Kuang Heng is diligent and studious, but there are no candles at home. There are candles next door, but the light can't reach his house. Therefore, Kuang Heng dug a hole in the wall to attract the light from his neighbors, so that it could be read in a book. There is a large family in the county who is illiterate, rich and has many books. Kuang Heng went to his house as an employee, but he didn't want to be paid. The host felt very strange and asked him why. He said, "I want to read all the books in my master's house." Hearing this, the master sighed deeply, so he lent Kuang Heng a book (to help Kuang Heng read it). Therefore, Kuang Heng became a master of Confucian classics.
Che Yin's Blister Fireflies Reflect Snow.
Che Yin is from Nanping, and his name is Woods. Great-great grandfather Che Jun tried to be the magistrate of Huiji, and his father Che Yu was the chief bookkeeper of the county. Taishou Wang is good at knowing talents. When I saw Che Yin as a child, he said to his father, "This child can be a big official in the future, so let him pursue further studies." Che Yin studied hard, read widely and worked tirelessly. Che Yin suffers from poverty and lack of oil. In summer, he caught dozens of fireflies, put them in a handkerchief and studied hard day and night.
Sun Jing and Su Qin "hang the beam and stab the stock"
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a young man named Sun Jing who was diligent and studious. He studies behind closed doors from morning till night, with little rest. Sometimes it is easy to doze off in the middle of the night. In order not to affect her study, Sun Jing came up with a way. He found a rope, one end of which was tied to his hair, and the other end was tied to the beam of the house, so that when he was tired of reading, he would doze off as long as he kept his head down and the rope tied his hair and pricked his scalp. Su Qin was a famous politician in the Warring States Period, but when he was young, he didn't have much knowledge, and no one paid attention to him in many places. Even if he was ambitious, he couldn't be reused, so he made up his mind to study hard. Because he often reads until late at night, when he is tired enough to take a nap, he pokes his thigh with an awl prepared in advance, so that the sudden pain makes him wake up at once and cheer up to continue reading. These two stories gave birth to the idiom "hanging the beam and stabbing the stock". Although telling us to study hard and forget to eat and sleep is worth advocating, we should also realize that it is necessary to stop studying in order to study and not to be exhausted.
Fan Zhongyan painted porridge with broken horseshoes.
Fan Zhongyan lost his father when he was young. At the age of four, he moved to Changshan with his stepfather and studied hard at Liquan Temple. Because my family is poor, I cook porridge with two liters of millet. After congee stayed up all night and solidified, I cut it into four pieces with a knife, two in the morning and two in the evening, and then cut some pickles to accompany the meal. As an adult, Fan Zhongyan went to Yingtian Academy to study hard. When you are tired and sleepy in winter, wash your face with cold water. When he has nothing to eat, he drinks gruel to make a living. Fan Zhongyan never complains about the sufferings that ordinary people can't stand. After studying hard, Fan Zhongyan finally worked as a scholar and official in Dazhong Xiangfu for eight years.