Zuo Si, a writer in Jin Dynasty, was a naughty boy when he was a child, and he didn't like reading. Father often loses his temper, but Xiao Zuosi is still very naughty and refuses to study hard. One day, Zuo Si's father, Zuo Yong, was chatting with his friends, who all admired him for having a clever and lovely son.
Zuo Si's father sighed and said, "Stop talking about him. Zuo Si's study in childhood was not as good as that in my childhood. It seems that there is not much promise. " Said, and a look of disappointment appeared on his face. All this was seen and heard by Xiao Zuosi. He is very sad and thinks it is really useless not to study hard.
So, I secretly made up my mind that I must study hard. Day after day, year after year, Zuo Si grew up gradually. Because of his persistent hard work, he finally became a knowledgeable person, and his articles were very good. He spent a year writing Du Fu of Qi, which showed his talent in literature and laid the foundation for him to become an outstanding writer.
After that, it is planned to write Sandu Fu with the customs and products of the capitals of Wei, Shu and Wu in the Three Kingdoms as the content. In order to reach a certain level in content, structure and language, he devoted himself to research, carefully wrote and forgot to eat and sleep for ten years, and finally wrote the literary masterpiece Sandu Fu. Sandu Fu has been widely praised, and people compare it with Du Liang Fu, a literary masterpiece of the Han Dynasty.
Because printing had not been invented at that time, people who loved Sandu Fu had to scramble to copy it. Because there were too many people copying it, the supply of paper in Luoyang, the capital, was in short supply, and the price of paper in the whole city once rose sharply. This story comes from the biography of Jin Shu Wen Yuan Zuosi. The idiom "Luoyang paper is expensive" is to praise the popularity of excellent works.
2. Chang 'an Rice Cabinet
Bai Juyi went to Chang 'an before he became famous. At that time, there was a literary veteran named Gu Kuang. He said to Bai Juyi, who was visiting, "Chang 'an is expensive, but it is not easy to live in a big place. "
Bai Juyi was 16 years old when he came to Chang 'an. He brought his manuscript to visit Gu Kuang, the literary leader. When he saw Bai Juyi's name in Gu Kuang, he couldn't help laughing: Chang 'an is expensive, but it's not easy. Actually, that means Bai Juyi. How can you live in Chang 'an? Although this sentence looks like a joke, it shows an arrogance brought by dignitaries and completely ignores outsiders.
Later, Gu Kuang saw what Bai Juyi wrote: "Wildfire will not completely burn them, but they will grow taller again in the spring breeze." He changed his tune and said, "You just say one word and you will live." In other words, with your poems, you can survive in Chang 'an.
Extended data
Zuo Si grew up ugly but talented. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, my sister Juicy Zuo was elected to the palace, and her family moved to Luoyang as a doctor. When Hui Jin proclaimed himself emperor, he attached himself to the powerful Jia Mi and was an important member of the literati group of "Twenty-four Friends of Jingu".
In the first year of Yongkang (300 years), he retired to Yichun to concentrate on writing because Krabi was punished. Sima Tang, the late king of Qi, was called the governor of archives, so there was no such thing. In the second year of Taian (303), Zhang Fang attacked Luoyang and moved to Jizhou. He died of illness at the age of 55.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Chang 'an Migui
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Luoyang Gui Zhi (China Idiom)