Gou Jian, the King of Yue, was greatly humiliated, but he could rationally analyze the situation. After returning home, he tried his best to revitalize Yue State and eventually destroy Wu. After the withdrawal of troops from Wu, Gou Jian came to Wu with his wife and doctor Fan Li, served the king of Wu, herded cattle and sheep, and finally won the king's love and trust. Three years later, they were released and returned to China. After returning to China, Gou Jian was determined to make a fortune and prepare for revenge.

He was afraid that he would covet an easy life and stifle his ambition for revenge. At night, he sleeps on a straw pile with weapons on his pillow. He also hung a gallbladder at home and tasted it every morning. The soldier outside asked him, "Have you forgotten the shame of three years?" He put Wen Zi in charge of state affairs and Fan Li in charge of the army. He personally went to the fields to work with farmers, and his wife also spun and woven.

Gou Jian's behavior touched the officials and people of Yue State. After ten years of hard struggle, the state of Yue finally became armed, from weak to strong. Fu Cha, the prince of Wu, is obsessed with hegemony, regardless of the sufferings of people's livelihood. He also listened to Abreu's evil words and killed Wu Zixu, a loyal minister. In the end, Fuxi claimed to be the king and the vassal. But at this time, Wu, seemingly powerful, has actually gone downhill.

In 482 BC, Fu Cha personally led the army northward to compete with the State of Jin for the leader of the vassal states. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, used the elite troops of the State of Wu to make a surprise attack, defeated Wu Bing in one fell swoop and killed his prince friend. After hearing the news, Fu Cha hurried home and sent someone to make peace with Gou Jian. Gou Jian estimated that Wu could not be destroyed at once, so he agreed.

In 478 BC, Gou Jian personally led troops to attack Wu for the second time. At this time, the State of Wu was already a spent force, unable to withstand the strong onslaught of the Vietnamese army, and suffered repeated defeats. Finally, Fu Cha sent someone to make peace with Gou Jian, and Fan Li insisted on destroying Wu. Fu Cha saw that peace could not be achieved and regretted not listening to Wu Zixu's advice. He was so ashamed that he drew his sword and committed suicide.

2. Sima Qian

Sima Qian followed his father's last wish and determined to write a history book of "Tibetan famous mountains will be handed down to future generations". In the seventh year when he started writing this history book, the case of Li Ling happened. Li Ling, the general of the Second Normal University, was defeated and surrendered because he was outnumbered in a war with Xiongnu. Sima Qian defended Li Ling, angered Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was arrested and imprisoned, and suffered cruel "corruption".

After being punished, I tried to commit suicide because of humiliation and pain, but I can think that my ideal of writing history books has not been completed. So I stood up with humiliation and spent 18 years before and after, and finally wrote Historical Records. This masterpiece has 526500 words. Creating a general history of China's biography, with rich and informative historical materials, has always been respected by people. Lu Xun once spoke highly of Historical Records in very general language: "Historians sing a swan song, and Li Sao has no rhyme."

3. Zhuangzi

Zhuangzi didn't quit because he didn't have a chance, but gave up calmly in the face of temptation. This is a kind of belief and persistence, a kind of boldness of vision and great consciousness. When the king of Chu asked him to be the prime minister, he said, "I'd rather play dirty than fast", so he easily left many people who thought they were romantic behind and left himself.

4. Liang Sicheng

From 65438 to 0944, the world anti-fascist war took a major turning point. On the Pacific battlefield, the U.S. military turned to counterattack in an all-round way. On the eve of the Allied plan to "carpet bomb" the Japanese army, a special guest from China came to the headquarters.

Colonel Bronson of the Allied War Room warmly received the China guest, but he was immediately puzzled by the guest's request: before the bombing, he actually asked the Allied forces to mark the locations of a number of architectural relics in the ancient Japanese capitals Kyoto and Nara on the military map and make every effort to protect these monuments.

Six years ago, Liang Sicheng's hometown Wanping Ancient City, Tuanhe Palace and other historical cities and gardens were destroyed by Japanese artillery fire and forced to flee with their families. In Changsha, his family almost died in a Japanese air raid. Subsequently, his younger brother died young in the smoke of the "Battle of Shanghai and Shanghai"; His brother-in-law later died heroically in the air battle to defend Chengdu on 1940.

Colonel Bronson can't understand why such a China man who combines national hatred and domestic hatred should spare no effort to protect the ancient buildings of the enemy country. Liang Sicheng calmly explained: "If I start from my personal feelings, I am willing to raze the whole of Japan to the ground, but excellent buildings are by no means the private property of a certain nation. They belong to the whole world and are the crystallization of human civilization and wisdom. Once they are blown up, they cannot be remedied. "

Under Liang Sicheng's argument, the ancient Japanese capitals Kyoto and Nara were miraculously preserved in the fierce bombing by the allied forces, and the palaces, walls and temples all over the two capitals were unscathed.

5. Pride and prejudice Wesley and Jane Eyre

Wesley is a young man who knows how to restrain his feelings. He is a little precocious and likes to hide his heart. Anyone can imagine how painful it is to be with an eccentric and sharp-tongued old lady all the year round, but Wesley can be her "source of happiness". It's not that he doesn't like to express himself or rebel, but that he understands that a free, unrestrained, casual life, stable and objective income, huge family wealth and high status are more important to him. So he restrained himself, was careful, and kept his head clear at all times.

As a writer, Jane is emotional. Only the emotional one can appreciate the wonderful and desperate love, but she is also rational. When she saw the letter from home, she knew that poverty would not only destroy Tom's precarious family, but also their love itself, so she went home regardless of her neighbor's face and cynicism. There is the famous Jane Austen.