100 Historical Stories That Unlock Teenage Wisdom

Chapter 6

Chapter 15 Zhang Liang picks up shoes
——Tolerance is a powerful virtue. A man has great wisdom. He is not surprised when he is suddenly faced, and he is not angry when he is not angry for no reason.

Zhang Liang is a descendant of Korean nobles during the Warring States Period. When he was young, he took advantage of Qin Shihuang's travels and invited a strong man to assassinate him. After failing, he fled to Xiapi incognito to avoid the arrest and search of Qin officials.He stayed in Xiapi, studying and learning the art of war while waiting for the opportunity to take revenge.

One day, Zhang Liang went for a walk alone, and when he came to a bridge, he saw an old man sitting on the bridge head.When he saw Zhang Liang approaching, he deliberately flicked his foot, and a shoe (shoe) fell into the bridge.

The old man turned his head and said to Zhang Liang very rudely: "Young man, go down and pick up my shoes."

Zhang Liang was very angry when he heard this, thinking that he was too rude.But looking again, he was an old man after all, so he held back his anger, went to the bridge, picked up the shoe, and handed it to the old man.

Unexpectedly, the old man didn't even connect the connection, he just stretched his feet in a big way, and said to him in a commanding tone: "Put it on for me."

Zhang Liang bowed his head and thought for a while, since he had already picked up the shoes, he might as well be a good man to the end, kneeling on the ground respectfully and taking the shoes for the old man to put on.

The old man only smiled slightly, but he stood up and left without even saying thank you.

Zhang Liang felt that the old man was a bit strange, since he had nothing to do anyway, so he followed the old man, wanting to see where he was going.

After walking for about a mile, the old man turned around and said to Zhang Liang, "Young man, you have a good character. I would be happy to teach you. After five days, at dawn, you can come back on the bridge." meet me."

Hearing his tone of voice, Zhang Liang knew that the old man was a learned man, so he quickly bowed a few times and agreed respectfully.On the fifth day, Zhang Liang got up early in the morning and rushed to the bridge, but the old man had already arrived there first.The old man said angrily to Zhang Liang: "You are dating the old man, you should come earlier, how can you ask me to wait for you!" Zhang Liang quickly admitted his mistake and apologized.The old man said: "You go back today, five days later, come here earlier." After finishing speaking, he left without looking back.

Another five days later, as soon as Zhang Liang heard the rooster crowing, he quickly got up and ran to the bridge. Before he got on the bridge, he saw the old man standing on the bridge.The old man glanced at Zhang Liang and said, "Come back in five days."

This time Zhang Liang learned from the previous two lessons.At midnight on the fourth day, he rushed to the bridge without daring to sleep, and waited quietly for the dawn.After a while, I saw the old man approaching step by step.When he saw Zhang Liang, he smiled kindly and said, "That's right!" After that, he took out a book from his wide sleeve and handed it to Zhang Liang, saying, "Go back and read it carefully, and you can give it to me in the future." The country should do something."

When it was dawn, Zhang Liang took advantage of the morning light to take out a book and read it. It turned out to be "Taigong Art of War" compiled by Jiang Taigong in the early Zhou Dynasty.Since then, he has studied the art of war assiduously and waited for the opportunity.

Soon, all the rebels raised their flags to rebel. Seeing that the time had come, Zhang Liang made friends with many knights and heroes, and formed an anti-Qin team.

Later, when Zhang Liang met Liu Bang and talked with him, he felt that Liu Bang was a hero who knew people well, so he respected him as his master.Liu Bang also believed that Zhang Liang was full of strategies and treated him like a teacher.Xiao He saw that the two were so speculative, so he persuaded them to defect to Xiang Liang and jointly plot against Qin.

So Liu Bang and Zhang Liang led a large group of people to Xuecheng to join Xiang Liang.Xiang Liang was overjoyed when he heard the news, and led all the generals to welcome him out of the city.

Later, the princes from all walks of life discussed the matter of destroying Qin overnight.Zhang Liang took this opportunity to restore Korea.Xiang Liang adopted Zhang Liang's suggestion, so he asked him to find Han Cheng, the son of Han, and make him king of Han, and at the same time named Zhang Liang Han Situ.Xiang Liang allocated another 2000 troops to attack Han.Zhang Liang bid farewell to Xiang Liang and Liu Bang, and led his troops away.

After Zhang Liang left, he found Han Wangcheng, captured the old land of South Korea, and established South Korea. Han Wangcheng made Zhang Liang his prime minister.Later, Zhang Liang led troops to attack the Qin army in Yingchuan County. When he heard that Liu Bang was passing by, he specially led troops to assist him in attacking Xianyang.A few years later, he followed Liu Bang to make suggestions and made great contributions to destroying Qin and fighting Xiang Yu.After the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang granted him the post of stay because of his hard work, and praised him for "planning strategies and decisively winning thousands of miles away", and respected him very much.

Wisdom Interpretation:

Tolerance is a powerful virtue. Being lenient to yourself can cultivate your mind, get rid of inner irritability, and enable you to grasp the direction and measure in your life and career at any time.Being lenient to others can create a relaxed environment for ourselves, and others will be grateful for our tolerance, believe in our personality, and try our best to help.

On the other hand, if we face all kinds of difficulties from others and retaliate, then things will go to the end of failure, and life will inevitably leave regrets. Sometimes giving in does not mean cowardice. Only by enduring a moment of humiliation can we gain a lifetime of glory If Zhang Liang couldn't endure the old man's "unreasonable making troubles", then there would be no prime minister Zhang Liang in history who "planned a strategy and won a thousand miles away".Therefore, you must be tolerant when you are a person and do things. This is one of the essential qualities for you to succeed.

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