One night, Tao Xingzhi passed by the boys' dormitory and went in to have a look. It happened that seven or eight boys were playing poker, which was very exciting. Tao Xingzhi said nothing and stood watching. A classmate suddenly found President Tao and hurriedly pushed away the classmate next to him. Several people hurriedly put down their playing cards, stood up in shame and waited for criticism with their heads down. President Tao didn't say a word. He was silent for a moment, then turned away.

The next day, President Tao spoke about the situation in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression at the general meeting of the whole school and asked: Anti-Japanese needs talents, and future national construction needs talents. Can you waste time? How many skills do you have to learn! I want you to surrender your playing cards consciously and burn them like opium smoke! You know, time is the most precious.

The children lowered their heads and piled a deck of playing cards on the stage. President Tao lit the cards with matches and gently said to the children: Some people say that "work and rest are combined" and "nothing to do" can only play poker? You can practice piano, write poems, draw pictures, play ball games and play chess ... Only by learning more skills can you build your country in the future. Time is precious, never to return!

Since then, students have cherished their time and studied hard.

2, the manuscript fee

Once, he got more than 1000 yuan, took it home and locked it in the cupboard. My sister, who is in charge of all the housework, saw it and asked him: there are old and young people in the family, and there is not much money. Can you leave 1/4 for home use?

Tao Xingzhi thought for a moment and said gently. I'm going to set up Xiaozhuang Normal School at the foot of Laoshan Mountain in Nanjing, and this money will be used as school funds. Although our family is poor, we can make ends meet. China's 340 million farmers have no food, let alone education. To run a school with this money is to burn incense for farmers and try our best to help them. Save some money at home and do something important for me!

3. Don't be a frog in the well?

The Literature Group of Yucai School organized dozens of wall newspapers and held a poetry reading meeting in Chongqing, which was very popular with everyone. Have they been established? Liuhuo Poetry Club? President Tao wrote an inscription for the poetry club, and the students in the literature group got a little carried away. Some people wear shawls and have long hair, while others deliberately wear out their clothes and regard themselves as artists' styles. Some people think they are great, look down on others, have sharp words and are sarcastic.

On New Year's Eve, President Tao called the students in the literature group together, ate melon seeds and told them earnestly: A scholar should be a person with clean soul and noble character. The clothes are dirty and will not be mended if they are broken. This is a beggar, not what a scholar should look like.

He touched a male classmate's unkempt hair and said, this is Maocaoshan. I'm going to set a fire and call it "Yamakaji"!

Several students with long hair smiled shyly. President Tao picked up scissors, cut their hair himself and patiently told them? Study hard and don't be a frog in the well? The students believe this is a fact.

4. Ding Bai is better than a fake scholar?

Tao Xingzhi is equally strict with children. His second son, Guang Xiao, has no formal education. /kloc-in the summer of 0/940, Guang Xiao was introduced to work in a radio repair shop in Chengdu. The factory wanted to see his education, but he couldn't come up with it, so he wrote to the vice president of Yucai School and asked him to issue the diploma of Xiaozhuang School.

Just after the proof arrived, Tao Xingzhi's urgent telegram also arrived. The use of this certificate is strictly prohibited and Guang Xiao is required to return it immediately. Then, another express letter.

The letter said:? We must adhere to the idea that "Ding Bai is better than a fake scholar" ... In short, "pursuing truth and being a real person" is absolutely uncompromising. If you remember these seven words, you will benefit for life. ? What about the future? Pursuit of truth? Seven words became Guang Xiao's motto.

5. Tao Xingzhi was smart and studious since childhood. A teacher in a neighboring village thought that the child would achieve something when he grew up, so he was given free schooling. One day it snowed heavily, and when Tao Xingzhi got to school, the teacher had already started talking. Afraid of affecting the teacher's lecture and other students' study, he just stood outside the door and listened attentively to the teacher's lecture. This learning spirit touched everyone in the school library.