A story about a great man who settled down.

Books in the Spring and Autumn Period mainly used bamboo as bamboo slips to write. A book needs a lot of bamboo slips, which are connected in order with strong ropes and the like, and finally become a book, which is easy to read.

Usually, it is called "silk weaving" woven with silk thread, and it is called "Wei weaving" woven with cooked cowhide rope, in which the cooked cowhide rope is the strongest. A book as heavy as Zhouyi is of course made up of many bamboo slips woven together with cooked cowhide ropes.

Confucius spent a lot of energy reading the Book of Changes again and again, adding a lot of notes. I don't know how many times he opened it. It is generally believed that Confucius could read and write in this way, and the cowhide belt of serial bamboo slips was worn off several times and had to be replaced with new ones for repeated use. This is a metaphor for studying hard.

Even after reading this, Confucius said, "If I live a few more years, I can fully grasp the literary quality of Zhouyi."

2. Napoleon

When I was a child, I went hunting in the suburbs and suddenly heard someone calling for help. He walked quickly to the river and saw a man struggling in the water.

The river is not wide, so Napoleon pointed a shotgun at the drowning man and shouted, "If you don't swim up by yourself, I'll kill you in the water!" " Seeing that it was useless to ask for help, the man added another layer of danger and had to try his best to save himself and finally swam ashore.

One morning after Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, he was walking in the garden and was blocked by soldiers carrying heavy objects. At this time, the court female bodyguard hurriedly ordered the soldiers to make way for the emperor. Napoleon rushed forward to stop and said, "Madam, please respect those who carry heavy loads." Make way for heavy soldiers.

Napoleon forced the drowning man to save himself with a gun because he wanted to tell him that his life should have been his own responsibility, and only a responsible life is a truly saved life. "Please respect those who bear the burden", in Napoleon's view, status is not important, what matters is the weight on the shoulders of life.

3. Johnson

Dr. Johnson, his father runs a big second-hand book stall. Once, there was a program not far away, and everyone went to the market. It's raining, and his father wants Dr. John to distribute some books and transport them to the market for sale.

His father called him three times in a row to go, but Dr. Johnson was absorbed in reading a thick and big book at this moment, pretending not to hear him and ignoring him. His father sighed and had to go by himself. At this time, Dr. Johnson was eighteen years old.

Fifty years later, one day at eleven o'clock at noon, the local people saw the bloated old man kneeling in the middle of the street. He put his hat under his arm, put his crutch aside, bowed his head and knelt in the sun, tears streaming down his face.

By this time, Dr. Johnson had become famous and everyone came to see him. He said to everyone: 50 years ago, on the same day and at the same time, I didn't listen to my father, and now I am kneeling here to confess!

4. Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang is indifferent to fame and fortune, living in seclusion in Nanyang, waiting for the wise Lord. Although there are many generations in the world, he is not disturbed by countless disputes between the world and the world.

In order to truly achieve great things, he waited calmly, willing to be lonely and willing to be unknown for a while. In the days of leisurely singing Fu Liang's songs, the water mirror kept a low profile and waited for the moment when Wolong arrived, which finally helped Xuande achieve the great cause of separation.

5. Franklin

Franklin, known as the father of America, visited a respected old-timer when he was young. At that time, he was young and vigorous, striding forward. As soon as he entered the door, he banged his head against the door frame, kept rubbing it with his hand and looked at the door much shorter than himself.

The seniors who came out to meet him saw him like this and smiled and said, "It hurts! However, this will be the harvest of your coming to me today. If a person wants to live safely in this world, he must always remember: bow his head when it is time. This is what I want to teach you. "

Franklin regarded the teaching gained from this visit as a lifetime harvest and listed it as one of the principles of life. Franklin benefited from this principle all his life. Later, he made outstanding contributions and became a great man. He said in a speech, "This has inspired me a lot."