"For the rise of China and study"

Zhou Enlai grew up with high aspirations, at the age of 12 years old, issued a "for the rise of China and study" oath.

Toward the end of 1911, Zhou Enlai attended the Shenyang Dongguan Model School. On that day, Principal Wei personally gave students a lesson on cultivating one's life, entitled "Lifelong", which was a period of drastic changes in Chinese society. The Xinhai Revolution led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen had just overthrown the Qing government and ended the 2,000 years of feudal rule in China. Many people, especially the younger generation, were confused and had no clear ideals or goals to strive for in life. The principal of the school is talking about "establishing a life", that is to say, telling students how to establish a will.

Principal Wei spoke to the wonderful year suddenly paused and asked the students a question: "May I ask why study?"

The classroom was silent, and none of the students answered.

"If no one answers, I'll ask them one by one!"

Principal Wei stepped down from the podium, pointed to a student in the front row and said, "What do you study for?" This student stood up and stood up his chest and said, "To study for the sake of honoring the family!" "It is to honor the family." Principal Wei then asked a second student, who answered, "To study for the sake of being civilized. The third student asked was the son of a boot store owner, who answered seriously, "I study for my father." The students laughed at this.

In order to these answers are not satisfied, shook his head and played in front of Zhou Enlai, asked: "What are you studying for?"

Zhou Enlai in the student prestige is quite high, in order to not long ago, the Xinhai Revolution has just succeeded, he was the first among his classmates to cut off the long braid, which is very uncomplicated a thing, because the Manchu government regulations, all Han Chinese men must be like the Manchus to stay as long as the braid, in order to show their loyalty to the Qing dynasty court, do not stay braided to be killed. Zhou Enlai was the first student to cut off his braid, so everyone admired him.

Zhou Enlai stood up, the classroom was quiet, everyone was waiting for his answer. Zhou Enlai answered very solemnly, "Study for the rise of China!"

"Study for the rise of China!" What a good answer! A sentence that expresses Zhou Enlai's great ambition to revitalize China from his childhood.

Principal Wei did not expect to have such an outstanding student and was very happy. He signaled for Zhou Enlai to sit down, and then said to everyone, "If you have the will, you should follow the example of Zhou Sheng!" It means that all young people with ambition should learn from Zhou Enlai ah!

The story of Zhou Enlai -- paying for his meal three times

That was when Premier Zhou Enlai accompanied French President Pompidou on his visit to Hangzhou

That afternoon Premier Zhou was leaving Hangzhou. The entourage had worked very hard over the past few days, so Premier Zhou instructed his secretary to say, "At noon today, I'm inviting everyone to a casual lunch at Louwai Lou."

The manager, chef and waiters of Louwailou Restaurant were very excited when they heard the news that Premier Zhou was coming to treat them. The waiters were busy cleaning the restaurant facing the West Lake, and the manager and the chef were busy discussing the menu. 11 o'clock, Premier Zhou and his entourage paced across the Xilian Bridge, strolled along the White Causeway, and came to Louwailou with a smile on their faces. During the meeting, he enthusiastically clinked glasses with his entourage one by one, thanked them for their hard work in completing the reception task, and introduced Hangzhou's famous dishes to his comrades from Beijing: this is the live killing and burning of the West Lake Vinegar Fish, which is produced from the West Lake oil-blasted prawns, this is the chicken, which is a rare Beijing people to eat the delicacies of the West Lake. When Premier Zhou saw the waiter served on a plate of his favorite hometown dishes, while raising chopsticks to taste, while introducing to everyone said: "long time no hometown food, we also come to taste, this is the Shaoxing moldy dried vegetables steamed meat, bean sprouts, moldy thousand sheets, taste good well!" Eat to everyone's delight.

After the meal, Premier Zhou called his secretary to check out. Provincial comrades came out to block said: "do not have to pay the Premier, by our local reimbursement it!" Premier Zhou heard: "Today I invite everyone, of course, I pay for it!" The manager of the store knew Premier Zhou's temperament, if he didn't charge, Premier would be angry, so he charged 10 yuan. Who knows that Premier Zhou and refused, immediately next to a waiter surnamed Jiang said: "This many dishes 10 yuan how enough? Must charge the full price according to the license plate." The manager and the chef discussed, and charged another 5 yuan. Unexpectedly, it was again seen by Premier Zhou, who said angrily, "Whoever invites the guests to dinner pays. The Premier invited to dinner, but also to pay the same as ordinary customers!" Outside the building manager had no choice but to charge another 5 yuan. This **** charged 20 yuan.

Where do I know that after an hour, Kakeiqiao Airport to the building manager called, said Premier Zhou left 10 yuan before boarding the plane to pay for the noon meal. The building manager and the staff held the 30 yuan, are deeply for the Premier's spirit of honesty and public service moved to tears. We discussed, only according to the premier's instructions to do, immediately the day of the lunch meal, according to the price list carefully calculated, the total **** 19 yuan 50 cents, and ordinary customers like the settlement of the bill, and wrote a detailed report to the Premier, attached to the list and the excess of 10 yuan 50 cents, and sent to the State Council, Premier Zhou's office in Beijing.