Inspirational deeds in famous works

Sharing an inspirational story of Pu Songling will inspire some people. Pu Songling (1640- 17 15) was a writer in Qing Dynasty, whose words were "immortal" and "sword minister". His nickname is Liu Quan lay man, and he is called Mr. Liaozhai. He was born in Zizhou (now Zibo), Shandong Province, into a "scholarly" family, but his ancestors were not prominent, and his father was forced to abandon Confucianism. Pu Songling's childhood was in the early years of Qing Dynasty, and Zizhou suffered from famine and war year after year. What he saw was extortion, bureaucratic corruption and rampant corruption by the Qing government. The tragic and sad social reality of the people left a shadow in his young mind.

Pu Songling was very clever when he was a child. He loves reading and studies very hard. He hopes to pass the imperial examination, embark on his official career, change his family and honor his ancestors. Because of Pu Songling's efforts, he showed extraordinary talent. 65,438+09 years old, won the first place in county, politics and Taoism, and won the name of scholar. The examiner attached great importance to his talent and praised his article "Reading like the moon and writing like the wind". Zizhou county also attaches great importance to him, praising him for his brilliance and unlimited future.

When Pu Songling was in the spring breeze and ready to make a big splash, his state took a sharp turn for the worse. Pu Songling participated in the imperial examinations many times, but he was unknown on the list. By the time he was 365,438+0 years old, he had not been admitted, which was almost the end of the road for an intellectual living in feudal times, with a bleak future and very sad.

It turns out that Pu Songling has been devoted to the study of ancient literary works since he became a scholar, especially between the ages of 25 and 30. He studied under a man named Li Yaochen and worked hard together to gain fame. But at this time, Pu Songling was not very attentive to the imperial examination, and he was not very interested in the tabulation of stereotyped writing or strategy as a stepping stone, so every time he took the imperial examination, his papers were always not as good as the examiner's original intention. On the contrary, he embarked on a "wrong road", devoted himself to learning and using the old saying, and then cast fresh language extracted from life and devoted himself to novel creation. He showed great talent in novel creation, and the more he wrote, the more handy he became. Originally, he studied the Four Books and Five Classics, historical classics and ancient prose of Tang and Song Dynasties diligently in order to take part in the imperial examination, but turned to novel creation. He has lost many battles in the examination room, but the more vivid he writes, the more addictive he becomes.

Photo: Zhao Jian became a portrait of Pu Songling.

A friend named Sun Hui of Pu Songling once wrote in a letter: "My brother is extremely clever, and it takes a little effort to overcome difficulties, so he is a first-class figure." Sun Hui has a unique eye and sees that Pu Songling is very talented in novel creation. However, as long as Pu Songling converges his talents in this field and studies hard in order to take the imperial examination, he will definitely become a "first-rate figure", that is, he will be promoted after obtaining the provincial examination, then take the examination and embark on the road of official career.

On the one hand, Pu Songling dreamed of winning the imperial examination, but he didn't give up completely. On the other hand, he is addicted to novel creation, and he can't have both, so he carved couplets on copper bars to encourage himself to write.

Where there is a will, there is a way. If we cross the rubicon, 120 Qin Guan will belong to Chu after all.

Hard-working people are rewarded by heaven, and they have tasted courage. More than 3,000 armour can swallow Wu.

The couplets quoted the historical story of Xiang Yu's cross the rubicon and his defeat of Qin Bing and Gou Jian, the king of Yue, which showed Pu Songling's ambition and broad mind.

From then on, Pu Songling concentrated on reading and writing. He often reads and writes late into the night. After going to bed, he has to pick up a few pages. Sometimes he stays up all night and studies hard under the lamp. Pu Songling's life is not rich. He can't afford a book. When he came across a good book, he began to copy it. Every time he borrows a good book from others, he will read it several times and then copy it day and night. Pu Songling has been teaching in Bijia for 30 years. One of the important reasons is that Bi Jia has a large number of books to help him read and copy, which provides him with a good learning and writing environment.

Because of Pu Songling's academic background, screen tour and teaching life, he came into contact with a large number of ruling class figures. On the other hand, because he is in the lower class, living in the countryside for a long time, his family is poor, and he has always maintained close contact with the lower class people. He carefully observed and analyzed the society, paying special attention to the people, from bureaucratic gentlemen and celebrities to farmers, village women, maids and prostitutes, as well as villains, gamblers, drunkards and monks and Taoists. Pu Songling observed their rich life experiences such as lifestyle, mental outlook, manners and so on. , which provided rich life materials for his literary creation and laid a solid and profound foundation.