1. Sima Guang studied diligently in the Song Dynasty. Sima Guang was born into a family of officials.

He has been very resourceful and studious since childhood.

He was admitted to Jinshi when he was just twenty years old.

He was an honest official and often used time to read in his spare time, determined to write a general chronicle as a reference for people.

In order to seize the time to study, he specially made a log pillow. The wonderful function of the pillow is that as long as the body turns over during sleep, it will roll, and the person will wake up and can continue to study knowledge, so it is called "alarm pillow".

Whenever Sima Guang needed to rest, he would rest his head on a "warning pillow". As a result of such study, he finally became a learned man.

2. Newton’s infatuated experiments Newton was very attentive in his research.

One day, his friends were treating him to dinner. During the dinner, he remembered a bottle of wine at home, so he told his friends to wait a moment while he went home to get the wine.

This friend waited and waited, but did not see Newton coming back, so he had to go and see what happened.

It turned out that Newton remembered an experiment on his way home. When he got home, he plunged into the laboratory and started doing the experiment, forgetting all about getting wine to entertain his friends.

Another time, he was hungry and boiled eggs to eat, but while thinking about the problem, he put the eggs into the pot. When the problem was solved and he wanted to eat the eggs, he opened the lid of the pot and what he picked up was his pocket watch.

3. Ye Tianshi became a disciple with modesty. Ye Tianshi relied on his superb medical skills and looked down on his colleague Xue Xue.

Once, Ye Tianshi's mother was ill and he was helpless. Thanks to Xue Xue, he cured his mother's illness regardless of past suspicions.

From then on, Ye Tianshi understood the truth that there is heaven outside the sky and there are people above human beings.

So he searched for famous doctors all over the world and asked for advice humbly, and finally became the real first famous doctor in Jiangnan.

4. Qu Yuan's Reading "Qu Yuan Reading Hard in the Cave" tells the story that when Qu Yuan was a child, he hid in a cave to secretly read the Book of Songs regardless of the wind, rain, or freezing weather, regardless of the objections of his elders.

After three full years, he read 305 chapters of the Book of Songs, absorbed rich nutrition from these folk songs, and finally became a great poet.

5. Wang Xianzhi learned his calligraphy according to the vat. Wang Xianzhi, whose courtesy name is Zijing, is the seventh son of the great calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the sage Wang Xizhi.

He himself was also a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

When Wang Xianzhi was three or four years old, his mother taught him to memorize and recite poems. By the time he was five or six years old, he was able to compose a poem and recite a few lines of poetry smoothly.

Compared with his brother Wang Ningzhi, he is more alert and smarter, and he especially likes to practice calligraphy.