Sima Guang is not only witty, brave and honest, but also studies hard. He started reading when he was 6 years old. At first, he didn't understand what he had learned, and he couldn't remember it again. His father told him: you can't just recite when reading, you have to use your head more to understand the meaning.

Therefore, Sima Guang kept trying to figure out the meaning when he was reading, and sometimes he remembered the books he had read before while playing. Every time Sima Guang reads a book, he must read it repeatedly and ponder it carefully until he fully understands it. In this way, he made great progress in his study.

As a teenager, Sima Guang was able to recite Zuo Zhuan fluently and understand its gist. On one occasion, Fan Zhongyan, a great writer, visited Sima's house. He heard that Sima Guang was very clever, so he wanted to test it. He first asked Sima Guang to recite the article "Zhou's Political Instruction" in Zuo Zhuan. This paper mainly describes the historical allusions of Zhou and Zheng exchanging hostages in the Spring and Autumn Period, which has profound implications.

Sima Guang recited the full text fluently in front of Fan Zhongyan, word for word, and Fan Zhongyan secretly marveled. Then, Sima Guang also commented on the article, saying: "The exchanges between the two countries should be based on faith. If faith is not from the heart, even if hostages are exchanged, it is useless. If both sides are based on faith, there will be no hostages and the relationship between the two countries will not be alienated. "

Fan Zhongyan listened to these words. I am even more amazed at Sima Guang.

Struggle case 2

Rice1954165438+10/4 was born in Birmingham, USA. It's called Condi. Grandfather is a cotton farmer. Later, he went to college and became a priest. Build a church in Birmingham. Her father, John Rice, took over the church after getting a master's degree in theology. By the time Rice was born, their black family had already had a certain social status.

Racism in Birmingham was very serious at that time. Only white children can go to schools, cinemas and libraries in this city. Black families will be attacked by bullets. She grew up smoothly under the protection and education of her family. There is a strong rule in her family: black children can only be equal if they are twice as good as white children, and they can surpass each other if they are three times better.

Her parents told her, "You may not get a hamburger in a restaurant because of your skin color, but if you work hard, you may become the president of the United States." She has a firm judgment of her parents. She works very hard to be double excellent, and she studies well. Condi has advanced placement in grade one and grade seven. Her family ensured that the children would not be harmed by all kinds of racism.

His father would rather they went home to go to the toilet than use isolated public facilities. Rice recalled her childhood story like this: Birmingham was bizarre and apartheid was hard to defeat, but the black community established its own world. I have taken ballet classes, etiquette classes and studied French.

Until 1964, her father found a job in steelman College. Later, he was hired by the University of Denver, and his family moved to Denver before leaving the south where racial discrimination was serious. Her father later became the vice president of the University of Denver. My mother is a piano teacher and my aunt is a doctor of literature. At this time, she 13 years old, first entered the school that abolished apartheid-St. Mary's College.

Example 3 of struggle

One day, Liu Gongquan and several friends held a "reading club".

At this time, an old man selling tofu saw his words, "I will write about Fei Jiazi and dare to boast in front of people." He thought the child was too proud, so he frowned and said, "This word is not well written, just like my tofu, it is soft, flat and spineless. Is it worth boasting in front of people? " Hearing this, Hsiao Kung chuan said unhappily, "Write some words for me if you can."

The old man smiled heartily and said, "No, I dare not. I am a clown and can't write well. " However, some people write with their feet much better than you! If you don't believe me, go to Huajing. "The next day, Hsiao Kung chuan got a vigil and went to Huajing alone. As soon as he entered the capital of China, he saw many people gathered around a big pagoda tree.

He squeezed into the crowd and saw a black and thin old man, with no arms and barefoot, sitting on the ground, his left foot pressing paper and his right foot holding a pen, writing couplets freely, with words like galloping horses and dancing dragons and phoenixes, which won the cheers of the onlookers.

Xiao Gongquan plopped down on his knees in front of the old man and said, "I would like to worship you as a teacher, please tell me the secret of writing ..." The old man quickly pulled Xiao Gongquan up with his feet and said, "I am a lonely man, born without hands, and I can only live skillfully with my feet. How can I be a teacher? "

Xiao Gongquan begged, and the old man spread a piece of paper on the ground and wrote a few words with his right foot: "Write eight jars of water, and the inkstone is dyed black;" When you win hundreds of parents, you will get a twins. " Liu Gongquan kept the old man's words in mind and worked hard to practice calligraphy. Thick cocoons were ground on the hands, and the clothes were patched layer by layer. After hard training, Liu Gongquan finally became a famous calligrapher in China.

Example 4 of struggle

Stephen hawking, a British physicist, founded a new theory of the universe and wrote A Brief History of Time, which is called "the most outstanding theoretical physicist in the world after Einstein".

He was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy on 1963, and the doctor thought that he could only live for two years. However, he has made great achievements and won the unanimous respect of academia and the public, which is inseparable from his strong will and tenacious vitality.

1970, Hawking had to use a wheelchair. It has been more than 40 years, but he has always insisted on physics research. Even though he lost his speech function, he still relied on machines to work. He, a professor of astronomy at Beijing Normal University, attended Hawking's academic lectures in the early 1980s. Hawking was seriously ill at that time, and it was not convenient to communicate with others, but he kept on fighting and studying hard.

Dicks, a friend whom Hawking met in college, said: "When everything he loved was lost, Hawking not only lived a strong life, but also lived a great life. He brought people not only scientific wisdom, but also the most precious unremitting struggle spirit of mankind. "

When I was studying, I had a clear understanding of myself. I really can't provide much material things and my background. I have known for a long time that there is no need to compare these things, so I will not feel inferior.

Struggle case 5

In her freshman year, He Jiang bought an English version of Gone with the Wind to improve her English. In the end, the blank pages of the whole book are almost all annotations. Teachers often take He Jiang as an example to tell the truth that "stupid birds fly first".

In Harvard, there are many great people. When He Jiang first came, he was not very confident. But it is this lack of self-confidence that urges He Jiang to contact and learn more. At the same time, we also find out what strengths He Jiang has and tap the potential of He Jiang.

He Jiang has always believed that you can take yourself from one original circle to another by reading. People may not realize the vastness of the world until they get out of the initial field of vision.