Selected Thought-provoking Celebrity Inspirational Essays
Aspirations are nothing but slaves to memory, descending in anger but hardly growing.
Wang Xizhi practiced calligraphy
Wang Xizhi loved calligraphy since childhood, and over the decades of deeds and painstakingly practiced, and finally made his art of calligraphy reached the peak of the superbly elegant and outstanding, and was hailed as the "Sage of Calligraphy".
When Wang Xizhi was 13 years old, he stumbled upon his father's collection of calligraphy books called "Saying Pen", which he stole to read. His father was worried that he was too young to keep the family heirloom secret, and promised to pass it on when he grew up. Unexpectedly, Wang Xizhi knelt down and asked his father to allow him to read it now, and his father was so touched that he finally agreed to his request.
Wang Xizhi practiced calligraphy very hard, even eating, walking, really to the point of practicing all the time. There is no pen and paper, he scratched writing on the body, over time, the clothes are scratched. Sometimes he practiced calligraphy to the extent of forgetfulness. Once, he practiced calligraphy even forgot to eat, his family sent the meal to the study, he even without thinking about it with a touch dipped in ink and eat up, but also feel very taste. When the family found, is already full of black ink mouth.
Wang Xizhi often writing on the pool, on the pool ink stone washing, for a long time, the pool water all ink, known as "ink pool". Now shaoxing lanting, zhejiang yongjia west valley mountain, lushan quizong temple and other places are known as "ink pool" attractions.
Wang Xizhi's calligraphy art and hard work spirit is very much praised by the world. Legend has it that Wang Xizhi's marriage was decided on this basis. Wang Xizhi's uncle, Wang Guan, was a prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and he was a good friend of the current master of the dynasty, Ruijian, Ruijian had a daughter who was as beautiful as a flower, with outstanding talent and appearance. One day, Siu Kan told Wang Guan that he wanted to choose a satisfactory son-in-law for his daughter among his sons and nephews. Wang Guan immediately agreed and agreed that he should make the selection. When Wang returned home, he told his sons and nephews about this, who had heard about the beauty of Miss Rare and wanted to have her. When the Rare family came to choose a son-in-law, all the nephews were busy dressing up. Wang Xiangzhi, however, did not ask about this matter, and still lay on the bed in the east room, concentrating on the art of calligraphy. After seeing the nephews and sons of Wang Xiangzhi, the visitors from the Dilute family went back to the Dilute family and said, "All the sons of Wang Xiangzhi are not bad, but they are a bit formal and unnatural when they know that they are choosing a son-in-law. Only the gentleman in the east room didn't mind lying on the bed, and only cared to gesture something on the mat with his hand." County Jian heard this and said happily: ? The gentleman in the east bed must be Wang Xizhi, who has made great achievements in calligraphy. This son, who is not revealing himself and is dedicated to his studies, is exactly the son-in-law I want. So he married his daughter to Wang Suzhi. Wang's other nephews and children were very envious of him and called him "the fastest son-in-law in the east bed". The East bed fast son-in-law?
Wang Suzhi was the first to marry Wang Suzhi, and the first to marry Wang Suzhi.
Historical allusion to Zhang Qian's passage to the Western Regions
In the early years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, some of the Xiong Nu surrendered to the Han Dynasty. Han Wudi knew a little bit about the Western Regions (present-day Xinjiang and the area west of Xinjiang) from their conversations. They said that there was a Yuezhi (音yu?-zhī) kingdom, which had been defeated by the Xiong Nu and fled westward, settling in the area around the Western Regions. They had a grudge against the Xiongnu and wanted to take revenge, but there was just no one to help them.
Emperor Wu of Han thought, "Since the Lunar Clan is to the west of the Xiongnu. If the Han Dynasty can unite with the Yuezhi and cut off the connection between Xiong Nu and the western countries, isn't it the same as cutting off Xiong Nu's right arm?
So he issued an imperial edict to solicit competent people to liaise with the Yuezhi. At that time, no one knew where the Yuezhi country was or how far away it was. It took a lot of courage to take on this task.
There was a young man, Zhang Qian (张骞), who thought it was a meaningful thing to do and was the first to be recruited. When he took the lead, others were emboldened, and a hundred warriors were recruited. There was a Xiongnu clan member named Tangyi father in Chang'an who was also willing to go with Zhang Qian to find the Yuezhi kingdom.
In 138 BC, Emperor Wu of Han then sent Zhang Qian to set out with more than a hundred men to find Yuezhi. But to get to Yuezhi, they must pass through the boundaries occupied by the Xiong Nu. Zhang Qian and his men traveled carefully for a few days, but they were still discovered and surrounded by Xiongnu soldiers, and all of them were made prisoners.
