Solon, a thinker in ancient Greece, once said the famous saying, "You learn when you are active." He believed that people should learn new things all their lives. Studying hard will surely bring you gains. This sentence is appropriate for Cai Wei.

In April p>29, Cai Wei, a 38-year-old laid-off worker with only a high school education, was admitted as a doctoral student in the history department of Fudan University. What kind of legend happened to Cai Wei? What is the development of Cai Wei now?

Cai Wei was born in an ordinary worker's family in p>1971, and his parents were diligent workers. They don't ask too much of Cai Wei. They just hope that he can grow up healthily and learn a skill as soon as possible to support himself. However, Cai Wei didn't listen to his parents' advice. At school, Cai Wei liked studying history and Chinese very much.

originally, Cai Wei's father wanted Cai Wei to drop out of high school and study carpentry with an old master, but Cai Wei just wanted to study hard and get into college. Unfortunately, because Cai Wei's eyes are biased and other subjects are not very good, Cai Wei failed to enter the university. The family didn't want and had no conditions for Cai Wei to go back to high school and take the exam again. Cai Wei could only choose to go out to work in the factory.

at first, Cai Wei came to a rubber hose factory as an installer. During the break, Cai Wei will go to the local library to read some classical literature. Because poor people can't afford books, Cai Wei will take a small notebook to extract his newly learned and interesting paragraphs.

After work, Cai Wei didn't drink or play cards with other workers, but spent all his time reading his excerpts in the dormitory. Because of Cai Wei's "weird" behavior, his workmates also called Cai Wei a silly bookworm.

I don't know if it's not enough to "work hard". In 1994, the factory where Cai Wei worked closed down. In order to take care of the whole family, Cai Wei can only stand at the entrance of the shopping mall to survive. When there are no customers, Cai Wei will take out his notebook and watch it again in order to get new insights.

three years later, Cai Wei's fate finally ushered in a turning point. Because he has unique opinions on studying ancient documents, Cai Wei occasionally publishes some of his own experiences on the Internet, and sometimes writes a short article. Qiu Xigui, a doctoral supervisor at Fudan University, also likes reading these short historical articles online. As it happens, Qiu Xigui saw the article written by Cai Wei, and he felt that the person named "Baoxiao" had no weaker views on some ancient Chinese than some university professors.

Qiu Xigui, who was eager to hunt, began to send private messages to Cai Wei, and they gradually developed into pen pals. In 1997, Qiu Xigui asked for help on the Internet. He didn't know the pronunciation and meaning of the word "Zuo Zi" in the article "A Preliminary Study of Shenwu Fu". After Cai Wei saw it, he immediately wrote to Qiu Xigui. He thought that "Zuo Zi" and "Jie Zi" were only modal particles with no real meaning.

Qiu Xigui thinks Cai Wei's explanation is very reasonable. In the next article, he will show that he got an expert's request and got the meaning. Since then, letters between Qiu Xigui and Cai Wei have become more frequent.

In p>27, Qiu Xigui invited Cai Wei to apply for Fudan University, but Cai Wei thought his English level was too low and he had to take care of his sick wife, so he declined Qiu Xigui's kindness.

Qiu Xigui couldn't bear the silence of such a great talent. In 28, Qiu Xigui invited Cai Wei to work in Shanghai, and the following year, he organized several other old professors in Fudan University to evaluate Cai Wei. In the end, Cai Wei passed the examination, and the old professors who participated in the examination were also surprised by Cai Wei's profound knowledge and jointly recommended Cai Wei as a doctoral student. At this time, Cai Wei was 38 years old.

in p>215. Cai Wei graduated from Fudan University successfully, and then went to work in anshun university Library, sometimes giving lectures. From laid-off workers to university teachers, Cai Wei has also completed a gorgeous reversal.