Chapter 10 Section 3 Only by working hard can you have real talents and real learning

There are talented people, and that is an internal cause for people to become talents.But a genius does not necessarily make a talent. Historically, there were quite a few people who were smart when they were young, but did not set lofty ambitions or study hard, and became mediocre when they grew up.There are also some young people who are talented and intelligent, but after reading a few books and gaining a little basic knowledge, they become conceited, thinking that I am the best in the world, look down on others, and even speak rudely everywhere, hitting others and exalting themselves.So good teachers and helpful friends regard him as Chi Xiao [chi xiao eats Xiao], and dare not approach him again; but he himself is self-sufficient, and his knowledge has stopped, and he has finally become half a bottle of vinegar and half a bucket of water, and it is difficult for him to become a real talent.Therefore, with the internal cause of genius, one must establish lofty aspirations since childhood, work hard, study hard, and constantly strive for progress in order to truly become talented.Diligence and hard work are one's own business. Just like setting up lofty aspirations, others can't replace them, and they can't force them to oppress them. Therefore, it is also an internal cause of success, and it is an internal cause that is more important than genius and determination.Those who are not very smart since childhood, or even slightly lower in intelligence than ordinary people, because they know they are not as good as others, set up the ambition to catch up with others since childhood, in order to make up for their own shortcomings. In the end, there are many people who finally become talents, and such talents are more valuable and more inspiring to others.The ancients compared studying and becoming a talent to planting trees. If you are willing to water and fertilize the trees in spring, you can get a good harvest in autumn.This metaphor is quite appropriate.

Here are some examples of talented people who worked hard and finally became talents: Confucius, the founder of Confucianism in the Spring and Autumn Period, was said to be a person born with knowledge, which shows that he was very smart in his childhood, but his family was not rich and he did not receive a good education in his childhood.His knowledge has been gradually accumulated since he was 15 years old, and he knew that he had to study hard, and he was diligent and self-study.He once said that when he was studying, he never felt bored.When he was reading, he read this book written on bamboo slips over and over many times, and the cowhide straps connecting the bamboo slips were worn off three times. story.Wei, it is cooked cowhide.Wei Bian is a cowhide strap strung on bamboo slips.The tough cowhide straps were worn out three times, which shows how hard Confucius read.This is true for reading, and it is also true for reading other books.It is precisely because Confucius is both talented and studious that he later became a great scholar and a great sage who has influenced China for more than 2,000 years.

Wang Chong in the Eastern Han Dynasty was different from other children since he was a child. Others liked to catch birds and cicadas, but he liked to read and write.At the age of six, his father began to teach him to read, and he never forgot.At the age of eight, he entered the library to study. There were more than a hundred classmates. Almost everyone was whipped by the teacher because of naughtiness or poor grades. Only Wang Chong was praised by the teacher for his good behavior and good grades.The teacher taught him to read "Shangshu", and he could recite more than a thousand characters a day, and he could understand the meaning. It can be said that he is a bit of a genius.He is not complacent about his genius, but has been diligent and studious, studying hard.It is precisely because he is famous for his diligence that he was sent to study in the Taixue in Luoyang, the capital, from a humble background.After entering Taixue, under the education and influence of good teachers and helpful friends, he worked harder.His teacher Ban Biao likes to quote extensively from sources when he lectures, and the content is very rich.Wang Chong must find out the materials quoted by the teacher and read them for himself. Only after he has experienced them can he be confident that he fully understands what the teacher said.He studied in Taixue for several years, and read all the books collected in Taixue, so he went to bookstores on Luoyang Street to read after class.He can't afford books, but he can recite each book after reading it once.Such a talented and diligent Wang Chong finally grew into a famous thinker in history.His immortal work "Lunheng" is known as "the bright light of the light of the people's wisdom emitted in the dark night", which shows the exquisite content of it.A typical example of genius and hard work like Wang Chong has important educational significance for people.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Wang Yun of the Liang Dynasty in the south was very clever since he was a child. He was able to write articles at the age of seven. When he was 16 years old, he wrote "Shaoyao Fu". It can be called a genius boy.But Wang Yun is not proud of being so smart. He is very humble and studies very hard.He read the "Five Classics", each of which was read seventy or eighty times.He especially liked "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu", read it thoroughly, and copied it from beginning to end five times.It became a habit for him to copy books. From the age of thirteen or fourteen, every time he read a book, he had to copy the entire book.In addition to "Zuoshi Chunqiu", he copied "Zhouguan", "Yili", "Guoyu", "Erya", and "Materia Medica" twice each, and once each of the collections of Zishi. More than a hundred volumes.Wang Yun himself said that after reading and copying in this way, the content of the book can be remembered firmly and never forgotten.Because Wang Yun worked so hard, his knowledge improved a lot, and the articles he wrote got better and better. Even Shen Yue, a famous writer at that time, had to recite his articles repeatedly every time he read them, sighing that he was not as good as he was.Later, Wang Yun was reused and gave full play to his talents.He has served as Minister of the Ministry of Finance, Secretary Supervisor, Doctor Guanglu, and other officials. Not only has he made great achievements in politics, but he has also written more than a hundred volumes of books, which have been handed down to future generations.