The Xiongnu did not kill them, but only sent people to spread them out, and only Tang Yi father lived with Zhang Qian for more than ten years.
As time went by, the Huns were less strict with them. Zhang Qian and Tang Yifu had a discussion, and when the Huns were not on guard, they got on two fast horses and escaped.
They ran west for dozens of days, suffered a lot, escaped from the Xiongnu territory, did not find the Yuezhi, but broke into another country called Dawan (in today's Central Asia).
Dawan and Xiongnu were close neighbors, and the locals knew the Xiongnu language. Both Zhang Qian and Tang Yi father could speak Xiongnu, and it was easy to talk to them. They met the king of Dawan, who had long heard that the Han Dynasty was a rich and powerful country, and this time, when he heard that the envoys of the Han Dynasty had arrived, he welcomed them very much, and sent people to escort them to Kangju (about between the present-day Lake Balkhash and the Aral Sea), and then from Kangju to Yuezhi.
After Yuezhi was defeated by the Xiongnu, he moved to the neighborhood of Daxia (present-day northern Afghanistan) and established the state of Dayuezhi, not wanting to fight with Xiongnu again. The king of the Dayuezhi was not interested in hearing what Zhang Qian had to say, but because Zhang Qian was an envoy of the Han Dynasty, he also received him politely.
Zhang Qian and Tang Yi father stayed in Dayuezhi for more than a year, and also made a trip to Daxia, where they saw many things they had never seen before. But they failed to persuade the Dayuezhi state to **** with them against the Xiongnu, and had to return. After passing through the border of Xiongnu, they were detained again for some time, but fortunately Xiongnu had a civil unrest, so they escaped and returned to Chang'an.
Zhang Qian was out there for thirteen years before he came back. Emperor Wu of Han thought that he had made a great achievement and made him a Taizhong Daifu.
Zhang Qian gave a detailed report to Emperor Wu about the countries in the Western Regions. He said: ? I saw in Daxia bamboo staffs produced in Qiong Mountain (in present-day Sichuan Province, Qiong yin qi?ng) and fine cloths produced in Shudi (present-day Chengdu, Sichuan). The local people said that these things were trafficked by merchants from Tianzhu (that is, present-day India). He thought that since Tianzhu could buy things from Shu, it must not be far away from Shu.
So Emperor Wu of Han sent Zhang Qian as an emissary with gifts from Shu to befriend Tianzhu. Zhang Qian divided the men and horses into four teams and went to Tianzhu in separate directions. Each of the four teams traveled 2,000 miles without finding it. Some were beaten back by the local tribes.
The group going south reached Kunming and was also blocked. The Han emissaries bypassed Kunming and went to Dian Yue (in present-day eastern Yunnan). The king of Dian Yue was originally from Chu and had been cut off from the Central Plains for several generations. He was willing to help Zhang Qian to find a way to Tianzhu, but Kunming was in the middle of the road and he could not pass through.
When Zhang Qian returned to Chang'an, Emperor Wu thought that although he had not found Tianzhu, he had made friends with Dian Yue, who had never been in contact with him, and was satisfied.
By the time Wei Qing and Huo Zhaoyi had eliminated the main force of the Xiongnu soldiers, and after the Xiongnu fled to the north of the Great Desert, many countries along the western region saw that the Xiongnu had lost their power, and were reluctant to pay tribute and taxes to the Xiongnu. Emperor Wu of Han took this opportunity to send Zhang Qian to the Western Regions. In 119 B.C., Zhang Qian and his several deputies, carrying the flags of the Han Dynasty, took three hundred warriors, two horses each, and more than 10,000 head of cattle and sheep and gifts of gold, coins, satin, cloth and silk to befriend the Western Regions.
When Zhang Qian arrived at Wusun (in Xinjiang), the king of Wusun came out to greet him. Zhang Qian gave him a generous gift and suggested that the two countries should become relatives and **** together to deal with Xiong Nu. The king of Wusun only knew that the Han Dynasty was far away from Wusun, but he did not know how strong the Han Dynasty's army was. He wanted to get the help of Han Dynasty, but did not dare to offend Xiong Nu. Therefore, the king of Wusun and his ministers discussed the matter of ****ing against Xiong Nu for a few days, but still could not make up his mind.
Zhang Qian was afraid of delaying the day, sent his deputies with gifts, respectively, to contact Dawan, Dayuezhi, ütian (in the area of present-day Xinjiang Hetian, 阗音ti?n), and other countries.
The king of Wusun also sent several interpreters to help them.
