"The grass grows and the warbler flies in the February sky, and the willows are drunk with spring smoke. The children returned early from school and were busy releasing paper kites in the east wind. ”
When I was a child, I read "Village House" and saw that in the poems, there were children returning from school and the spring breeze was blowing...... It's all beautiful scenery.
When people reach middle age, they read "Village House" again, only to find that there are intriguing stories behind the poems.
The author of the poem, Gao Ding, was born in the late Qing Dynasty and was poor all his life, but he was fortunate to meet his friend Li Gui, so that they achieved each other and left a good story.
If you feel that reading is useless, or you can't find the meaning of reading, then the life of Gao Ding and Li Gui.
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Reading is the process of making friends.
Someone said, "Books are a stepping stone." ”
Indeed, when Gao Ding took the poetry collection "Qiu Xiaotang Manuscript" left by his grandfather, and found Li Gui, the two of them chatted.
Social turmoil - "Sorrowful wind and fire howling and withering poplars", Gao Ding's only sister, died in the war, and then her grandfather died of illness. His wife, Bao Shi, was a mute girl. Under such circumstances, he could not even save a collection of poems.
Li Gui has a solid family background and has also worked as a teacher, so he empathizes with Gao Ding's wishes.
Many years later, Li Gui not only published the "Qiu Xiaotang Manuscript", but also sorted out Gao Ding's posthumous works and published the "Manuscript of Humble Wu Poems".
Think about it, what kind of socialization do we need?
The first is to be able to empathize, the second is to be useful, and the third is to improve one's own level.
Only by reading can we meet the three conditions of socializing.
To read a good book is to have a dialogue with noble people, whether they are people today or ancients; Reading to accumulate energy, so that you can find a good job, so that you have a foundation for making friends; By reading books, you can get into the upper echelons of cognition.
Even if a person doesn't have any friends, the moment he holds a book, he can be accompanied by loneliness.
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Reading gives people the strength to break through difficulties.
In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping army rebelled, Li Gui's parents and wife were victimized, and he was also taken captive.
Most of the captives became laborers, and because of his knowledge, Lee Gyu was assigned to do clerical work, help write letters, etc.
The leader of the Taiping Army saw that Li Gui was talented, so he intended to protect him and help him restart his family.
Controlled by others, Lee Gyu is difficult, but he lives strong and looks for an exit in life. Continuing to study has become his life-saver.
The writer Herzen said, "Books are the most patient and pleasant companions, and in any difficult moment, it will not abandon you." ”
We have a mantra: "Ji people have their own natural appearance." ”
Everyone hopes to turn evil into good fortune, but you must understand that the premise is that "you are an auspicious person".
You're good for nothing, so don't expect any turnaround. With knowledge and continuous progress, life will usher in an inflection point at some point.
The more you read, the more you can see the truth of the difficulties, and you can also let yourself meet noble people and change the power of fate, and you will gather.
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Reading makes people better than yesterday's self.
Li Gui, who is in his twenties, was recommended to work in the Deputy Taxation Department of Ningbo Customs.
Here, he often interacted with foreigners.
Only then did he realize that his knowledge was not enough. Many of the truths he said were not understood or even despised by foreigners - "when you hear strange things, you denounce them as absurd." ”
It turns out that a good life is a life of study.
As the writer Ernest Hemingway said: "Being superior to others is not noble, and true nobility should be superior to one's past self." ”
From reading ancient books in China, to entering the World Expo, and studying in Philadelphia, United States, Li Gui repeatedly surpassed himself.
After the end of the World Expo, many of his peers returned to China, but Li Gyu took the opportunity to go abroad for eight months.
In fact, in the process of lifelong reading, we will find a very heart-wrenching phenomenon - the more we read, the more we feel that we are lacking.
If you don't read, you can't even see your own pedantry and ignorance all day long. The rigidity of thinking leads to self-cocooning.
If you study for a year, you can't make yourself rich, but if you study for a lifetime, you can't make yourself expensive.
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Reading makes life as vast as the world.
Li Gui, who walked thousands of miles, wrote "A New Record of Traveling Around the Earth".
As soon as the book was written, it was appreciated by Li Hongzhang, and Li Hongzhang personally wrote the preface.
Kang Youwei, who was still a young man, saw this book, was attracted by all kinds of novelties abroad, and had the dream of going out for further study.
Later, Li Gui was also recognized as the first person to translate "postcards" and was an important figure in the development of the postal industry.
Mr. Qian Zhongshu said: "If you don't study, you will only be a postman if you travel thousands of miles." ”
If you travel a lot, you will find that wherever you go, the mountains and rivers are similar, and the ancient buildings are similar. If you see too much, it will be boring.
When you take a history book, understand the landscape, and figure out the ins and outs of ancient buildings, then you will be interested in tourism.
Measure the world with your footsteps, understand the world with wisdom, and think about the world with your heart, then you can embrace the world anywhere in the world, stretch your arms.
When you understand the world, you can be comfortable in society, so as to find the beauty of society and the sea and sky of life.
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Writer Yang Jiang said: "When I was young, I thought that not reading was not enough to understand life, but it was not until later that I realized that if I didn't understand life, I couldn't read books." The meaning of reading is probably to read with what you feel in life, and to live with what you get from reading. ”
If you feel that life is too difficult and you often live a negative life, then study hard.
Maybe one or two books will not make you achieve a family and career, but reading a few more books, with a few lines to inspire you, will make you have an incredible qualitative change.
Life is not necessarily vigorous, and even your name will not be remembered, but there is light in your heart, and everything is the best arrangement.
If you read the book thinly, the stepping stone of life will be thicker and your horizons will be broader.
From now on and the queen, squeeze in, there is always time to read, don't say that you are too busy.
Author: Cloth Clothes Coarse Food.
Follow my words and go into your heart.
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