Ten stories of famous people in history and culture

1. Liu Gongquan (柳公权), "Liu Gongquan's fame from arrogance" Liu Gongquan showed his talent for calligraphy from a young age, and his writing was known far and wide. He was also a bit proud of himself. However, one day he met an old man who had no hands, and realized that the words he wrote with his feet were better than those he wrote with his hands. From then on, he always put the "cessation of pride" in his heart, diligently practiced calligraphy, learning with an open mind, and finally became a generation of calligraphy;

2, "Kuang Heng chiseled the wall to steal the light" During the Western Han Dynasty, there was a particularly learned man named Kuang Heng, Kuang Heng was poor when he was a child, and in order to study, he chiseled through the wall of the neighbor's house, borrowing a ray of candlelight to read, and then he stole the light of a candle. In order to study, he chiseled through the wall of his neighbor Wen Bushi's house and read by stealing a ray of candlelight, which finally touched his neighbor Wen Tizhi, and with everyone's help, the young Kuangheng became successful in his studies.

3. "Qu Yuan's Strenuous Reading in a Cave" This story tells that Qu Yuan, despite the opposition of his elders, hid in a cave to read the Book of Songs, regardless of the wind and rain, and the freezing weather. After three whole years, he familiarized himself with the 305 poems of the Book of Songs, absorbed rich nutrients from these folk songs and ballads, and finally became a great poet.