20 Short Celebrity Stories

20 Short Stories about Celebrities

1. When Lenin started reading, he lost sight of everything around him. Once, as a prank, several of his sisters built an unstable triangular tower behind him with six chairs. As long as Lenin moved, the tower would topple. However, Lenin, who was concentrating on reading, did not notice it and did not move at all. It wasn't until half an hour later, when he finished reading a chapter of the book he was scheduled to read, that he raised his head and saw the wooden tower collapse.

2. When Hua Luogeng was a child, because of his poor family background, he dropped out of school after graduating from junior high school because he could not afford the tuition. After dropping out of school, he was particularly passionate about mathematics. Within five years, he became self-taught and learned all the basic mathematics courses from high school to university. However, there were too few learning materials. He only had a book on geometry and algebra in his hand, and calculus borrowed from the teacher.

3. Once, Einstein wanted to replace an old painting on the wall, so he moved a ladder and climbed up. Suddenly he thought of another question, fell into deep thought, forgot what he was doing, and fell down from the ladder. Ignoring the pain, he immediately thought: Why do people fall straight down? It seems that objects always move along the line of least resistance.

When Einstein thought of this, he immediately stood up, limped to the table, and wrote down his idea. This had a great impact on the problem he was studying - the theory of relativity. Inspire.

4. Zilu once asked Confucius: "When you hear that an idea is very good, should you implement it immediately?" Confucius said: "There are fathers and brothers who are more experienced and experienced than you. You should first Ask them for advice, how can you do it immediately?" But Ran You also asked Confucius: "I heard that an idea is very good, should I implement it immediately?"

Confucius replied. "Of course it should be implemented immediately." Gong Xihua saw the same question but gave different answers. He couldn't figure it out, so he asked Confucius. Confucius said: "Ran Qiu was timid when things happened, so we should encourage him to be brave; Zhong You was rash when things happened, so we should tell him to be cautious."

5. Mr. Lu Xun has been inseparable from books since he was a boy. Understanding the indissoluble bond, he lived frugally and bought many books. He usually takes good care of books. He always washes his hands before reading and carefully cleans the books when they are dirty.

He also prepared a set of tools himself, and he was good at stapling and repairing books. A worn-out book often looks brand new after he sorts it out. He usually does not easily lend his used books to others. If someone else borrows a book, he would rather buy a new book and lend it to others.

6. Wang Yanan was ambitious and loved reading when he was a child. When he was in middle school, in order to gain more time to study, he cut off one leg of the wooden bed he slept on by half a foot to make it a three-legged bed.

Reading late at night every day, when he was tired, he went to bed and took a nap. Then he turned over in a daze and the bed tilted toward the short leg. This happens every day, without interruption. As a result, he achieved excellent results every year and was known as one of the three heroes in his class. Because he studied diligently when he was young, he finally became an outstanding economist in our country.

7. The respect that Shakespeare received when he became famous was far less than it is today. The playwrights at that time were all highly educated university elites. They were dissatisfied that Shakespeare, who came from rural areas and had little education, suddenly became a star in the theater world. Deeply confused and uneasy, ashamed to be with him.

The famous dramatist Green openly attacked Shakespeare in a letter to his colleagues as a "crow in the sky, using our feathers to beautify ourselves, using the actor's coat to hide the heart of a tiger and wolf", and also Insulting Shakespeare, "He thinks he can compete with the best of you by writing a few lines of boastful blank verse. He is an out-and-out handyman, but he thinks he is the only one in England who can 'shake the stage.'"

8. When Franklin was a teenager, he had excellent grades and was known as "the best in his class." But the good times did not last long. Franklin only studied in school for two years. When he was 10 years old, he was called home by his father to help. Because the poor British immigrants could not find a paradise in America, the heavy family burden made his father's shop unable to make ends meet, so he had to give up the extravagant hope of having a successful son.

In this way, Franklin did auxiliary labor such as cutting candle cores, pouring candle molds, and keeping the shop every day. But he did not give up studying because he was out of school, but instead studied more eagerly and diligently.

9. Han Yu once served as the minister of the Ministry of Personnel. At that time, Ling Shi had the most power among the officials in the Ministry of Personnel. Because the Ministry of Personnel used to be locked up, officials waiting for election and appointment could not go to the Ministry of Personnel. Come and meet. After Han Yu took office, he released the locks and allowed candidate officials to come and go. He said: "The reason why people are afraid of ghosts is because they cannot see ghosts; if they could see them, then people would not be afraid of ghosts."

