Zuo Si. Allusion: During the Taikang period of the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a famous writer named Zuo Si. He once wrote a "Sandu Fu" which was widely circulated in Luoyang, the capital. People praised it and copied it, which made the paper several times more expensive. The paper that originally cost one thousand fen per copy suddenly increased to 2,000 or 3,000 fen, and then it was sold out. Many people had no choice but to buy paper from other places and copy this ancient poem. However, it took many twists and turns for Zuo Si to write "Sandu Fu" before it was taken seriously; without Bole's talent recognition, perhaps this "Sandu Fu" would become a pile of waste paper and would not be circulated. When Zuo Si was a child, his father always looked down on him. His father, Zuo Yong, gradually became a censor from a small official. When he saw that his son was short in stature, not impressive in appearance, and stammered in speech, he looked like he was demented. He often told outsiders that he regretted having such a son. When Zuo Si became an adult, Zuo Yong also said to his friends: "Although Zuo Si is an adult, his knowledge and principles are not as good as those I had when I was a child." Zuo Si was unwilling to be despised and began to study hard. When he read "Ode to Two Capitals" written by Ban Gu of the Eastern Han Dynasty and "Ode to Two Capitals" written by Zhang Heng, although he admired the grandeur and gorgeous diction in the article, which described the style of the capital cities of Luoyang in Tokyo and Chang'an in Xijing, he also saw It has the shortcomings of being empty but not real, and too big and inappropriate. From then on, he determined to write a "Fu on Three Capitals" based on facts and historical development, and included Yecheng, the capital of Wei, Chengdu, the capital of Shu, and Nanjing, the capital of Wu, during the Three Kingdoms period. In order to write "Ode to the Three Capitals", Zuo Si began to collect a large amount of information on history, geography, products, customs and people. After collecting them, he closed the door to thank guests and began to write hard. He meditated day and night in a room covered with books and paper, and it often took him a long time to come up with a satisfactory sentence. After ten years, this "Sandu Fu", which embodies Zuo Sigan's hard work, was finally written! However, when Zuo Si showed his article to others to read, he was ridiculed. At that time, Lu Ji, a famous writer, also had the idea of ??writing "Sandu Fu". When he heard that the little-known Zuo Si wrote "Sandu Fu", he said sarcastically: "A boy who doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth actually wants to surpass Ban Gu." , Zhang Heng, you overestimate your capabilities!" He also wrote to his brother Lu Yun: "There is an arrogant guy in the capital who wrote "Sandu Fu". I think what he wrote is only worthy of me to cover the wine jar! "When Zuo Si's "Sandu Fu" was reviewed in the literary circle, when the literati saw that the author was an unknown person, they simply did not take a closer look, shook their heads and waved their hands, and said that "Sandu Fu" was useless. Zuo Si was unwilling to have his hard work buried and found Zhang Hua, a famous writer. Zhang Hua first read "San Du Fu" sentence by sentence, and then asked Zuo Si in detail about his creative motivation and process. When he went back to appreciate the meaning and charm of the sentences, he couldn't help but be deeply moved by the sentences in the article. The more he read, the more he fell in love with it, and eventually he couldn't bear to put it down. He praised: "The article is very good! Those secular literati only value reputation and not articles, and their words are not worth mentioning. Mr. Huangfu Mi is very famous and upright. Let me and him recommend your article to World!" Huangfu Mi was filled with emotion after reading "San Du Fu". He spoke highly of the article and happily wrote the preface for it. He also invited the author Zhang Zai to annotate Wei Du Fu in "San Du Fu", and asked Zhu Zhongshu Liu Kui to annotate Shu Du Fu and Wu Du Fu. Liu Kui said in his explanation: "The world often attaches great importance to ancient people's things, but despises new things and new achievements. This is the reason why "Sandu Fu" was not handed down to the world at first!" With the recommendation of a famous preface, "Sandu Fu" "" quickly became popular in Kyoto, and everyone who knew literature praised it. Even Lu Ji, who used to ridicule Zuo Si, heard about it and read it carefully. He nodded in approval and kept saying, "It's so well written, I can't believe it." He concluded that if he wrote "Sandu Fu" again, he would never write it. If I can surpass Zuo Si, I will stop writing. It is the same article. Some people have reduced it to worthless, while others have made it famous for a while. Of course, there are differences between people with high and low discernment, but more importantly, it reflects whether people value new forces and whether they can recognize talents with a discerning eye.
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