Historical stories of the Western Han Dynasty

Drill a hole in the wall to get some light from the neighbor's house (study very hard)

In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a farmer's child named Kuang Heng. He wanted to study very much when he was a child, but because his family was poor, he couldn't afford to go to school. Later, he learned to read from a relative before he could read.

Kuang Heng can't afford books, so he has to borrow books to read. At that time, books were so valuable that people who had books refused to lend them to others easily. During the busy farming season, Kuang Heng worked as a short-term worker for wealthy families and asked them to lend him books for free.

A few years later, Kuang Heng grew up and became the main labor force in the family. He works in the field all day, and only has time to read a little book during his lunch break, so it often takes ten days and a half months to finish reading a book. Kuang Heng was in a hurry, thinking: planting crops during the day, no time to read, you can spend more time reading at night. But Kuang Heng's family is too poor to buy oil for lighting. What should we do?

One night, Kuang Heng was lying in bed reciting the books he had read during the day. Behind me, I suddenly saw a light coming through the east wall. He stood up and went to the wall to have a look. Ah! It turned out that the neighbor's light came through the cracks in the wall. So Kuang Heng thought of a way: he picked up a knife and dug several cracks in the wall. In this way, the light coming through is also very big, so he gathered the light coming through and began to read.

Zhao Sai

After the death of Emperor Gaozu Xuan Di, Yuan Di ascended the throne. In 33 BC, Xie Han was summoned to Chang 'an again, asking to be close to the Han Dynasty. Yuan Di agreed and decided to choose a maid-in-waiting as a princess to marry Uhaanyehe.

There are many ladies-in-waiting who are selected from the harem. They are locked in the palace all day and want to leave the palace, but they are unwilling to marry the Huns. The minister in charge is in a hurry. At this time, a maid-in-waiting resolutely expressed her willingness to kiss the Huns. Her name is Wang Qi, also known as Zhaojun. She is beautiful and knowledgeable. When the minister heard that Wang Zhaojun was willing to go, he quickly reported to Yuan Di. Yuan Di told his ministers to choose an auspicious day, so that Hu Hanye and Zhaojun became relatives in Chang 'an. Khan is very happy and excited to get such a beautiful young wife. Before returning to Xiongnu, when Wang Zhaojun bid farewell to Emperor Han Yuan, Emperor Han Yuan saw her beautiful, dignified and lovely, and wanted to keep her, but it was too late.

It is said that after Yuan Di returned to the palace, the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became. How could he not find such a beautiful woman in the harem He asked people to take out the portrait of Zhaojun in the portrait of the maid-in-waiting, only to know that Zhaojun in the portrait was far from being cute. Why is it painted like this? It turned out that the ladies-in-waiting were generally not directly selected by the emperor, but a painter painted a portrait and handed it over to the emperor to decide whether to be selected. At that time, the painter painted portraits of ladies-in-waiting, and the ladies-in-waiting wanted to give him gifts to make him paint people beautifully. Wang Zhaojun was dissatisfied with this kind of corruption and extortion and refused to give gifts, so the painter did not paint Wang Zhaojun's beauty truthfully. Therefore, Yuan Di was furious and punished the painter. Wang Zhaojun rode away from Chang 'an and was escorted by officials of the Han Dynasty and Xiongnu. She braved the biting cold wind beyond the Great Wall and came all the way to Xiongnu area to be Uhaanyehe's wife.

Zhaojun gradually got used to the life of Xiongnu and got along well with Xiongnu. While persuading Khan not to fight, she passed on the culture of the Central Plains to Xiongnu, so that Xiongnu and Han Dynasty lived in harmony for 60 years. Zhaojun was buried in Daqing Mountain controlled by Xiongnu after his death. Huns built a grave for her and regarded her as a fairy.

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