is another year's college entrance examination season, and some are happy and some are sad.
11.93 million students across the country have studied hard for 12 years. After fierce competition, some have won the championship in one fell swoop, while others have unfortunately failed.
But the college entrance examination is just a comma, and the future will be more exciting.
There is an old man who has just started his wonderful life at the age of 75. He can't speak English and goes to Europe to be a backpacker; at the age of 87, he returns to university to study; at the age of 98, he becomes the oldest master's degree in the world; at the age of 105, he picks up his book and prepares to pursue a doctorate...
He is Zhao Muhe, an old man who never sets restrictions for himself.
Zhao Muhe was born in 1912 in a family of scholars in Jinxiang County, Shandong Province.
In that era, Zhao Muhe's family was considered a wealthy family. He had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child. However, when others went to work in the fields, he could go to a private school to study early.
Although he has a superior background, Zhao Muhe has great ambitions and has no arrogance and luxury at all. At the age of 14, Zhao Muhe followed Zhao Chaoyi to learn bird and insect calligraphy after learning bird and insect calligraphy day and night, not afraid of hardship or fatigue, so he could write well at a young age.
html When he was 318 years old, with his own efforts, Zhao Muhe successfully entered Qufu Normal University , and after graduation, he taught at a school in Fuyang.
html When he was 334 years old, Zhao Muhe met the man of a good match, and the two walked into the palace of marriage hand in hand.
Work is smooth and the family is happy. Zhao Muhe has a life that everyone envies.
● Zhao Muhe was young
, but his fate was always unpredictable. He was born in troubled times and encountered artillery fire.
Due to background problems, Zhao Muhe was forced to separate from his wife and children, and fled to Taiwan Province alone by boat. Sitting on the boat, Zhao Muhe felt sad, reluctant to part with this place where he grew up and had a wife with him.
But life is always so helpless. After Zhao Muhe got off the boat, he looked at this unfamiliar place and could only temporarily put his thoughts behind his mind and put the problem of survival first.
Fortunately, Zhao Muhe quickly found a job and became a teacher at Kaohsiung Women's Normal University.
● Zhao Muhe, who was working, found a job, but Zhao Muhe escaped, had no money, and had a monthly salary of only two or three hundred yuan. Living in the dormitory provided by the school, life was also very difficult.
Zhao Muhe, who has not been short of money since childhood, did not complain. On the contrary, he was very positive and worked in his spare time. In addition to practicing calligraphy, he often volunteered at the welfare home to support orphans.
Over the years, Zhao Muhe has always remembered that he had married and had children, so he was unwilling to marry again and was alone.
Zhao Muhe worked step by step and conscientiously for decades. Although his life is dull, it is very meaningful.
In 1978, 66-year-old Zhao Muhe retired. After handing over the work at hand, he walked back to the dormitory alone. The little bits and pieces of his first half of his life flashed in his mind like a movie. Although he had no great achievements, he had been silently sticking to his ordinary position and had a clear conscience.
After retirement, Zhao Muhe suddenly became idle and didn’t know what to do for a moment. He went with his old colleagues to drink tea, tease birds, take a walk, practice calligraphy every day, and live a stable and leisurely old life.
However, how could Zhao Muhe, who was born to be unnatural, live such a boring life with peace of mind? If a person wants to live, he must make trouble. Only in this way can life be fulfilled and meaningful.
75 years old, one day Zhao Muhe was walking in the park and heard that young people around him were discussing travel topics. Zhao Muhe was very interested in this, so he walked over.
After chatting, Zhao Muhe found that although these young people have the idea of taking risks, they are afraid of wolves in front and tigers in the back, and they are afraid of having no time, and they say they have no money, and their travel plans are being pushed again and again.
But they aroused Zhao Muhe's desire for travel. After reading the relevant information, he carried his bags and left at will. The destination - Europe.
After the friends around you found out, they dissuaded: You have never even learned English, you can only say yes and no, how to communicate after going abroad?
In fact, language barriers are just a small obstacle on Zhao Muhe's journey, and another difficulty is insufficient funds.
But these did not dispel him from the idea of traveling abroad. He believed that if he always waited, he would probably not be able to go abroad for several lifetimes. After making up his mind, Zhao Muhe immediately booked the air ticket and boarded the plane to Europe the next day.
Nothing is difficult in the world, I am afraid of those who are interested.
lack of funds, Zhao Muhe tried every means to save money, eat the simplest and cheapest sandwiches, and stayed in a youth hostel with many young people who were traveling in the park. When the weather was good, he would lie on the bench in the park and just take a look.
● Zhao Muhe travels and takes photos
language is not accessible. Every time Zhao Muhe goes to a place, he will find a Chinese restaurant, and then ask them about the surrounding
attractions, as well as cheap and convenient transportation methods, and ask the waiter to help write the English of the destination so that he can ask for directions at any time on the road.
Just asked while walking, Zhao Muhe spent 5 months traveling to 5 countries in Europe, spending only more than 30,000 yuan.