These many deputies went for some days and did not come back. The king of Wusun sent Zhang Qian back to Chang'an first, and he sent dozens of people to visit Chang'an with Zhang Qian, and brought dozens of high horses to the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Wu of Han was already happy to see them, and when he saw the large horses sent by the king of the Wusun, he treated the Wusun envoys with extra favor.
After a year, Zhang Qian fell ill and died. Zhang Qian's deputies, who had been sent to the Western countries, returned to Chang'an one after another. The deputies counted all the places they had visited, and the total number of countries they had visited was thirty-six.
After that, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent envoys to visit the Western countries every year, and the Han Dynasty and the Western countries have established friendly exchanges. The envoys and merchants sent from the Western Regions were also incessant. China's silk and silk fabrics were transported to West Asia through the Western Regions and then transferred to Europe, and people later called this route the Silk Road. Silk Road?
Archimedes
215 BC, the Roman general Marcellus led the army, took the warships to the historic city of Syracuse, Marcellus thought that the small city of Syracuse will be not broken, heard the Roman army's reputation, the people of the city do not open the city to surrender? However, what answered the Roman army was a dense and terrible burst of darts and arrows and stones.
The Romans, whose small shields could not withstand the countless stones of all sizes, were beaten to death and scrambled for their lives. Suddenly, from the walls of the city stretched out countless huge crane-style mechanical giant hands, they respectively grabbed the Roman warships, hanging the ship in mid-air swinging around, and finally thrown on the rocks on the seashore, or the ship heavy fall into the sea. The ship was destroyed. Marcellus was lucky not to be hurt, but was so terrified that he completely lost the pride and arrogance with which he had just arrived, and became at a loss for words. Finally, he had to order a retreat and steer the ship to safety. The Roman army was killed and wounded, and was overwhelmed by the Syracusans.
But where was the enemy? They could not even find a shadow. Marcellus finally said with emotion to the soldiers around him: ? What about it? In this geometry? The Giant of the Hundred Hands? we had to give up the fight. He threw our ships as if they were a game. In a single moment, he threw so many darts, arrows and stones at us, is he not more powerful than the mythical hundred-handed giant? Marcellus said that? The hundred-handed giant? Who was it? As it turned out, all educated people at the time knew that in the city of Syracuse lived Archimedes, a wizard of the earth. Archimedes was a world-famous scientist.
In the defense of the ancient city of Syria, he used levers, pulleys, cranks, screws and gears. Not only did he use human power to drive the machines that projected darts and arrows and stone bombs, but he also used wind and water power, knowledge of balance and center of gravity, knowledge of curves, and knowledge of the use of acting forces at a distance, among other things. It is no wonder that Marcellus had no trouble finding the cause of his crushing defeat. That night, Marcellus approached the walls all night. He assumed that Asmid's machines would not be able to function.
Unexpectedly, Asmid had prepared short-range instruments like stone-throwing machines, and again forced back the Roman army's attack. The Romans were so frightened that they talked of a tiger, and as soon as they saw wooden beams or ropes appear on the walls, they held their heads and ran away screaming: ? Archimedes is coming.? Archimedes was born into a noble family in Syracuse, and his father was an astronomer. Under the influence of his father, Asmid grew up with a love of learning, good thinking, and a love of debate. When he grew up, he traveled across the ocean to Mount Alexandria in Egypt to pursue his studies. He studied philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, physics and other knowledge from the famous scientist Euclid's student, Conon, and finally, through the ancient and modern, mastered the rich Greek cultural heritage.
After returning to Syracuse, he insisted on keeping in touch with scholars in Alexandria and exchanging scientific research results. He inherited Euclid's rigor in proving theorems, but his talents and achievements were far superior to those of Euclid. He tightly linked mathematical research with mechanics and mechanics, using mathematics to study mechanics and other practical problems. Protecting the mechanical giant hand and stone thrower in the Battle of Syracuse is one of the most vivid examples, which strongly proves that ? Knowledge is power? The truth that knowledge is power. During his studies in Alexandria, he often went to the Nile River for a walk, and in the season of drought, he saw farmers struggling to bring up water from the Nile River to water the land in buckets, so he created a spiral water lifter, through the rotation of the screw to bring up the water from the river, which saves a lot of effort of the farmers. It is not only used today, but is also the original prototype of all contemporary screw propellers used in water and air.
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo was a member of the French Romantic movement. Victor Hugo was the leader of the French Romanticism movement and one of the greatest writers in the history of French literature.