Li Xuan, a famous scholar in the Northern Qi Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, was very smart since he was a child, but because of his poor family, he only started school at the age of nine with the help of relatives and friends.While he was going to school, he had to help his family with the farm work in the field.In the busy season of farming, we have to temporarily stop studying and rush to harvest and plant.But Li Xuan studies harder than others, and his grades are much better than other students. At the age of 16, he finished reading Confucian classics such as "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Zhou Li", "Yili" and "Zuo Zhuan", and wrote many reading notes.There was no one in his hometown who could teach him anymore, so he went out to study with his classmates, and studied under Xu Zunming, a famous Confucian master at that time.Li Xuan studied with Xu Zunming for five years. Many days during the five years, he woke up at dawn and didn't go to bed until late at night.He studied so diligently, and finally inherited the teacher's knowledge, and bid farewell to the teacher and went home with the excellent grades among the best.Later, Li Xuan organized his reading notes into a book and completed "The Book of Filial Piety", "On the Book of Meanings", "The Book of Mao's Poetry", "The Book of Three Rites", "The Similarities and Differences of the Three Legends of the Spring and Autumn Period", and "The Book of Changes". He became a very famous scholar at that time.

Li Shen in the Tang Dynasty was a well-known poet who wrote the poem "The day when we hoe the crops at noon, the sweat drops to the soil".He lost his father at the age of six, and his mother, Lu Shi, taught him to read.Li Shen is talented and intelligent, and has a strong ability to accept. He is a unique young genius.Under the education of his mother, Li Shen knew that being smart requires hard work in order to achieve academic success.He especially likes poetry. Every time he reads a famous work of his predecessors, he has to recite it ten times and a hundred times. Not only is he required to recite it verbatim, but he is also required to be able to understand the artistic conception and rhyme of the words in the poem. of subtlety.When Li Shen was 15 years old, he lived in Huishan Temple in Wuxi to study. In the quiet temple, among the pine forests and strange rocks in Huishan, he worked harder, devoted himself to reading, and wrote many poems. "Two Poems of Compassion for Farmers" is an early work he wrote after observing the hard work and poor life of farmers at the foot of the mountain, and the cruel exploitation of landlords when collecting rent.Although Li Shen's fame is due to genius factors, the main reason is the result of hard work.

Wen Yanbo, a famous politician in the Song Dynasty, was very smart in his childhood.Once, he was playing football with many friends, and accidentally kicked the ball into a deep tree hole.They took turns to pick it up with their hands, but they didn't pick it up; they tried to pick it up with two bamboo poles like chopsticks, but they couldn't pick it up.After observing the tree hole for a while, Wen Yanbo had an idea and came up with a way to fill the floating ball with water.He asked his friends to bring buckets and wooden basins, and everyone poured water into the tree hole together.When the tree hole is filled, the ball floats up.The friends all admire Wen Yanbo's intelligence and ability.In terms of study, Wen Yanbo didn't rely on his own intelligence, but on his intelligence and hard work, he worked very hard.He worshiped under the famous scholar Shi Zhao [Zhao Zhao] at that time, and studied the Four Books and Five Classics.Shi Yan's mother knew a little about facial expressions.After carefully observing Wen Yanbo's appearance and behavior, she thought that he could be a kind of official when he grows up.The teacher's grandmother's words gave Wen Yanbo great encouragement, and he worked harder.He not only studied very carefully, but also worked hard to exercise his body, paid attention to the border defense situation and army training, and became an all-rounder in civil and military affairs.He was a Jinshi in his teens, and he has been a prime minister since he was a county magistrate. He made great contributions to rectifying finances and strengthening border defense, and became a very outstanding politician in the Song Dynasty.

People are also very familiar with Sima Guang in the Song Dynasty.He was smart since he was a child, and he looked like an adult at the age of seven. He listened to other people's "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu" and remembered every sentence in his heart.The story of breaking the water tank and rescuing his companions who fell into the water was also an act of his youth. Later, Jingluo Jian even used this incident as a theme to paint New Year pictures and sell them for money to educate children.It can be seen that Sima Guang is also a bit of a genius.But he is not satisfied because of his high talent. He has been diligent and studious since he was a child, and he can't let go of the book, even to the point that he doesn't know hunger, thirst, cold or heat.He dabbled extensively in literature, history, philosophy, music, legal calendar, astronomy, and the number of books. In addition to the study of Buddhism, he has rich knowledge and excellent works, such as "Sushui Jiwen", "Jigu "Record" and "Qianxu" are his immortal masterpieces.At the age of 20, he was admitted to the Jiake Division, entered an official career, and later became a prime minister. It can be said that he is a famous historical figure who is young and strong, and is a typical example of genius and hard work.

