Exquisite and inspirational article: the law of the bottom of the pot when life is low

Exquisite and inspirational article: the law of the bottom of the pot when life is low

When he was born, it coincided with the victory of the war of resistance. Under the joy of his father, he was named the liberation of the name, and the homonym was "pro-liberation", and he hoped that the motherland would be liberated as soon as possible. A few years later, I finally hoped for national liberation, but Ling liberation made my father and teachers have a headache. His academic performance was too bad. He stayed in the ranks from the national school to the middle school. He stumbled all the way until he was 2l years old and barely graduated from high school.
After graduating from high school, Ling Liberation joined the army and became an engineering soldier in Datong, Shanxi. At that time, he had to sink into the hundreds of meters of well every day to dig coal, wearing long boots on his feet, wearing a miner's cap, a miner's lamp on his head, a rope in his waist, and climbing in the black water of his knees. Rolling. Hearing the black water under his feet, he looked up and saw the sky. He suddenly felt an unprecedented sadness, and he had already reached the bottom of his life.
In this way, his heart is unwilling. After coming out of the mine every day, he plunged into the library of the regiment, read all the books, and even sang the sea from beginning to end. In fact, he has neither a clear direction nor a lofty goal in his heart. He only knows that if he does not work hard, he will be finished in this life. At the time, in addition to reading, he could not find a better way to change himself.
The more you read the book, the more gradually he became interested in the ancient Chinese. In the vicinity of the troops' station, there are some ruins of temple monuments. He used his spare time to extend the inscriptions with pencils and then brought them back to study. These inscriptions are difficult to understand, can not be found in books, neither punctuation nor annotations, relying on their own heart. After eating through countless inscriptions, unconsciously, his level of ancient Chinese has advanced by leaps and bounds, and it is very easy to go back and read ancient books such as "Gu Wen Guan Zhi". When he retired from the army, he almost finished reading the books of the Youth League Library. Even he himself did not expect that it was this purposeless self-study that laid a solid foundation for his future career.
After moving to work in the local area, he began to study "Dream of Red Mansions". Due to his solid basic skills and unique insights, he was quickly absorbed as a member of the National Red Society. In 1982, he was invited to participate in a "Red Learning" seminar. Experts and scholars talked about Cao Xueqin from "Dream of Red Mansions" and talked about his grandfather Cao Yu, and then reminiscent of Emperor Kangxi. Then someone sighed, about the literature of Emperor Kangxi The work is still blank in China. In the talks, everyone has no regrets. The speaker is unintentional, the listener is interested, and suddenly he has a thought in his heart, determined to write a historical novel.
At this time, his solid ancient knowledge in the army finally came into great use. When studying the first-hand historical materials, he had almost no effort. In the midsummer heat, he wrapped his towel around his arm and soaked his feet in the bucket. He could prevent mosquitoes and take cold. He took the fan in his left hand and wrote the pen in his right hand. It was almost a matter of course. In 1986, he published the first historical novel, Kangxi Emperor, under the pseudonym "February River." From then on, his full creative enthusiasm, like the February River in the spring, passionate and rushing. His life began to thaw.
Undoubtedly, if there is no self-study experience in the army, there will be no February river that is famous all over the world. At the age of 21, he fell into the lowest valley of his life, and he entered the peak in the age of no doubt. From the over-aged grade to the famous writer, the chance of turning around seems to be a bit of a mistake. However, February River did not understand this. He said: "Life is like a big pot. When you walk to the bottom of the pot, as long as you are willing to work hard, no matter which direction you go, it is upward."