This year, more than 3,800 new students at Tsinghua University received a literary masterpiece in their acceptance letters.
In his letter to the new students, President Qiu Yong wrote: "Shaping the spirit of tenacity and sharpening the quality of courage and perseverance. "Through this book, I intend to encourage the younger generation to sharpen themselves at Tsinghua, have the courage to face various challenges, and achieve a stronger self."
This gift is undoubtedly a vivid first lesson for this year's freshmen.
This book is Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea", and after 70 years of precipitation, it is still regarded as a classic by many scholars.
This novel of less than 100,000 words condenses Hemingway's thinking about life and his attitude to suffering.
Condensed words, exciting plots, positive optimism... The work won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.
It was recommended as an ideal collection by the French magazine "Reading" in 1986, and sold 5.3 million copies in 48 hours, ranking first in sales.
It is also hailed as one of the hundred classics that have influenced history, inspiring generations of people.
After Wang Xiaobo finished reading, he did not hesitate to praise words:
"The Old Man and the Sea tells the story of an old fisherman, but in this story it reveals the common destiny of mankind.
I admire the courage of the old man, admire his indomitable spirit of struggle, and admire Hemingway. ”
Some people say that if you understand "The Old Man and the Sea", you will understand what a real strong person is.
The strong and the weak have different thinking, and their attitude towards things is like the separation of heaven and earth.
The strong help each other, and the weak laugh at each other
Santiago is an old fisherman with decades of fishing experience.
Even so, empty-handed situations occur from time to time.
Perhaps life by the sea is dull and monotonous, with nothing new to do.
Young fishermen often sneer at old fishermen in restaurants.
Santiago didn't mind this, and at his side the little boy Manolin was his right-hand man.
The old fisherman taught the boy the technique of fishing, and the boy left the old man with clothes for the winter.
One old and one young, carrying a boat, in front of it is the turquoise sea, and the golden sun is overhead.
Dark night, no longer lonely; the lapping waves, no longer only salty taste.
The master of comedy Chaplin once said:
"We have to help each other. We want to live by the happiness of others, not by relying on the misfortunes of others. ”
In the Chinese film circle, there is such a circle of directors who help each other.
Many years ago, in order to support new directors, Andy Lau selected 6 young directors and funded them to shoot excellent film works.
Ning Hao is one of them, and he lived up to expectations and made his debut with his debut film "Crazy Stone".
In the following years, his "Crazy Racing", "No Man's Land" and "Heart Flower Road Release" all had a good reputation.
After the film industry stabilized, he also began to fund a new generation of young directors.
Excellent works such as Lu Yang's "Embroidered Spring Knife" and Wen Muye's "I Am Not a Medicine God" can come out, and behind it is Ning Hao who pays for it.
Tao Hong once asked Ning Hao: "Why are you so busy and spare no effort to support the new director?" ”
Ning Hao said:
"I would like to thank Mr. Andy Lau for his financial support, and I have the honor to enter the film industry.
I feel that I also have a responsibility to help more and better young directors, which is my honor. ”
The I Ching has clouds: "The one who benefits, the sum of righteousness." ”
Kindness and rules are the foundation of a civilization, and trust and mutual assistance are the cornerstones of a social group.
Prosperity and happiness can only last forever if there is compassion and mutual help.
The strong huddle together for warmth, mutual benefit and mutual benefit; the weak fight each other, and both lose.
Mutual help and win-win results can maximize benefits.
The years are long, helping others is to achieve yourself.
The strong are self-disciplined, and the weak are self-deceived
Santiago once set a record: 87 consecutive days without a harvest.
But after that, he hit the big fish for 3 consecutive weeks, which made the boy admire.
Self-discipline, so that the old fisherman always stay sober.
He always dedicates his time to the sea, awakening strength in the waves, and fighting against all difficulties.
The American writer Scott said in "The Road Few People Walk":
"The first solution to life's problems is self-discipline, and people without self-discipline are not enough to talk about life."
Behind all the good, there is ascetic self-discipline.
In the impetuous era, the self-disciplined strong will always stand out.
International superstar Wang Lihong has more strength than Yan, he is proficient in violin, piano, drum kit, pipa and other more than ten kinds of instruments.
Some fans said:
"In his concerts, it is often seen that he plays all the instruments on the scene, and he may be the artist who can play the most instruments in the country."
Behind such strength is the result of diligent practice day and night.
During the filming of the movie "Big Soldier and Little General", Jackie Chan lived with Wang Lihong for 3 months.
He praised Wang Lihong's high degree of self-discipline:
"The people in the family class have gone back to rest, and Wang Lihong is still working out there, and he can't move for three months."
In the fiercely competitive showbiz circle, Wang Lihong is a high-quality idol in the hearts of a generation with excellent strength.
