Since reading the book How Steel was Tempered, I understand that perseverance is also the foundation of success, a kind of tenacity and an accumulation. Paul had a rough life, but why did he keep himself alive? It is perseverance that gives him infinite strength. Like him, he stood on the battlefield in his teens and bravely killed the enemy. On the battlefield, he was cut several times and still survived. Why? Or because of perseverance, he became ill later, but he still worked selflessly and still worked when he had the opportunity to take a vacation. Perseverance is really a persistent spirit!
Xunzi has a cloud: "persevere, rotten wood cannot be carved;" Perseverance, stones can be smashed. "Perseverance, its performance is often a kind of strength that a person shows in setbacks. With perseverance, people will not bow to setbacks and difficulties, but will face them more resolutely.
Reflections on Water Margin
"The First Secretary of the Water Margin" tells the heroic story of 108 heroes headed by Song Jiang, who were murdered by traitors from gathering Yishui, winning the support of the imperial court, crushing the Liao soldiers and finally destroying the rebels. After reading the whole book, there are only two words left in my mind: loyalty and righteousness.
Loyalty means doing your best for your motherland, your relatives and friends around you. Song Jiang is still loyal to the motherland under various threats and inducements, which is loyalty; After Lin Chong was caught up with Liangshan, Lin Chong's wife abused Gao Qiu's son. She would rather die than surrender and eventually hanged herself. This is also loyalty. In today's society, I believe many people can achieve the word "loyalty", but few people can achieve the word "righteousness".
A word "righteousness" contains too much content. In the Water Margin, 108 heroes are brothers, who go through fire and water for their friends and do everything for a word "righteousness". For the people, you have to fight for the word "righteousness". So, although "righteousness" is only three words, sometimes you have to write it with a person's life. In real life, almost anyone can give up his seat, but not everyone can, because it requires considerable courage, even the determination to trade one life for another.
Righteousness can be interpreted as justice. A person with a strong sense of justice is a person with noble spirit. How many heroes have given their lives for righteousness through the ages? Aren't they afraid of death? They can risk their lives for justice and truth, because a strong sense of justice clearly tells them what not to do and what is worth fighting for with their lives. A person who has no sense of justice will not understand this, because his sense of justice has been swallowed up by numbness, his passion for struggle has been frozen, but his soul has been assimilated by some ugly things in society.
Reflections on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms
After reading a thick book Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I can't help but sigh that history "will be divided for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time." The Romance of the Three Kingdoms really tells a vivid historical story for readers, and also helps me learn some principles of being a man.
Let's talk about the inspiration that Cao Cao brought me first. Cao Cao's life is very bold and treacherous. He killed Lv Boshe's family by mistake, and finally knew he was wrong, but he continued to kill Lv Boshe. At this point, Chen Gong left him. What Cao Cao later said is intriguing: "I would rather teach me to be negative to the world than to teach the world to be negative to me." But on the other hand, if he hadn't killed them all, and if Lv Boshe really brought some people to kill him, maybe Cao Cao would have retired from the historical stage. But treachery will only bring temporary petty profits. If you keep being treacherous, you will naturally be rewarded. Later, Dong Cheng and his gang assassinated Cao Cao, but they were defeated. Later, some people assassinated Cao Cao one after another, but all failed because of some accidents, otherwise Cao Aman would not be all-powerful. Cao Cao's revelation to me is that we should not be too cunning.
The opposite of Cao Cao is Liu Bei, who puts benevolence and righteousness first and loves the people. Liu Bei's life behavior is contrary to that of treacherous and benevolent Cao Cao. When Liu Bei was in trouble, he fled with his people. Whether he manages a new field or Xuzhou is benevolent and loved by the people.
But both Cao Cao and Liu Bei have a characteristic, that is, they attach great importance to talents. Cao Cao lost a Lv Wei. He didn't cry about his Cao family at the memorial service, only Lv Wei. After the death of counselor Guo Jia, he was also very sad. Liu Bei pays more attention to talents. At first, Zhao Yun was not a general of the Liu family, but he valued Zhao Yun very much and kept him several times. Later, he finally returned to Liu's door, which made him escape twice. Xu Shu was kidnapped there by Cao Cao. When seeing off, Liu Bei cried goodbye and even cut down the bamboo forest in front. Later, Xu Shu came back and recommended Zhuge Liang. Liu Bei's three visits to the cottage have become a model of employing people.
Therefore, a person's strength is limited, so we should recruit talents, find like-minded people and start a career together. This is the road to success. The negative example is Yuan Shao. It is said that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had obvious military advantages during World War I, but Yuan Shao didn't pay attention to talents, and many loyal ministers around him didn't know. If he listens to loyal ministers, how can Cao beat him? But he listened to some villains and lost to Cao Cao, who had fewer troops.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms also taught me: be good at listening to good opinions, but advice when most needed is least heeded. Why did Cao Cao and Battle of Red Cliffs lose? I think it's because I didn't listen to good advice. Facing the newcomer Pang Tong, he did not hesitate to believe in his own "serial stratagem". Faced with another courtier's advice, the courtier said rudely, "If the enemy attacks with fire, why not?" The general meaning of Cao Cao's answer is: "At this time, the southeast wind will not blow. If they attack with fire, they will burn down their camp. " This can't be blamed on Cao Cao, who doesn't know the wind and rain like the meteorologist Kong Ming. But since someone made a suggestion, Cao Cao should also be alert, otherwise he would not be defeated. On another occasion, Liu Bei was stationed in a forest 700 miles away from the water. Some courtiers have suggested to him what to do if the enemy attacks with fire. But he didn't accept it, so that it was really burned by Lu Xun for seven hundred miles. Therefore, whether you can listen to others' opinions correctly often determines the ultimate success or failure of things.