When he returned home with a full of energy and a smile on his face, his friends were shocked. After listening to his story on his journey, everyone admired his courage.
Zhao Muhe is such a person who dares to think and do, never fears, and is the same in his studies. Age will never become a stumbling block on his way forward.
70 years old, Zhao Muhe finally contacted his family, his son had grown up, married and had children.
In 1998, Zhao Muhe took his grandson from Shandong to Taiwan and personally tutored and studied. But as the college entrance examination was about to take the college entrance examination, my grandson couldn't calm down and even felt a little disgusted with studying.
For the sake of his grandson's study, Zhao Muhe was worried all day long. He couldn't listen to a word from the grandson in his rebellious period. He even shouted to him: I want to learn from you, so I don't want to study!
Usually parents should be angry and beat their children up when they hear their children say this.
Zhao Muhe was very calm, but she really picked up the book and signed up for the college entrance examination with her grandson to review together.
● Zhao Muhe and his grandson
Under the leadership of Zhao Muhe, the grandson also began to take the right path and devoted himself to learning. But my foundation was too bad. In the first year, both grandfather and grandson failed the exam.
Zhao Muhe did not give up because he firmly believed that if you have a dream, you must work hard, and no matter how many setbacks you encounter, you must persevere. Only by perseverance will you succeed.
Zhao Muhe advised his grandson not to be discouraged: "If you can't pass the exam this year, there will be next year!"
The two of them cleaned up and started their college entrance examination journey again. This time, they worked harder, learning until midnight every day, and starting to get up again at five or six in the morning and memorize words and knowledge points. You know, this year, Zhao Muhe is already 88 years old.
Hard work pays off. In the second year, both grandfather and grandson were admitted to university.
● Zhao Muhe and his grandson were both admitted to university
But everyone around him sneered at him. What kind of college is going to be so old? His brain can't keep up and he will definitely not get his graduation certificate.
Facing the question, Zhao Muhe disagreed and just wanted to prove himself through practical actions.
After going to college, Zhao Muhe seemed to have started the academic master mode. When young people were playing games and dating, he studied hard in the library and studied in the classroom.
In a few years, there has never been a late or absent from class.
Zhao Muhe completed the credits two years in advance. When he submitted his application for early graduation, even the school leaders couldn't believe it. It was not until I saw his transcript that I was sure that the 91-year-old man in front of me had successfully completed his studies and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.
The short time in college seemed to bring Zhao Muhe back to his youth. He fell in love with the feeling of studying and was full of vitality every day.
95 years old, Zhao Muhe heard that his friend's son was going to take the postgraduate entrance examination, and he was not willing to fall behind and followed him to apply for the exam. This time, he only took three months to review and successfully entered the postgraduate degree from the School of Philosophy of South China University.
Two years later, 98-year-old Zhao Muhe successfully obtained his master's degree, and Ma Ying-jeou personally awarded him a degree certificate. Zhao Muhe also became the oldest master's degree in the world.
● Zhao Muhe graduated with a master's degree
103 years old, Zhao Muhe went to the School of Literature of Tsinghua University in Taiwan to attend the trial and successfully passed the doctoral exam two years later.
On the road of learning, Zhao Muhe insists on practicing the life creed of learning until he is old and keeps moving forward.
In other aspects, he is even more responsible, burning himself to illuminate others.
Zhao Muhe is a "bird and insect body" calligrapher, known as the "intangible cultural heritage treasure".
Every stroke of the "bird and insect body" is a bird or an insect. Because it is difficult to write, it has gradually been lost, so every word is valuable.
Zhao Muhe was also attracted by British Museum . Queen of England personally sent him a signature letter to ask for his works to be collected. But he never thought of making money by selling words, and even the tuition was obtained by loans.
is such a calligrapher who cherishes the word "word" as gold. Later, he sold all his calligraphy for decades and donated all his money.
In 2009, a flood occurred in Kaohsiung , and many people died as a result. The people were displaced. Zhao Muhe took the lead in taking out a charity sale of calligraphy and called on other calligraphers and painters to participate and donate all the money they received to the victims.
In 2015, Zhao Muhe took out another 20 works for sale and established the "Rising Sun Scholarship" at the university to support poor students.
Zhao Muhe has been volunteering all his life. Even when he is in his 80s, he still volunteers in the hospital every week to take care of those elderly people younger than him.
is such an old man who cares about others in everything, but never bothers others.
Even though he was 100 years old, he still lived alone in that small dilapidated building, washing clothes, buying groceries and cooking, and cleaning his own room. In order to facilitate buying tickets and registering for medical treatment, I learn online and surf the Internet at home.
In May 2018, Zhao Muhe bid farewell to Taiwan Province, where he had lived for 67 years, and returned to his hometown of Jinxiang, Shandong, where he was dreaming of. He passed away in August of the following year at the age of 107.
It can be said that Zhao Muhe is the most cruel and profitable man in China. In 107 years of his life, every part is shining.
So, age is just a number, don't let this number become our bond.
Life never begins too late, what is really late is that you never start. Text/ Little Happiness
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