His life spanned almost the entire 19th century, and his literary career spanned 60 years of enduring creativity. His romantic novels are wonderfully moving, eloquent, and have a permanent fascination for the reader. Hugo was born in 1802 in the city of Chausson in southern France. Grandfather was a carpenter, his father was an officer in the army of **** and the country, was Napoleon's brother King Joseph of Spain? Bonaparte, and was this king's . . close and important minister.
Hugo was gifted, began to write poetry at the age of 9. At the age of 15, he wrote "reading music" by the French Baccalaureate reward; at the age of 20 for the publication of a collection of poems of the "Ode and Miscellaneous Poems", King Louis XVIII gave him an annuity.
In 1827, Hugo published the play Cromwell and its preface. Although the play was not performed, that preface is considered the manifesto of French Romanticism, and became an epoch-making document in the history of literature. It played a great role in promoting the development of French Romantic literature.
In 1830, Hugo's play Eunanes was staged at the Grand Théatre de la Cour de France, which had a huge impact and established the dominant position of Romanticism in the French literary scene. The story of Ouani, a 16th-century Spanish bandit of noble birth who rebels against the king, was written by Hugo, who praised the bandit's chivalry and nobility, and demonstrated a strong anti-feudal tendency.
In July 1830, France witnessed the ? July Revolution? , the feudal restoration dynasty was overturned. Hugo enthusiastically praised the revolution, glorified those revolutionaries, and wrote poems to mourn those heroes who died in the alley battles.
Notre Dame de Paris, published in 1831, is Hugo's most romantic novel. The plot of the novel is twisted, tense, vivid, unpredictable, dramatic and legendary. The story takes place in the Middle Ages.
? April Fool's Day? On that day, the wandering gypsy entertainers in the square to perform songs and dances, there is a gypsy girl called Esmeralda attracted pedestrians, she looks beautiful and beautiful dance is also very beautiful. At that moment, the vice bishop of Notre Dame, Claude Frollo, was immediately attracted to the beautiful girl. Frollo was instantly enamored of the beautiful Melada, and with the fire of lust burning inside him, he fell madly in love with her. So he ordered Quasimodo, the church bell-ringer, who was a strange and ugly-looking man, to snatch Esmeralda.
It turned out that Fabi, the captain of the French king's bow, saved Esmeralda and captured Quasimodo. He took the bell-ringer to the square and flogged him. The kind Gypsy girl did not care about her former grudge, but instead brought water for Quasimodo to drink. The bell-ringer, who was ugly on the outside but pure and noble on the inside, was very grateful to Esmeralda and fell in love with her. Naive Esmeralda falls in love with Fabi at first sight, and when the two go out on a date, Frollo quietly follows behind and, out of jealousy, stabs Fabi with a knife and escapes. Esmeralda, however, is sentenced to death for murder.
Quasimodo snatched Esmeralda from under the gallows and hid her in Notre Dame de Paris, where Frollo took advantage of the situation to threaten the Gypsy girl to fulfill his lust, and when refused, handed her over to the king's army, and the innocent girl was hanged. Quasimodo angrily pushes Frollo off the church and falls to his death, and he embraces Esmeralda's body and dies as well. The novel shows Hugo's strong hatred for the feudal government and the church, but also reflects his deep sympathy for the lower classes.
? July Revolution? After the July Revolution, France established a large bourgeoisie led by the financier Louis ? Philippe as the head of the big bourgeoisie ruled by the ? The July Dynasty. The July Dynasty constantly courted Hugo, who was elected to the French Baccalaureate in 1841, and in 1845, Louis? Philippe made him Secretary of the Nobility of France, and also became a member of the House of Peers. Hugo's passion for struggle in his writing diminished, and in 1843 he wrote a mystical play, The Garrison Officer, which was a failure when it was performed and applauded by the audience. Hugo was silent about this and did not write for nearly 10 years.
In June 1848, the people of Paris held a revolution, overthrew the July dynasty, and established the **** and the country. At first Hugo did not understand the revolution, but when the big bourgeoisie conspired to eliminate the **** and the State, Hugo became a staunch **** andist. in December 1851, Louis? Bonaparte staged a coup d'état, Hugo took part in the anti-coup uprising organized by the ****heists.
Louis? Bonaparte came to power and established the Second French Empire. He practiced a policy of terror and ruthlessly repressed those who resisted. Hugo was also persecuted and had to go into exile. During the period of exile, Hugo persisted in his struggle against Napoleon III. He wrote political satirical pamphlets and political satirical poems, and fiercely attacked the dictatorial rule of Napoleon III. During this period, he published the long novels Les Miserables, Laborers at Sea, and The Laughing Man. Les Miserables is Hugo's masterpiece.
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