When a multi-million dollar corporation poisoned his neighborhood, this guy did what you would expect any illiterate Chinese peasant to do. He studied the law for 16 years and led a successful lawsuit against them...
The farmer, Wang Enlin who had dropped out of primary school at the third grade, started reading through a dozen law books with the help of a dictionary.
At the time, he did not have money to buy the books, so he spent day after day reading the books at the local book store and copying the relevant information by hand, according to the man. In return, he would give bags of free corn to the shopkeeper for letting him stay there.
After 16 years, Wang won a huge settlement for himself and his neighboring farmers and has since gained millions of supporters over the internet for his heroic work.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-4189350/Farmer-spends-16-years-studying-law-sue-firm.html
We dug up some old footage of Mr. Wang from his days at the Bushwood Country Club. "Hey Wang! This place is restricted. So, don't tell anyone you're Jewish."
