钱穆先生青年时代有一天路过山西的一座古庙,看到一位老道士正在清除庭院中一棵枯死的古柏,要改种夹竹桃。钱穆大为惊异:“为什么不种松柏,要种夹竹桃呢?”老道士说:“松柏树长大,我看不到了,夹竹桃明年就开花,我还看得到。”钱穆先生听了,大为感叹,他说:“士不可不弘毅,任重而道远。丛林的开山祖师,有种夹竹桃的吗?”钱穆常以此勉励自己的学生:做学问的人,不要只 One day, Mr. Qian Mu passed an ancient temple in Shanxi Province in his youth and saw an old Taoist priest who was cleaning up a dead cypresses in the courtyard and changing the oleander. Qian Mu greatly amazed: “Why not species of pine and cypress, to plant oleander?” “The priests said: ” The cypresses grow up, I can not see, oleander flowering next year, I can see. Mr. Qian Mu listened, greatly exclaimed, he said: “Do not Hong Yi, a long way to go. Jugui founder of the jungle, kind of oleander?” "Qian Mu often encouraged his students: to do Learning people, not only