Huo Qubing has repeatedly made meritorious military service, won high positions and high salaries, but put aside his personal enjoyment and put his heart on national interests. After the victory of Hexi Campaign, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty specially ordered people to build a luxurious mansion for him in Chang 'an in order to reward him for his outstanding military exploits. Please ask him to see if he was satisfied. Huo Qubing declined the kindness of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and said heroically, "Why stay at home when the Huns are immortal!" This famous saying, which has been passed down through the ages, is a portrayal of Huo Qubing's glorious life.
Zeng Guofan has been an official for more than ten years, and now there are only books and clothes in his apartment in Beijing. Zhuge Liang served as the assistant slaughter of Shu for twenty-seven years, and devoted himself to death, leaving only a few acres of barren land for his descendants; Sima Guang, a literate scholar, is famous for his four fields, but he "sheltered from the cold all his life and ate to satisfy his hunger" and had no extravagant demands for food, clothing, housing and transportation. As a general, Fang Zhimin has handled millions of dollars, and his property is just a few broken shirts and socks; In order to point out the direction of struggle for proletarian revolutionaries all over the world, Marx devoted his life to the international proletarian movement and was down and out all his life.
From 65438 to 0950, American writer Faulkner won the Nobel Prize in Literature for The Sound and the Fury. However, at this time, he had already been dragged down by money and lost his creative ability. Faulkner is not good at managing money, and his wife advocates luxury, so his financial situation is in a mess. In order to get into debt, he had to sign a contract with Hollywood with deep pockets to write plays for them. Although he got rich income, he lost precious freedom.
Jack London, an American novelist, became famous and made a lot of money after he wrote Martin Eden. He not only built villas in California, but also bought luxury yachts on the Atlantic coast. Then, when he has all this, boredom, emptiness, loss and boredom will follow. In the end, he was driven crazy by the guests brought by money, but shooting himself became the best way for him to get rid of it.