However, looking back at Zeng Guofan's deeds, he is not a talented person. Part of the reason why he can achieve such brilliant achievements later is that he has a rare diligence quality.
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Compared with his peers, Zeng Guofan, who was studying at school, actually had average qualifications and was not outstanding. The story of being laughed at by thieves is even more widely known.
Once, on a snowy cold night, Xiao Zeng Guofan was reciting the text in his study. At this time, there was a thief outside the house who wanted to steal something. When the thief saw that Zeng Guofan's article was very short, thinking that he would finish it soon, he secretly waited on the eaves.
A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour ... After a long time, the thief didn't turn off the light, only heard the sound of reading in the room, and kept reciting the same article, but the voice was still stuttering, waiting and waiting, and the thief accidentally fell asleep.
Then at dawn, the thief woke up in a daze and heard Zeng Guofan stutter and recite the same article. The thief who lay on the roof all night suddenly flew into a rage, jumped out of the room and said angrily, "What are you reading, so stupid?" I memorized it after listening to it several times! "So the thief recited the article from beginning to end, and then walked away. Zeng Guofan left with a blank face.
This incident undoubtedly brought a big blow to Zeng Guofan. However, Zeng Guofan did not recover, but Rainbow Yangming. When he was frustrated, he said, "I am ashamed to be tempted to fall behind." Since then, he has strengthened his faith, worked harder and finally achieved himself.
It can be seen from this incident that the most important factor of a person's success is not talent, but attitude. Diligence can make up for mistakes, and fate is in your own hands. Zhong Yong was brilliant and unwilling to make progress, and finally only ended up "ignoring everyone"; A thief smarter than Zeng Guofan is nothing more than a gentleman on the beam who has been called by everyone all his life.
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Zeng Guofan once left home for the world-famous Yuelu Academy in order to concentrate more on his studies when he met the last round of Jinshi examination. Such an interesting thing happened when he got along with his roommates.
Because Zeng Guofan has been studying in the dormitory, a roommate who doesn't like it said that he "influenced" himself. Zeng Guofan's desk is in front of the window. The slightly melodramatic roommate leaned back and said to Zeng Guofan, "The light of my reading came from the window, and you actually covered it."
Zeng Guofan looked around the room, and there was no spare room, so his roommate said to Zeng Guofan, "Put it by your bed!" " ".After Zeng Guofan moved his desk to the bedside, the man went to sleep again.
Later, the man woke up in the middle of the night and saw Zeng Guofan still reading. He shouted, "Why do you read books during the day and at night and keep people awake?" . Zeng Guofan had to continue to read in a low voice.
Soon after, after the college entrance examination, Zeng Guofan was ranked in front of his roommate. The man angrily blamed Zeng Guofan and said that he had robbed the dormitory of good feng shui. The other roommates couldn't stand it anymore and said for Zeng Guofan, "Didn't you let Zeng's desk move away?"
The man blushed and said, "that's why he took my feng shui!" " ……
It can be seen from this incident that diligence is always the most correct way, whether it is self-cultivation or self-cultivation. We should conquer laziness with diligence and get rid of mediocrity with diligence.
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On one occasion, Zeng Guofan unfortunately failed the list. Knowing that he was not qualified, he decided to go to Jiangnan for fun before continuing to plow. However, I don't have much left, and this trip of "reading thousands of books and taking Wan Li Road" is doomed to be a dead end.
But when passing by Weining, I happened to meet the magistrate of Weining County. Yi Zuomei and Zeng Guofan are family friends, so he invited Zeng Guofan to his county for a few days.
In their conversation, Yi Zuomei learned that Hunan Juren failed the exam. Seeing that Zeng Guofan had stayed in Beijing for more than a year and had little left, he wanted to help Zeng Guofan. A few days later, when Zeng Guofan borrowed money from Yi Zuomei, Yi Zuomei generously lent him two pieces of silver 100, and gave him a few pieces of silver when he left.
When passing by Jinling, he saw that the bookstore in Jinling was very developed, so he lingered in the bookstore. In the bookstore, Zeng Guofan saw a finely carved Thirteen History of Benevolence and couldn't put it down. He needs such a history book too much. But when asked about the price, Zeng Guofan was surprised. The bookseller looked at Zeng Guofan's purse, and the price was the same as all the money around him.
Zeng Guofan wanted to bargain with the bookseller, but the bookseller seemed to have guessed the young man's psychology and didn't let him down at all. He bid 100 two silver, not a penny less.
Zeng Guofan thought: the way home is by water, and the ticket has been paid, so I won't play along the way. I will save money and use my winter clothes. I don't need them in this early summer season. I might as well exchange them for some money. I can barely do it.
So Zeng Guofan sent all the clothes he didn't wear at the moment to the pawnshop and resolutely bought his beloved Twenty-three History. At this time, if he gets the treasure, he will be satisfied psychologically. After returning home, I promised my father that "after ten pages a day, it is unfilial to interrupt."
Zeng Guofan studied hard for a year. After reading all twenty-three history books, he formed the habit of ordering ten pages of history books every day. His life has never stopped, and a 23-year history book is well known. And the pursuit of deep, ask yourself "a word, don't look at the next sentence; I can't see through it today, but I will see it tomorrow; Not this year, I will study again next year. " Let yourself learn the essence of this book.
It can be seen from this incident that scholarships are expensive. Nowadays, most people's attitude towards learning is relatively simple and easy to satisfy. If you change a topic from the same knowledge point, you will be confused. Make your field knowledge deeper every day, not wider.
Work harder and things will be easy. * * * Encourage.