creations and inventions that have made huge contributions to human civilization and progress. Every time he invented something, he had to experiment countless times, fail, and try again, but he never got discouraged. When experimenting with tungsten filaments for electric lamps, he failed more than a thousand times and still persisted. Finally, he successfully solved the problem of tungsten filament in light bulbs and won the reputation of "the messenger of light for mankind".
Edison's educational level was extremely low, but his contribution to mankind was so huge. What is the "secret" here? In addition to having a curious heart and an instinct for personal experimentation, he also has infinite energy and determination to work hard that are beyond ordinary people. When someone called Edison a "genius", he explained: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
Edison only attended three schools in his life In Yue's elementary school, his knowledge was obtained through his mother's teaching and self-study. His success should also be attributed to his mother's understanding and patient teachings from an early age. Edison, who was originally considered an imbecile, grew up to become the world-famous "King of Inventions."
20. Tang Bohu devoted himself to learning painting.
Tang Bohu was a famous painter and writer in the Ming Dynasty. He showed superhuman talent in painting when he was a child. Tang Bohu became a disciple of the great painter Shen Zhou. Naturally, he studied harder and more diligently. He quickly mastered painting skills and was highly praised by Shen Zhou. Unexpectedly, due to Shen Zhou's praise, Tang Bohu, who had always been modest, gradually became complacent. Shen Zhou saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart. During a meal, Shen Zhou asked Tang Bohu to open the window. Tang Bohu found that the window under his hand was actually Tang Bohu was very ashamed of a painting by his teacher Shen Zhou, and devoted himself to learning painting from then on.