Shi Shuo Xin Yu mainly recorded the words and deeds and anecdotes of some famous people from the late Eastern Han Dynasty to the Song Dynasty. This was compiled by Liu Yiqing in the Southern Song Dynasty who summoned his diners. The characters in the book are all real people in history, but some of their remarks or stories are hearsay and do not conform to historical facts.
The story of Yang's son.
There is a family named Yang in Liang State with a nine-year-old son who is very clever. Junping Kong came to visit his father. It happened that his father was not at home, so he called him out. He brought fruit to Kong Junping. There are bayberry in the fruit. Junping Kong pointed to Yangmei and said, "This is your fruit." Yang's son immediately replied, "I haven't heard that peacock is your bird."