Throughout today's society, almost every country has a humble professional beggar. They are people who beg for a living all the year round and are called by other professionals? Beggar? Or? Beggar? They are at the lowest end of the social class, constantly begging from others, accepting alms from others, and suffering from discrimination and humiliation from others.
However, in the history of China, many famous figures came out of beggars. For example, Wu Zixu, Zhu Yuanzhang, Yan Song, Su He and Wu Xun. They came from humble origins and became legends by their own efforts.
Their names are immortal and widely known. Among them, Wu Xun was a humble and weak beggar since he was a child, but he became a pioneer of modern education as an adult, and he was the only person recorded as a beggar in the history of China.
Wu Xun's miserable childhood
During the period of Daoguang 18, Mr. Wu Xun was born in a poor family in Tangyi County, Shandong Province, with many children, ranking seventh. Wu Xun was also known as Wuqi. My parents have been farming all the year round and their living conditions are extremely difficult. For a long time, they have been in a situation of eating this meal without the next meal.
When Wu Xun was seven years old, his father's death made the already poor family worse. In a flash, he lost his only source of income. In desperation, Wu Xun can only beg for a living with his mother.
As Wu Xun grew up, 15 years old, he came to work in his uncle's house. However, this boss is an employer who has oppressed ordinary people for a long time. During his martial arts training, he often beat, scolded and bullied him, and even deducted his hard-earned money. Two years later, Wu Xun, who had been repressed for a long time, resigned and chose to work in another Li family.
However, on New Year's Eve, Master Li asked Wu Xun to put a couplet on the door frame, and Wu Xun, who was illiterate, accidentally put it down. The master surnamed Li, influenced by feudal superstition, thought it was unlucky. In a rage, he punched and kicked Wu Xun and swore at each other. Wu Xun worked in the Li family for three years and didn't get any money. Sometimes he didn't even have enough to eat.
When I learned that my mother was seriously ill and needed money to buy medicinal materials. Wu Xun asked Li Shifu for his work fee for the first time. Unexpectedly, the family actually turned out a false account and lied that Wu Xun's salary for three years had been paid.
Wu Xun argued, but because he could not read, he was framed as a liar. Finally, Li was beaten up, foaming at the mouth and dragged into the street for public display.
Back home, Wu Xun stayed quietly for three days without saying a word. This is the first time Wu Xun realized how important it is to read and write in this society. It is because of his ignorance that he has fallen into such a situation. In order to avoid this happening again, Wu Xun decided to learn while begging. He must enrich his knowledge, read and be literate, and never be bullied again.
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Wu Xun, who is only 20 years old, has been begging everywhere and has been to China's Shandong, Hunan, Hebei and Jiangsu provinces. He spent a lot of time traveling around the great rivers and mountains of China, and learned the vast territory and rich resources of the Chinese nation, which broadened his horizons and enriched his knowledge.
In the process of begging for a long time, Wu Xun found that in the society at that time, many people like him suffered unfair treatment because they had no money to go to school and could not read. Wu Xun deeply felt the pain caused by ignorance. In order to help these people in the same boat, he decided to save the money earned by hard begging to start a voluntary school.
Wu Xun officially began to implement his? Volunteer project? . Every time he begged for clothes and food, he would sell it, leaving only his necessities. He has long been disheveled and naked, looking like a poor beggar.
He works while begging, running errands and delivering letters to others during the day and sewing twine for others at night. Sometimes, when life in Wu Xun is in trouble and at a loss, Wu Xun always encourages himself: pick up the thread, wrap the thread eggs and concentrate on building a healthy college; Thread around the egg, connector, don't worry about taking a class? .
Besides, he will perform acrobatics in public like a Jianghu artist. For example, carrying a tripod, shooting at the head with a knife, breaking a big stone in the chest and even swallowing stones to eat poison, and so on. With these juggling skills, I successfully attracted the attention of the guests and got a lot of charity from others.
Ten years later, Wu Xun's savings have been considerable. He wants to lend the money to others to make more profits. In the long run, when Wu Xun is 49 years old, his savings can already buy more than 300 acres of land. At that time, Wu Xun was already a very rich man.
However, he did not choose to enjoy this hard-won hardship, but chose to continue to be a poor beggar.
Military training to realize dreams
Wu Xun was determined to use most of his savings to build a compulsory school, and finally he founded it on 1888? Chongxian Yi Shu? It was successfully established in Liulin Town, Tangyi County. This is the first compulsory school he founded, which took him 30 years of youth and 30 years of hard work.
After the establishment of this compulsory school, Wu Xun sincerely invited famous local literati or scholars to teach in this compulsory school, and paid their teaching remuneration monthly. But students studying in this school don't have to pay tuition. All expenses of the school are borne by Wu Xun alone.
Wu Xun is always generous and tolerant to teachers and students, but he is very hard on himself. Whenever he has time, he visits the school. Seeing a serious and responsible teacher, Wu Xun always bowed his head and kowtowed to express his thanks. Seeing that a teacher is lazy and negligent, he will bow his head to remind him.
Occasionally, when he meets a naughty student who is not attentive in class, Wu Xun will kneel in front of the students and cry: If you don't study hard, you will be worthless in the future. I'm afraid you will be ashamed to go home to see your parents. ? Hearing this, the students are ashamed, and will never slack off in their studies, study hard and make positive progress in the future.
Watch yourself, okay? Chongxian Yi Shu? With the development of society, Wu Xun's idea of establishing Yi-ology is getting stronger and stronger. 1890, Wu Xun communicated with local temples and established the second free school in Guantao County. Subsequently, 1896, Linqing County established the third Yi school.
Wu Xun has been struggling for the establishment of Yi Xue all his life. He was overworked for a long time, and he broke down from overwork. At the age of 59, he left this world with the sound of reading in his Yi Xue school. All the teachers and students in the school came to mourn him, see him off and cry bitterly.
Go down in history, wonder beggar.
Wu Xun won the love and respect of too many people in his life when he founded Yi Xue. After suffering from ignorance, he still has hope for the world and holds up the future of the next generation with his own hands. In the Qing Dynasty, Wu Xun was awarded the title of "having righteousness in learning" by the imperial court, and was rewarded with a yellow jacket. During the Republic of China, in order to commemorate Wu Xun, Wu Gong Memorial Hall was built in Linqing area. After the founding of New China, Chongqing held activities to commemorate the birthday of Wu Xun 107.
At that time, the achievements of Wu Xun's life were formally incorporated into school textbooks, which made students all over the country know about Mr. Wu Xun's case.
Wu Xun became the only person who entered the history of China as a beggar and was praised by the world education dictionary? Silent civilian educator? Beggar.