In the face of flowers and applause, he always stayed awake: talent is important, but self-discipline and hard work make talent more valuable.
There is a line in "Invest in Yourself":
"All successful people have the same amount of time every day as you do, and they keep enriching themselves on weekends, after work, and at night.
They give them time to do what they want to do and invest their time in themselves. ”
No one is born strong, but the strong must be diligent and self-disciplined.
In contrast, the weak will always find excuses for their own lack of effort and give up on themselves.
What really makes people go far must be self-discipline, positivity and diligence.
Stick with it, and good luck will always come close to you.
The strong control the fate, and the weak succumb to the fate
Decades of fishing experience have cultivated a mature set of techniques for old fishermen.
He was familiar with the depth of the various gulf streams and the seasons that were prone to sharp sea breezes.
He also knows when to replenish food and when to hold the fishing line in his hand.
Faced with the struggle of the big marlin, he opened his bow left and right, draining his energy, boiling his physical strength, and killing him with a harpoon.
Faced with swarms of sharks besieging him, he chose to attack its fragile skull without falling behind.
Before going to sea, he put all his tools in order.
Faced with cunning prey, he quickly simulated the fishing scheme, and all the movements were natural and smooth.
The strong don't wait, they fight hard, trying to take their fate into their own hands.
In the TV series "Heavenly Dao", Ding Yuanying, played by Wang Zhiwen, is a master who understands the laws of the world.
He summarized a set of theories of "culture of the strong" and "culture of the weak.".
In the face of a complex world, the strong know that if they want to change their destiny, they can only rely on themselves, because there is no savior in this world.
On the other hand, Ye Xiaoming, Feng Shijie, and Liu Bing have typical weak thinking.
They are counting on Ding Yuanying to lead them to create wealth and become lucky.
Ironically, a crisis exposed the three people in their original form, they saw that the situation was not good, immediately withdrew from the shareholder status, refused to take the slightest risk, and finally had to return to the original point.
Feng Zikai once said:
"It is your destiny that someone helps you; it is a just fate that no one helps you."
Although fate has providence, it is mostly man-made.
The strong always do the part that can be controlled to the extreme, and the rest is left to the laws of nature.
The weak are to throw all the unhappiness of life to fate and succumb to the impermanence of fate.
We can't be the pushers of fate, but at least we can look up and stand up, do the things in front of us well, and win the favor of fate.
The strong face failure, and the weak fear failure
Because of the swarms of sharks chasing and intercepting, the sailfish caught by the old man were torn apart.
He exhausted all his strength, and in the end, he only got a fish head, a bunch of backbones, and a tail.
It was a failed expedition to sea, and he found almost nothing.
Tourists of the harbor admire the huge fish backbones, the fishermen on the shore marvel and lament, while the old man just sleeps and rests in the shed as usual.
For the elderly, everything experienced is light and breezy.
He didn't complain about the extreme weather or resent the shark's cunning, just reminding himself that next time he would bring a sharp javelin.
At the trough, we can see the essence of a person.
The strong face failure and learn from failure.
Basketball superstar Michael Jordan once said:
"Everyone has failed in some way, so I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying."
Before the fairy tale writer Zheng Yuanjie became famous, he was disliked by his girlfriend's family because of his low education.
He vowed to change the status quo and then made a list for himself with what to do next.
Just in the field of creation, he wrote novels, literature, science fiction, reports, poetry, fairy tales and other directions.
If he fails, he crosses out a genre, and even if he spends time and effort to get nothing, he does not flinch with fear, and fairy tales are the penultimate option on that list.
Later, he experienced one rejection after another, but with the courage to face failure, he finally succeeded in publishing works such as "Shuk and Beta", "Rubik's Cube Mansion", "Pipilu and Rusisi", which became the childhood memories of countless people.
Some people say: "Life is not satisfactory nine times out of ten, failure and regret are the main theme of life." ”
The weak are always afraid of failure, so they choose to escape and lose success.
The definition of failure is mentioned in Murphy's Law:
"Failure doesn't mean you're a loser – failure just means you're not yet successful.
Failure doesn't mean you're getting nothing – failure shows you've gained experience.
Failure doesn't mean you'll never succeed – failure shows that you still need some time. ”
Stretch your life and you will find that failure is only one part of the road to success.
We don't need to judge heroes as a momentary success or failure.
You can be afraid of failure, but learn to accept staged failures and pave the way for ultimate success.
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I once saw a summary of the strong on the Internet:
"The real strong man is not a person without tears, but a person who still runs with tears in his eyes."
The strong are not always tall, they are like ordinary people, some bitter to eat, some pain to experience.
No one becomes strong by all odds.
Instead of clinging to the strong, it is better to become strong.