Newton didn't want the maid to disturb him, so he asked her to leave the eggs in the room and Newton cooked them himself. After a while, when the maid went in again, she found Newton still holding the egg in his hand and his pocket watch was cooking in the pot.
And those who only concentrate on not joking.
Lu Xun chewed pepper to drive away the cold.
Mr. Lu Xun studied hard since he was a child. When I was a teenager, I attended Jiangnan Naval Academy and got excellent results in the first semester. The school awarded him a gold medal. He immediately took it to the street of Nanjing Gulou and sold it. Then he bought some books and a bunch of red peppers. Whenever it's cold at night and he can't stand reading at night, he picks a pepper and chews it in his mouth, making his forehead sweat. In this way, he insisted on studying. After studying hard, he finally became a famous writer in China.
Dong Zhongshu didn't peek into the garden for three years.
Dong Zhongshu devoted himself to research and worked tirelessly. Although there is a garden behind the study, he concentrated on reading and studying, and did not go into the garden to enjoy it for three years. Dong Zhongshu devoted himself to research and became a famous thinker in the Western Han Dynasty.
Kuang Heng stole the light.
In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a particularly learned man named Kuang Heng. When Kuang Heng was a child, his family was poor. In order to study, he chiseled through the wall of his neighbor's illiterate home and stole a candle to read, which finally touched his neighbor's illiteracy. With everyone's help, Kuang Heng Jr. learned something. During the Han and Yuan Dynasties, he served as a doctor, and was recommended by Shi Gao, a general of Fu and Che Qi, and moved to be a doctor.
Che Yin capsule fireflies read at night.
Che Yin was born in Nanping (now Hubei Public Security Bureau) in Jin Dynasty. He comes from a poor family, but he studies very hard. "The poor don't often produce oil, but Xia Yue practices holding dozens of fireflies to shoot books, day and night." The story of Zhao reading has been circulated in history as a beautiful conversation, inspiring later scholars.
Chen Ping endured humiliation and studied hard.
Chen Ping was famous in the Western Han Dynasty. When he was young, his family was poor and he lived alone with his brother. In order to maintain his father's orders, he was brilliant, childless and studied behind closed doors, but he could not get his sister-in-law's permission. In order to eliminate the contradiction between brother and sister, he endured humiliation again and again. With the intensification of his sister-in-law, he finally ran away from home and wanted to travel around the world. After being rescued by his brother, he no longer cared about the past. Finally, an old man came here to teach for free. After he finished his studies, he assisted Liu Bang and achieved great success.
Wan Sitong studied hard behind closed doors.
Wan Sitong, a famous scholar and historian in the early Qing Dynasty, participated in the compilation of Twenty-four History, an important historical book of China. But Wan Sitong was also a naughty boy when he was young. Wan Sitong was criticized by the guests because he was naughty and lost face in front of them. In a rage, Wan Sitong overturned the guest's desk and was put into the library by his father. Wan Sitong went from being angry and disgusted with reading to thinking behind closed doors. Inspired by the Book of Tea, he began to study hard. In a blink of an eye, more than a year has passed. Wan Sitong has read many books in the library. His father forgave his son, and Wan Sitong understood his father's kindness. After long-term efforts, Wan Sitong finally became a well-known scholar who was familiar with history books, and participated in the compilation of Ming History in Twenty-four History.
Qu Yuan studied hard in the cave.
When Qu Yuan was a child, he hid in a cave and secretly read the Book of Songs, regardless of the opposition of his elders. For three years, he familiarized himself with 305 Poems of the Book of Songs, and gained rich nutrition from these folk songs, eventually becoming a great poet.
Fan Zhongyan broke horseshoe crabs and rowed porridge.
Fan Zhongyan grew up in a poor family. In order to study, he scrimped and saved. Finally, his thirst for knowledge moved the temple elders, who sent him to Du Nan College to study. Fan Zhongyan still insists on simple living habits and does not accept gifts from rich children to sharpen his will. After studying hard, he finally became a great writer.
Xuanzang studied Buddhism hard.
Xuanzang was a monk in the Tang Dynasty. In order to obtain the original Buddhist scriptures, Xuanzang left Chang 'an in August of the third year of Zhenguan, trudged to Wan Li and finally arrived in India. He wrote The Tale of the Western Regions of Datang, which lasted 17 years and made great contributions to Buddhism, human progress and world civilization.
Li Sheng became an archer.
Li Sheng's father is a great general, and Li Sheng hopes to be like his father when he grows up. However, my father always said that he was too young to practice martial arts. Not content with this, Li Sheng secretly learned archery and eventually became an archer, which impressed his father.
Ouyang xiu borrowed scriptures.
Ouyang Xiu, a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, was gifted since childhood. But because the family is poor, there is no money to buy paper and pens at home. In order to let her son learn to write and practice calligraphy, Zheng, Ouyang Xiu's mother, came up with a clever way to teach Xiao Ouyang Xiu to write with a brush instead of a brush. Ouyang Xiu worked hard, learned a good hand and became a well-known child prodigy. This kind of hard work also influenced his little friend Li, and he took Li on the road to study.
Pu Songling asked Cao Tingdao.
Pu Songling, a writer in Qing Dynasty, built a thatched pavilion on the roadside to record the stories told by passers-by. After decades of hard collection and his own creation, he finally completed the epoch-making brilliant masterpiece Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio in the history of China ancient literature.
Song Lian braved the heavy snow to visit the teacher.
Song Lian, a famous essayist and scholar in Ming Dynasty, was fond of learning since childhood. He was not only knowledgeable, but also wrote excellent articles, and was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, as the "head of the founding civil servants". Song Lian loves reading very much, and those who don't understand always get to the bottom of it. This time, in order to find out a problem, Song Lian walked dozens of miles in the snow to consult Ji Meng, a teacher who had stopped accepting students, but the teacher was not at home. Undaunted, Song Lian visited the teacher again a few days later, but the teacher didn't see him. Because of the cold weather, Song Lian and her companions were freezing, and Song Lian's toes were frostbitten. Song Lian was rescued when he fell into a snow pit during his third solo visit. When Song Lian almost fainted in front of the teacher's house, the teacher was moved by his sincerity and patiently answered Song Lian's questions. Later, in order to gain more knowledge, Song Lian visited many teachers and became a famous essayist.