1, Wen Yanbo irrigation ball.
Wen Yanbo was an outstanding politician in the Northern Song Dynasty. He has been very clever since he was a child. Once, he and several children were playing football on the grass, and accidentally, the ball fell into a hole in a big tree. The children tried to reach into the tree hole to get the ball, but the tree hole was too deep to touch the bottom.
Kids, you can't figure out how to talk to me. He asked the children to help him carry buckets of water and pour them into the tree hole one by one. Soon, water filled the hole in the tree. The ball also floated.
2. Zhuge Ke has a donkey.
Sun Quan often plays jokes on ministers. When Zhuge Liang was six years old, he attended a banquet in Wu Dong, and his father Zhu Gejin (Zhuge Liang's younger brother) was also present. Zhu Gejin pulled a long face, and Sun Quan brought a donkey. He wrote on it with chalk: "Zhuge Yuzi". Everyone laughed. But when he walked to the front, he picked up the chalk and wrote two words on it: "Zhuge Yuzi's donkey." The room is full of surprises.
Cao Chong is an elephant.
When Cao Chong was five or six years old, he was as knowledgeable and judgmental as an adult. Once, Sun Quan sent a giant elephant. Cao Cao wanted to know the weight of the elephant, so he asked his men, but they didn't know how to weigh it.
Cao Chong said: "Put the elephant on the big ship, mark where it reaches the water surface, and then let the ship carry other things, weigh them and compare them." Cao Cao was very happy and did it at once.
4. Kong Rong
When Kong Rong was ten years old, he followed his father to Luoyang. At that time, Mars was very famous and served as the captain of Li Si. Those who go to his house are talented people, famous people and their relatives.
Kong Rong went to the door and said to the doorman, "I'm a relative of Mars." After the briefing, please come forward and sit down. Li Ying asked, "What is your relationship with me?"
Kong Rong replied: "In the past, my ancestor Confucius once worshipped your ancestor Lao Zi as a teacher, so you and I are friends for generations." Mars and his guests were surprised at his words.
Yang Chen, the doctor of Tai Zhong, arrived later, and others told him what Kong Rong had said. Yang Chen said: "I was smart when I was young, but I may not be very talented when I grow up." Kong Rong said, "I guess you must have been smart when you were a child." Yang Chen was embarrassed.
5. Ganluo
When Gan Luo 12 years old, he served as the squire of Qin Xiang Lv Buwei, who was little known in the government and the public. Lv Buwei asked veteran Zhang Tang to obey orders, but repeated persuasion was ineffective. Ganluo went to see Zhang Tang to analyze the general trend of the world. Zhang Tang was impressed by the advantages and disadvantages of this series of missions, so he gladly ordered Yan and praised Ganluo's talent.
Soon, Lv Buwei recommended Gan Luo as the special envoy of the king of Qin. He was ordered to go to Zhao and plausibly persuaded the prince of Zhao to send troops to attack Yan. Qin won five cities as easy as blowing off dust. Ganluo's outstanding exploits shocked the Qing Dynasty. Qin Zhao Haoqi named him Shangqing and returned the confiscated land to him.