Some characters in Romance of the Three Kingdoms also inspired me a lot. People who are greedy for money and sex will definitely not have a good result in the end. Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu were used as weapons, not to sow discord among a little girl, The Story Of Diu Sim, so Dong Zhuo was defeated in lust. Cao Cao is also a bit lewd. After Zhang Xiu surrendered, Cao Cao had a good time in the barracks, so he asked Zhang Xiu's wife to play with him. Later, of course, Zhang Xiu was angry. He fought back against Cao Cao. Fortunately, Cao Cao was predestined, otherwise he was also the result of Zhang Xiu.
After Cao Cao built the bronze sparrow terrace, he also put Er Qiao of Soochow on the stage, so he asked Kong Ming to use it to motivate Zhou Yu, and made Zhou Yu determined to send troops to fight Cao Cao, who was defeated in Chibi. There are still some people in the three countries who sell their masters for glory and can't get good results. On the contrary, Guan Yu, who was neither greedy nor lustful, won the admiration of millions of readers in Cao Cao and Qian Qian. If it weren't for his little pride and his betrayal of Liu Feng, he wouldn't have died so early. So, I know again that people should not be greedy for money, but should be an upright person.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, we can also learn a lot, such as studying the laws of history, analyzing the characters' personalities, and analyzing the causes and consequences of things. Mao Zedong once read The Romance of the Three Kingdoms five times, which is probably the reason. Masterpieces can stand repeated reading and scrutiny, and good masterpieces are accompanied by people's life growth.
[Literary Works] Journey to the West
Today I read The Journey to the West, one of the ancient "Four Great Classical Novels". This famous book was written by an ancient man named Wu Cheng'en. Introduce him first. Wu Cheng'en was born in Sheyang Mountain (now Huai 'an, Jiangsu). In the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing (1550), he was a juren. In the forty-five years of Jiajing (1566), he served as a county official in Changxing, Zhejiang Province, and as a Jing in his later years.
The story of God buddha magic has accumulated a creative system and rich artistic experience in China, and is also influenced by foreign Buddhist literature. Immortals and ghosts are not only the products of ancient primitive religions, but also the fictions of alchemists, Taoist priests, artists, folk artists and literati since Qin and Han Dynasties. The Journey to the West's artistic fiction is based on traditional artistic experience and religious concepts and customs of this society, but it also incorporates the author's own feelings. In people's traditional ideas, immortals are the embodiment of justice, but in The Journey to the West, Wu Cheng'en treats gods and demons equally. The Jade Emperor, Grand Priest and the Buddha in the West are all the targets of being teased. Many demons are affable, humane and compassionate, among which the Monkey King and the Monkey King are the most prominent. He is a demon monkey in the mouth of the Jade Emperor, and is not recognized by heaven, but he is sincere and lovely, and is not bound by the rules of heaven. In pursuit of freedom and equality, he made a scene in heaven and dared to fight against heaven and God. He is my favorite hero. Among The Journey to the West, Wu Cheng'en also created many funny people, among which Pig Bajie is the most typical representative. He is the most insincere person on the way to learn from the scriptures. He has been planning to divide his luggage and go back to Gaolaozhuang. He was also greedy and sleepy, stealing and playing, and made many jokes along the way. He is a fool and trampling object in the Monkey King's mouth, but this character is vividly written by Wu Cheng'en, which is not only annoying, but also lovable. My least favorite character in this book is Tang Priest, who is pedantic and useless. He does not distinguish between good and evil, nor between loyalty and treachery. The Monkey King went through all kinds of hardships to protect him, but he was often provoked by others, and he always read the "hoop curse" without careful investigation, and even drove the Monkey King back to Huaguoshan, so he hated him. But there is also something worth learning from him, that is, for his own ideals and pursuits, he is brave in spite of difficulties and obstacles.
Who is who?
After reading romain rolland's Who's Who, I was deeply touched. Romain rolland is a famous French writer in the 20th century, and his works are a powerful spiritual pillar for people. Biographies of Beethoven, Michelangelo and Tolstoy. They went through all kinds of hardships, but they didn't give in to fate. They fought tirelessly at the last second of their lives and eventually became great men. This also tells us a truth: difficulties and setbacks are the best tempering of fate and life!
Among the three great men, Beethoven impressed me the most. He loves music and has created many excellent works. His works are profound, magnificent and full of fantasy. But disaster struck him mercilessly. 1802, he realized that his hearing impairment was incurable and would deteriorate quickly. This means that he may never create again! What a blow! But he can stubbornly fight against fate, which may be the reason why he can write so many immortal works in his later period. Irene Brockovich's spirit of life and destiny is exactly what we should learn. This great and unyielding soul makes the dark world shine and gives life hope.
Reading Beethoven's story reminds me of Helen Keller, a person with strong perseverance. Her life is also unfortunate. A serious illness in childhood turned her into a blind, deaf and dumb little girl. In her world, without color and sound, she can't express her thoughts. But the injustice of fate did not make her lose hope. Eager to know everything, she redoubled her efforts and eventually became one of the most influential figures in the19th century.
Beethoven and Helen Keller suffered different hardships in their lives, but they have the same spirit-never give in to fate! This not only made me admire, but also caused me to think deeply. As middle school students in 2 1 century, social competition is more intense. We have more and more homework and more difficulties in learning. In the face of many difficulties and pressures, do we also need this spirit? Yes! When we encounter difficulties and our academic performance drops, let's "re-polish our eyes with Beethoven's light." Face setbacks with firm faith and realize ideals with tenacious perseverance.