Here are some examples of people who were not very smart when they were young, but they had self-knowledge and were willing to work hard, and finally became talents. Zhou Chu of the Jin Dynasty, his father died since he was a child, because no one cares about him, he never likes to use his brain, let alone whether he is a genius.He didn't go to school, he wandered around all day long, punched and kicked, and danced with knives and clubs. When he was in his teens, although he had gained a lot of strength, he caused trouble everywhere and made the neighbors uneasy.People call him, together with the fierce tiger on the Nanshan Mountain and the dragon under the long bridge, the "three evils". Whenever they see him, they will run away from him and dare not get close to him.Later, he learned from his elders that people were afraid of tigers and dragons, so he went up the mountain to shoot the tiger to death, and entered the water to fight the dragon bravely.After three days and three nights of fighting, he killed Jiaolong.When he returned home, he saw that people thought he was dead and were congratulating each other. Only then did he realize that he was also a victim, and he was treated the same as a tiger or dragon.He went to Suzhou to consult brothers Lu Ji and Lu Yun, famous university scholars at that time, and said to Lu Yun: "I want to study hard by myself, but I am afraid that it is too late." Lu Yun said: "I heard that the ancients said There is a proverb, "The most precious is the one who can reform himself". Although you are a few years older than the average schoolchildren, you are still very young. Make up your mind to study hard, and you will surely become a talent in the future." Zhou Chu listened to Lu Yun's advice and started to study hard from then on. Although he was not very talented and took a detour, it was very difficult for him to study.But now that he had made up his mind to be a new man, he redoubled his efforts in studying. Later, he finally grew into an all-rounder in civil and military affairs. He died in the struggle against the enemy and left behind several books.

Huangfu Mi (mi Mi) of the Jin Dynasty was born in a poor family, and was adopted by his uncle who was farming in the countryside when he was young.Huangfu Mi is not a genius, unlike those cute and clever children, but only knows how to eat, sleep and play all day long.When he was 20 years old, he still didn't like studying. He wandered around all day long, playing with others, and others thought he was a fool.But Huangfu Mi respected his aunt Ren Shi very much, and when others gave him melons and fruits, he took them home to honor his aunt.His aunt said to him, "If you are worthless, even if you donate pigs, cattle and sheep to me, I will still say that you are an unfilial child. You are 20 years old this year, and you still don't want to study. You don't understand anything. What's the use of bringing melons and fruits, can I eat them and be happy?" As the aunt spoke, tears fell down on the melons and fruits, making them all wet.What his aunt said finally touched Huangfumi. He felt that although he was a bit older, as long as he caught up, there was still time.So he knelt down and swore to his aunt that he must study hard from now on.He took an old gentleman named Xi Tan as his teacher, and began to sit with six or seven-year-old children and read from the simplest textbooks.When the classmates saw a tall and big young man who was reading the same textbooks as them, they often laughed at him face to face, but Huangfumi didn't care. He stepped up his studies and made up his mind to get back the wasted time.Others read homework for three years, he finished it in one year.Uncle's family lacked labor force, so Huangfu Mi had to go to work in the fields when the farming season was busy.In order to hurry up, he took the books and farm tools to the field together. After weeding a field, he sat down and read while resting. After pulling the grass in a field, he sat down to rest and read again.After working for a day, I did a lot of farm work and read a lot of books.As he read and read, he developed the habit of reading, even to the point where he forgot to sleep and eat.Others advised him to pay attention to his health and not to be exhausted.He replied: "If you understand the truth in the morning, it would be no pity to die at night. Besides, the length of life is doomed long ago!" He became a very learned person by spreading the words of a hundred schools of thought.Later, he concentrated on the study of medicine and wrote "Acupuncture A and B Classics", an immortal world medical masterpiece, and created a theoretical system of acupuncture and moxibustion, becoming the founder of acupuncture and moxibustion theory.

Yan Ruozhu (qu Qu), a textual researcher in the Qing Dynasty, stuttered since he was a child, stuttered when speaking, was also very clumsy, and had poor comprehension.He went to school at the age of six. The teacher taught a text, and the students could recite it after reading it three times and five times. Yan Ruoqi couldn't recite it after reading it hundreds of times, so he often had to be punished.Although Yan Ruoqi suffered physical pain, she was never discouraged.He believed in the saying that work will come naturally, and he believed that as long as he worked harder than others and put in more effort, he would definitely be able to catch up with his classmates.When he came home from school in the evening, after dinner, he read books ten times and a hundred times under the lamp, and never went to sleep until he memorized the text he learned that day.Yan Ruoqi, who was less talented, relied on such redoubled efforts, and finally made great progress in his studies. He not only caught up with his classmates, but gradually surpassed them, becoming the best student.When Yan Ruoqi was 15 years old, she had already read a lot of books.In order to thoroughly understand the books he had read, he made textual research notes on the difficult questions in the book word by word, and wrote them on the side of the book in small characters.Later, he slowly worked out a set of textual research theories and became a very famous textual research scientist. In history, like Confucius, Wang Chong, Wang Yun, Li Xuan, Li Shen, Wen Yanbo, and Sima Guang, there are many people who are both talented and hardworking and finally became talents, but people like Zhou Chu, Huang Fumi, and Yan Ruoqi were not originally talented. There are also many people who refused to work hard in the early years, but later set their ambitions and redoubled their efforts, and finally became talents.In short, no matter whether you are talented or not, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will be able to master real talents and make yourself grow into talents useful to the society and the country.

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