10. Zheng Banqiao was awarded Jinshi in his middle age and served as county magistrate. When encountering famine, Zheng Banqiao always reported the truth and appealed for relief to the people. He also ordered the wealthy households to take turns giving up porridge to feed the hungry people. He also took the lead in donating his salary. He carved a seal and made it clear: "I wish I could fill the world's hunger debt."

11. The mathematician Zhang Guanghou once saw a paper on loss value and thought it was useful for his research work, so he read it over and over again. This paper lasted more than 20 pages, and he read it over and over again for more than half a year. Because of repeated flipping, an obvious black mark was left on the white pages.

His wife joked to him that this was not studying, it was just eating books.

12. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang lived in poverty when he was a boy. Only with the help of kind-hearted people did he have the opportunity to study. Once, Wen Tianxiang was misunderstood by a wealthy classmate as a thief. He argued hard and refused to allow others to trample on his dignity. He finally proved his innocence. Through this incident, Wen Tianxiang further established his ambition to be named on the gold list. When the Song Dynasty was destroyed, he was arrested and refused to surrender until his death. He left behind the famous saying "Since ancient times, no one has ever died, and his loyalty will shine through history."

13. One day, a strange thing happened on the riverside. Many people were salvaging the stone lion that had fallen into the water, but they could not find it. At this time, a child named Xu Xiake said that as long as you go up the river, you can find the stone lions. Sure enough, the stone lion was found, and everyone praised this smart child. It turned out that he was Xu Xiake, who grew up to become a great geographer and traveler.

14. When Nobel was a child, his grades were always second, and the first place was Baiji. Once when Baiji was on sick leave, he had a chance to get the first place, but Nobel sent his class notes to Baiji. Jiji, Baiji still ranked first in the final exam results. When Bai Ji grew up, he became an outstanding chemist. Bai Ji finally donated all his property to establish the Nobel Prize. The world only knows the second Nobel Prize, and few people know the first Nobel Prize.

15. A friend of Madame Curie came to visit and found that Madame Curie’s youngest daughter was playing with a medal. He quickly asked: "You should know how valuable it is to get a gold medal awarded by the Royal Society." How can such a high honor be given to children to play with?" She said: "I want children to know that honor is just like a toy, you can only play with it, you must not keep it forever, otherwise you will achieve nothing."

16. During the Warring States Period, Su Qin and Wei Zhang Yi studied under Mr. Gui Gu. He studied at night and studied painstakingly. When he was sleepy, he pricked his thigh with an awl, and blood flowed to his steps. Sun Jing of the Han Dynasty was eager to learn. When he was studying, he tied his hair to the beams with ropes to prevent him from dozing off and to urge himself to study hard.

17. Marx, the revolutionary mentor, read more than 1,500 books in order to write "Das Kapital". He quoted the views of more than a dozen disciplines and hundreds of authors in the book, leaving more than 100 This reading note. Lenin quoted more than 16,000 books he had read in "The Complete Works of Lenin". While studying the topic of imperialism, he read 148 books and 232 articles in 49 journals and wrote more than 600,000 words of notes.

18. Li He, the "ghost" poet of the Tang Dynasty, his success lies in accumulation. In order to collect materials, he put on his brocade bag in the morning, rode a donkey, went out to travel, observed life, and whenever he had inspiration, he wrote it down on paper and put it in the brocade bag. When I return home at the end of the day, I take out the notes accumulated in the tips bag, sort them under the lamp, and store the useful notes in another tip bag for future writing.

19. Sun Kang, a native of Jin, came from a poor family but loved reading. At night, although I had time, I couldn't afford lamp oil, so I had to silently recall and digest the knowledge I learned during the day. One winter, he woke up in the middle of the night and felt that the room was not completely dark, and he could vaguely see some things. It turned out to be caused by the reflection of the white snow. This inspired him: why not use the snow light to read a book? So snowy nights, especially snowy nights illuminated by moonlight, became a good time for Sun Kang to study hard. Because of his diligence and studious, he finally became a famous scholar and became a censor.

20. In order to accumulate materials for poetry, Bai Juyi, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, prepared many clay pots, labeled them by category, and placed them neatly on a seven-story shelf. He put the information he usually collected into different clay pots according to different categories. When the data was accumulated enough to be written, he emptied the pot and compiled the data into a paper.