Hard work pays off

The story of the fool moving mountains.

There lived an old man in his nineties named Yugong in Beishan. There are two mountains in front of his house, Taihang and Wangwu, which are very inconvenient to enter and exit. Yugong discussed with his family and wanted to dig up these two mountains.

The fool's wife wondered, "Where will the stones and soil be put on the mountain?" Yu Gong and his sons didn't care about this, they just did what they said, and transported the excavated earth and stones to the Bohai Sea, which was far away, and only went back and forth once a year.

There is an old man named Zhisuo in the meander who persuaded the foolish man not to be stupid, how can he dig a flat mountain at such an age? Yu Gong said: "I have a son when I die, and a grandson when my son dies, and a grandson who has a son, and who has a son who has been working for generations, how can there be an uneven mountain?" ”

The Emperor of Heaven was moved by the spirit of Yugong, and sent two gods to carry away two mountains.

Yugong mobilized the strength of the whole family to overcome the high and big mountain; old age and weakness; small number of personnel; The difficulties such as the simple tools and the long distance of transporting the soil seem "foolish" on the surface. However, Yu Gong was not intimidated by the difficulties in front of him, because he had great ambitions, and it can be seen from "pointing through southern Henan and reaching Han Yin" that he moved mountains for the benefit of millions of people and future generations. In addition, his confidence in moving mountains came from his correct understanding of the relationship between man and nature, and he understood that man's power is "endless" and that "mountains do not increase".

His knowledge is far higher than that of ordinary people, and he is really "wise and foolish". However, "wisdom" only looks at problems from a static point of view, believes that natural conditions cannot be changed, and only sees the strength of one generation, and thus concludes that man is powerless in the face of nature. The above analysis shows that the fool is not stupid, and the wise are not wise.

This reversal not only accentuates the contrasting tones, but also has an ironic effect.

In 1878, Edison decided to make a cheap, durable, safe and convenient electric light. First of all, he used charcoal filament in a glass bubble, but it was only bright for 8 minutes, so he changed 1,600 materials one after another. Once, Edison happened to think of burning cotton yarn into charcoal, so he gave it a try.

The result was a money-saving bulb.

The result was unexpected, and the life of the bulb was suddenly extended to 45 hours. Despite a small success, Edison continued his research and developed a bamboo light bulb with a lifespan of 1,200 hours. It was not until 1906 that Edison switched to tungsten filament, which improved the quality of the bulb and continues to be used todayHard work pays off, meaning that as long as you do one thing with your heart, you will succeed.

Hard work pays off

Hard work pays off, people are not idioms, they are colloquialisms. There is nothing difficult in the world with this similar idiom, but I am afraid that there are people with hearts, as long as the kung fu is deep, the iron rod is sharpened into a needle.

Hard work pays off, meaning that as long as you do one thing with your heart, you will succeed. It shows that the success of things lies in the willingness to put in hard work. It is roughly the same as "persistence is victory", but hard work pays off, people do it with heart, and persistence is victory, which means persistence.