Beethoven, who was deaf in his later years, insisted on composing music and became a great musician.
At the age of five, Zhang Haidi suffered from spinal hemangioma and paraplegia. Because of this, she has never been to school. From an early age, she began to teach herself knowledge with tenacious perseverance. She taught herself specialized courses in primary schools, middle schools and universities. She is the pride of a generation of young people in China and an outstanding representative of the disabled in China.
When Zhan Tianyou presided over the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, he overcame three major difficulties: dangerous terrain, bad weather and lack of equipment.
Isn't the story of Gong Yu moving mountains a good example? Gong Yu dares to set a grand plan of moving mountains, dare to face difficulties and persevere.
Vernacular translation of Gong Yu Yishan:
Taihang Mountain and Wuwangshan Mountain, 700 miles away in Fiona Fang, are seven or eight thousand feet above sea level. They were originally in the south of Jizhou, north of the Yellow River.
There is a man named Gong Yu at the foot of the North Mountain. He is almost 90 years old and lives directly opposite the mountain. He suffers from the traffic jam in the northern part of the mountain area, so he has to make a detour when he comes out or goes in. He called the whole family to discuss, and said, "I'll try my best to level that steep mountain with you and reach the south of Yuzhou and the south bank of Hanshui, okay?" Everyone agreed.
His wife questioned him and said, "With your strength, even Quiff Mountain can't be leveled. What can you do with Taihang and Wu Wang? Besides, where do you put the excavated soil and stones? " They said, "Throw it on the edge of Bohai Sea, to the north of Tibetan soil." So Gong Yu led three children and grandchildren who could carry the burden (up the mountain), chiseled stones and dug dirt, and transported them to the Bohai Sea with dustpans.
Neighbor Shi Jing's widow has an orphan, only seven or eight years old, skipping to help him. Winter and summer change seasons, and you can go back and forth once.
The wise man on the bend laughed at the foolish old man and stopped him from doing so, saying, "You are so stupid! With your remaining years and strength, you can't even move a grass on the mountain. What can you do with mud and stones? " Gong Yu of Beishan sighed and said, "Your heart is so stubborn that you can't begin to understand, even orphans and widows can't compare with you.
Even if I die, I still have a son; Son gives birth to grandson, grandson gives birth to son; A son has a son and a son has a grandson; Children and grandchildren are endless, but mountains do not increase. Are you afraid of rough digging? "He knows that there is nothing to answer.
The mountain god who caught the snake heard about it, fearing that he would dig endlessly and report to the Emperor of Heaven. The emperor was moved by Yugong's sincerity. He ordered the two sons of Hercules Kwae to move two mountains, one in the east of Shuofang and the other in the south of Yongzhou. From then on, from the south of Jizhou to the south bank of Hanshui River, there was no mountain barrier.