"Beethoven" and "Sima Qian", what other figures in history who are constantly striving for self-improvement do you know?

Zhang Haidi

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Even Li Bai

According to this newspaper (reporter Wang Junbo, intern Xu Han) “More than 30 years ago, he His legs were paralyzed; 10 years ago, he suffered from uremia, but not only did he not give up, he also taught himself Chinese medicine so that his son could attend the Communication University of China! "Yesterday, the reporter visited a Chinese medicine clinic of less than 10 square meters in Daxigou! In the small clinic, I met the protagonist of this story - Yan Renxi.

Accident caused paralysis of lower limbs

When the reporter saw Yan Renxi yesterday morning, he was packing his bags for his son who was about to start school. When talking about the setbacks he has experienced in life, Yan appears optimistic and calm. Yan said that in 1970, when he was only 14 years old, he was paralyzed from a high position in an accident.

Yan spent two years in depression and then began to study traditional Chinese medicine. “Since I only went to elementary school, I relied on rote memorization of medical books when I first started reading them, and looked up words in the dictionary if I didn’t know them.” Yan Renxi said that through more than two years of self-study, he has laid a solid theoretical foundation. Later, Yan became a disciple of Gong Zesheng, a famous Chinese medicine doctor in Chongqing, and studied clinical medicine.

Unfortunately, he suffered from uremia

In 1984, Yan Renxi married the girl Xiaofen (pseudonym). The following year, his wife gave birth to a son for him, named Yan Daiyao. Marriage and having children gave Yan Renxi great encouragement. After unremitting efforts, he successfully graduated from Chengdu College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and was promoted to become a chief traditional Chinese physician.

In 1997, fate played tricks on him again: Yan Renxi suffered from uremia.

His son strives to get into college

Yan Renxi did not give in. He continued to practice medicine while fighting against the disease. Time passed quickly, and his son Yan Daiyao also grew up and was admitted to Communication University of China in 2005 with excellent results.

Yesterday at noon, Yan Renxi sent his son out of the house in a wheelchair and asked him to study hard in school. Yan Renxi said that her son would rather save money at school than apply for relief funds. Currently, my only wish is to see my son finish college and find a good job.

A pair of disabled orphan sisters in Qingyuan support each other and strive for self-improvement. Recently, they received help to attend technical school for free

A pair of disabled disabled sisters in Qingyuan were abandoned by their mother when they were young. The elder sister is deaf and the younger sister is physically disabled. But they are not willing to waste their time just relying on assistance. They support each other in the storms of life and persistently seek the road to independence. Recently, their plight was learned by the Provincial Peiying Vocational and Technical School, and with the help of the local Disabled Persons' Federation, they will be given the opportunity to attend school for free. This will make the sisters' dream of independence become a reality.

The ill-fated sisters

In an ordinary house in Zhouxin Street, Qingcheng District, the reporter met 20-year-old Liang Qunyou and her sister Lihuan. When Li Huan, who was physically disabled, struggled to get up to greet the guests, we were surprised to find that the sisters' boudoir was so tidy and clean. The only few tables, chairs and floors were spotlessly clean, and the furnishings in the room were very simple. A kind-hearted neighbor told reporters that the sisters only lived on a government subsidy of 120 yuan per month. The ancestral house where they originally lived had long been dilapidated. Fortunately, relatives and friends gave up this room to give them a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

In Liang Lihuan's memory, "mother" is just a vague concept. She vaguely remembered that when she was young, her mentally ill mother often ran away from home. One day in 1992, her mother left home and never came back. At that time, their father was also deaf and aphasic due to illness, and the family of three could only survive on relief funds. What the sisters remember most is the feeling of starvation. Unbelievably, they even ate chaff and picked up leftover pear and apple cores from others...

Father morning After his death, his mother ran away from home, and the two sisters were fostered by their aunt in the countryside since childhood. But fate is still playing tricks on the sisters. My younger sister, Li Huan, was only in the first grade when she was 9 years old. But soon a tumor grew on her neck, compressing the spinal nerves. Her relatives and friends raised money to send her to the hospital for surgery. Later, she became physically disabled and her hands lost normal functions. My sister's group friend suddenly became deaf after a serious illness when she was about 8 years old.

Without the care of a warm family, nor the family happiness of peers, the two sisters depended on each other from then on. The younger sister became her elder sister's "ears", and the older sister became her younger sister's "crutch". It was her duty to become her younger sister's protector. , stumbled on the road to growth in the future until today.

Since they have no other source of livelihood, the sisters have reduced their daily home consumption standards to the minimum. They buy the cheapest rice, the cheapest vegetables and meat, which they basically don’t dare to expect. However, the sisters' desire to be independent has never been extinguished. After graduating from middle school, they tried to help make ends meet by doing some light handicrafts, such as sewing and sewing beads, in exchange for a meager income.

My sister wants to work to help her study

In August this year, with the efforts of the Qingyuan City Disabled Persons’ Federation, Liang Lihuan was admitted to Guangdong Peiying Vocational and Technical School, which is a specialized school for Schools that teach students with disabilities life skills.

“That day, my sister, Liang Qunyou, walked into my office and begged me to send my sister to a technical school.

"Chief Tan from the Qingyuan Disabled Persons' Federation told reporters that the disabled Liang Qunyou planned to go to the Pearl River Delta to work alone to earn tuition for his sister to attend a technical school. The experiences of the two sisters attracted the attention of the Disabled Persons' Federation, and after in-depth investigation, they learned The sisters studied hard and achieved good results in school. “They should be helped to support themselves as early as possible and improve their quality of life. "Lao Tan then contacted the Provincial Peiying Vocational and Technical School. Unexpectedly, the school quickly responded that it was willing to admit the sisters and said it would try to reduce the sisters' tuition, miscellaneous fees and living expenses.

Principal He Xiaojing also personally Came to Qingyuan to understand the situation. When he learned about the unfortunate experience of the two sisters, Principal He immediately decided to admit Liang Lihuan and Liang Qunyou at the same time, and exempt each person from tuition and miscellaneous fees of 3,200 yuan per year. After three years of study and mastering a skill, the school will also Arrange them for employment.

They heard the “happiest news”

“This is the happiest news we have ever heard. It’s like a dream. "The sisters' group friends said in a hoarse voice. The two sisters were holding hands and crying. The news ignited the sisters' longing for life. Liang Lihuan told reporters: "We want to study and learn a skill so that we can make a living on our own in the future. ”

“Our school is to cultivate useful talents for society. The courage of these two sisters to be self-reliant is sympathetic and touching. We are confident that we have the responsibility to help them solve their tuition and living expenses, and we will also Provide the best possible help for more such aspiring young people to become independent in society. "Principal He of the vocational and technical school told reporters that he will take the sisters to the school to start a new study in the near future and lay a solid foundation for future employment. (Reporter Cao Jing, correspondents Chen Yutao and Lu Yinghong photo reports)

The above two should be enough for you.