One day, the rabbit and the tortoise raced. The rabbit laughed at the tortoise for crawling slowly, and the tortoise said that he would win one day. The rabbit said, let's start the game now.

The rabbit ran quickly and the tortoise crawled desperately. Soon, the rabbit and the tortoise are far away. Rabbit thinks this game is too simple. It needs to sleep for a while, thinking that even if it wakes up, the turtle may not be able to catch up with it.

On the other hand, the tortoise has been crawling. When the rabbit woke up, the tortoise had reached the finish line. This story tells everyone: don't underestimate others easily. Modesty makes people progress, while pride makes people lag behind. Only by doing things in a down-to-earth manner and not giving up halfway can we succeed.

2. Encourage the growth of seedlings.

There was a man from the Song Dynasty who was worried that his seedlings were not tall, so he pulled them up. He was very tired, but he was still satisfied at the end of the day. He came home and said to his family, "I'm exhausted." I helped the seedlings grow taller! " When his son heard about it, he hurried to the field to see the seedlings, but they all withered.

Few people in the world don't want their seedlings to grow faster! People who give up thinking that seedlings are useless are like lazy people who don't mow the grass. People who help it grow at their own expense, like this one, are not good, but harmful.

3. Steal the bell from your ear

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhao, a nobleman of the State of Jin, was defeated. Someone took the opportunity to steal from Fan's house and saw a big clock hanging in the yard. This clock is made of exquisite bronze with exquisite shapes and patterns.

The thief was very happy. He wanted to take this beautiful clock home. But this clock is big and heavy, so it cannot be moved. There is only one way he can think of, and that is to break the clock and move home separately.

The thief found a big hammer and threw it at the clock desperately. There was a loud bang and he was stunned. The thief panicked and thought, this is bad. Isn't this clock equivalent to telling people that I stole the clock here?

In desperation, he jumped on the bell and tried to cover it with open arms, but how to cover it? The bell is still echoing in the distance.

The more he listened, the more afraid he became. He involuntarily withdrew his hands and covered his ears hard. "Hey, the bell is getting smaller and I can't hear it!" The thief was very happy. "wonderful! Cover your ears and you won't hear the bell. "

He immediately found two cloth balls to plug his ears, thinking that no one could hear the bell. So I let go and hit the bell. When the bell rang, it spread loudly to far away places. People heard the bell rush in and caught the thief.

4. Smell the chicken dancing

Zu Ti in Jin Dynasty was an open-minded and ambitious person. But he was a naughty boy when he was a child and didn't like reading.

When he entered his youth, he realized his lack of knowledge and felt that he could not serve his country without studying, so he began to study hard. He read widely and studied history carefully, from which he learned a wealth of knowledge and made great progress.

He has been in and out of Luoyang, Kyoto for many times, and people who have contacted him say that Zu Ti is a talented person who can assist the emperor in governing the country. When Zu Ti was 24 years old, he was recommended to be an official, but he didn't agree. He still studies tirelessly.

Later, Zu Ti and his childhood friend Liu Kunyi became the main book of Sizhou. He and Liu Kun have deep feelings. They not only share the same bed, but also have a common lofty ideal: to make contributions, revitalize the state of Jin and become a pillar of the country.

Once, in the middle of the night, Zu Ti heard the cock crow in his sleep. He kicked Liu Kun awake and said to him, "Did you hear the cock crow?" Liu Kun said, "It's unlucky to hear chickens crow in the middle of the night." Zu Ti said, "I don't think so. How about we get up and practice swords when we hear chickens crow in the future? " Liu Kun readily agreed.

So every day after the rooster crows, he gets up to practice his sword, and the light of the sword flies and the sound of the sword is sonorous. Spring goes to winter, cold goes to summer, and it never stops.

Many things happen. After long and arduous study and training, they finally became generalists who can write good articles and lead troops to win the battle.

Zu Ti was named General Zhenxi, realizing his desire to serve the country. Liu Kun, a corps commander in the north, was in charge of the military affairs of Bing, Hebei and Youzhou, and also gave full play to his literary talent and military talents.

5. Sima Guang smashed the cylinder

Once, Sima Guang and his friends were playing in the backyard. There is a big water tank in the yard. A child climbed to the edge of the tank to play and accidentally fell into Tanqueray. The water tank is very deep, and it seems that the child is going to have no roof. When other children saw that something was wrong, they cried and cried in fear and ran outside to ask adults for help.

However, Sima Guang used his quick wits to pick up a big stone from the ground and hit it at the water tank. Bang, the water tank broke, the water in the tank came out, and the submerged child was saved.

Xiao Sima Guang is calm and smart, and he has been like an adult since he was a child. This accidental event made Xiao Sima Guang famous, and people in Tokyo and Luoyang painted it and spread it widely.