1. Lu Xun sells medals

When Lu Xun was studying in Nanjing Jiangnan Naval Academy, the school awarded him a gold medal with excellent examination results. He didn't wear this medal as a proof of showing off, but sold it on Gulou Street and bought back some beloved books and a bunch of red peppers. Whenever he reads until the dead of night and it is cold and sleepy, he picks a pepper, divides it into several pieces and chews it in his mouth until his forehead sweats and tears come to his eyes, and his mouth makes a "hum" sound. Suddenly, his whole body warmed up and his drowsiness disappeared, so he picked up a book to study.

2. Wang Yanan was tied to a post to read.

Wang Yanan, a famous Marxist economist in China and the earliest translator of Das Kapital in China, went to Europe by boat in 1933. The passenger ship was heading for the Red Sea when suddenly the waves were huge and the ship shook unsteadily. At this moment, Wang Yanan with glasses and a book in his hand walked into the restaurant and begged the waiter to say, "Please tie me to this post!" " The waiter thought he was afraid of being thrown into the sea by the waves, so he tied Wang Yanan firmly to the post as he said. After binding, Wang Yanan opened the book and read it attentively. As soon as the foreigners on board saw it, they all cast amazing eyes on him and praised him again and again, saying, "Ah! China people are amazing! "

Huang Kan mistook ink for a side dish.

19 15, a famous scholar Huang Kan gave a lecture on Chinese studies in Peking University. He lives in Datong apartment in Baimiao Hutong, Beijing. He devoted himself to studying "Chinese studies" all day. Sometimes he doesn't go out to eat. He prepared steamed bread, peppers, soy sauce and other condiments and put them on his desk. Eat steamed bread when you are hungry, watch it while eating, and don't eat it. When he saw the beautiful scenery, he shouted, "Great!" Once, I was fascinated by reading, so I put the steamed bread in the inkstone cinnabar box. After eating for a long time, I painted a red face and didn't notice it. A friend came to visit and smiled. What else does he know to laugh at him?

4. Cao took a vacation to take a bath in the study.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Cao Yu taught at Jiang 'an National Theatre in Sichuan. One summer, Cao Yu's family had prepared a bathtub and hot water for him to take a bath. Cao Yu was reading a book at this time, and he couldn't put it down. He pushed again and again. Finally, under the repeated urging of his family, he walked into the back room with a towel in one hand and a book in the other. An hour passed and no one came out. There was a faint sound of running water from time to time in the room. After another hour, the situation is still the same. Cao Yu's family was puzzled. They opened the door and saw Cao Yu sitting in the bathtub, reading a book in one hand and patting the water intentionally or unintentionally with a towel in the other.

Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne

1. Jia Dao

Jia Dao took the imperial examination for the first time in Beijing. One day, he remembered a poem on the donkey's back: "Birds live in trees by the pool, and monks knock at the door on the moon." I want to use the word "push" and "knock". After repeated thinking, I didn't decide, so I recited it on the donkey's back and kept pushing and knocking, which surprised the onlookers. At that time, Han Yu temporarily acted as the local governor of Beijing, and he was patrolling with horses and chariots. Jia Dao unconsciously went straight to the third quarter (of Han Yu's honor guard) and kept gesturing. So he was suddenly pushed to Han Yu by the attendant (Han Yu) around him. Jia Dao gave a detailed answer to this poem he was brewing. Whether to use "push" or "knock" is uncertain. He left what was in front of him and didn't know to avoid it. Han Yu stopped to think for a while and said to Jia Dao, "It's good to use the word' knock'." So they rode home side by side on donkeys and horses, and talked about the methods of writing poems together. They won't leave for days. (Han Yu) Therefore, he forged a deep friendship with Jia Dao, an ordinary citizen.

2. Cao Zhi

Cao Zhi, the youngest son of Cao Cao, was gifted since childhood and was deeply loved by his father. After Cao Cao's death, his younger brother Cao Pi became the emperor of Wei. Cao Pi is a jealous man. He was worried that his younger brother would threaten his throne and wanted to kill him.

One day, Cao Pi called Cao Zhi to him and asked him to write a poem within seven steps to prove his talent in writing poetry. If he can't write it, it will be tantamount to deceiving the emperor and putting him to death.

Cao Zhi was sad and angry when he knew that his brother was going to kill him. He fought back his grief and tried to think about it ... Sure enough, he wrote a seven-step poem and read it out on the spot:

Soak in the kettle, and the beans cry in the kettle.

We were born from the same root, so why should we speculate with each other!

3. Li Bai

Li Bai, a famous poet in Tang Dynasty, didn't like reading when he was a child. He often plays truant and wanders in the street. One day, Li Bai did not go to school again. He wandered about the street, looked around and unconsciously arrived outside the city. Warm sunshine, cheerful bird songs and flowers swaying with the wind made Li Bai sigh, "How boring it is to study in the house all day in such good weather?" Walking, at the door of a shabby hut, a white-haired old woman is grinding an iron pestle as thick as a stick. Li Bai walked over. "What are you doing, old woman?" "I want to grind this iron pestle into an embroidery needle." The old woman looked up, smiled at Li Bai, and then lowered her head to continue grinding. "Embroidered needle?" Li Bai asked again, "Is it an embroidery needle for sewing clothes?" "Of course!" "But, the iron pestle is so thick, when can it be ground into a fine embroidery needle?" The old woman asked Li Bai, "A drop of water can pierce a stone, but a fool can move a mountain. Why can't an iron pestle be ground into an embroidery needle?" "But, you are so old?" "As long as I work harder than others, there is nothing I can't do."

Li Bai was ashamed of what the old woman said, and never played truant after he went back. I study very hard every day and finally become an immortal poet.

4. Cui Hu

In the Tang Dynasty, yemeng recorded a story of Tang poetry in "Poems of Talent and Love": Cui Hu, a famous scholar in Boling, was depressed during the imperial examination. On that day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, he went to the south of the city for an outing alone and saw a villa surrounded by peach blossoms with pleasant scenery. When he was thirsty, he knocked at the door to drink water. No-later, a beautiful girl opened the door. Cui Hu fell in love at first sight. In the second year, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Cuihu revisited their old place and found that the courtyard wall had not changed and the gate was locked. If you lose your hukou, you will write a poem on the door: "Last year today, at this door, peach blossoms set each other off." People don't know where to go, but peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze. Since then, people have used "peach blossom with a human face" to describe the beauty of women or express their love.