Mencius lived next to the cemetery when he was a child. Mencius and his neighbor's children learned to bow down and cry like adults and played a funeral game. Mencius' mother looked at it and frowned: "No! I can't let my children live here! Mencius' mother took Mencius to live next to the market. When he arrived at the market, Mencius and his neighbor's children began to learn how businessmen do business. Bow to welcome guests, entertain guests, bargain with guests for a while, and behave well! Mencius' mother knew this and frowned: "This place is not suitable for my children to live in either! So they moved again. This time, they moved near the school. Mencius began to be orderly and polite, and liked reading. At this time, Mencius' mother nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is where my son should live!" " "So I stayed here!
2. Grass ghostwriting
Mr. Ouyang Xiu's father died when he was four years old. His family is poor and has no money to study. The wife wrote on the beach with a reed pole and taught him to write. And taught him to read many ancient chapters. When I am old and have no books to read at home, I go to a nearby reader's house to borrow books, and sometimes I copy them. In this way, day and night, sleepless, just concentrate on reading. Poems and essays written since childhood are written at the level of adults, so high.
As far as this article is concerned, Ouyang Xiu's spirit worth learning is: diligent study, hard practice and courage to contribute. Ouyang Xiu's success, besides his own efforts, also has a reason to promote his growth: his parents are well educated and strict with him.