From Ouyang Xiu, the author of "Selling Oil Weng"? Song dynasty
Chen Kang Su Gong is good at shooting, and chinese odyssey and Gong are also proud of it. Tasting and shooting in the garden at home, some oil sellers unload their bags and stand still, but they don't go for a long time. See its arrow nine times out of ten, but a little clumsy.
Kang Su asked, "Do you know how to shoot? Am I a good marksman? " Weng said, "No one else, only his hands are familiar." Kang Su said angrily, "Er 'an dares to shoot lightly!" Weng said, "I know it by my oil. "But take a gourd and put it on the ground, cover its mouth with money, and let it drain with oil. The money goes into the hole, but the money is not wet. Because he said, "I have nothing but familiarity." "Kang Su laugh and send it.
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Interpretation of vernacular:
Kang Su Chen Gong Yaozi is good at archery, and no one else in the world can match him. He also boasted about this skill. Once (once), (he) shot an arrow at home. An old man selling oil put down his burden and stood looking at him sideways, never leaving. The old man selling oil only nodded slightly when he saw that he was nine times out of ten.
Chen Yaozi asked the oilman, "Do you know archery? Isn't my archery very clever? " The old man selling oil said, "There is nothing but skill."
Chen Yaozi said angrily, "How dare you despise my archery!" The old man said, "I will understand this truth by pouring oil." So he took out a gourd and put it on the ground, put a copper coin in the mouth of the gourd, and slowly poured oil into the gourd with an oil spoon. Oil is injected from the money hole, but the money is not wet.
So he said, "I have nothing else, but I am proficient in my hands." Chen Yaozi smiled and sent him away.
What's the difference between this story and the story of the craftsman and the wheel told by Zhuangzi?
Extended data writing background:
Chen Yaozi is just short-tempered, but he is decisive. When he was a local official, he attached great importance to water conservancy. When he learned about Yongxing Army (now Shaanxi), he found it very difficult to drink water in Chang 'an. He organized manpower to dredge the Longshou Canal and solve the problem of people's domestic water use. However, Chen Yaozi is overbearing. He is in charge of politics. He was tortured and counted the dead with a stick.
In the fourth year of Song Yingzong Pingzhi (1067), Ouyang Xiu was slandered by Fei Yu and asked to go abroad. When he came to Bozhou, he wrote this article and recorded a story about Chen Yaozi. Ouyang Xiu wants to express the truth that practice makes perfect through this little thing.
In this article, the oil seller impressed the pretentious good shooter Chen Yaozi with his skillful oil transportation technology. This story tells people a profound truth: practice makes true knowledge and practice makes perfect. From beginning to end, there was not a word of praise for the oil seller, but his words and deeds fully demonstrated the image of the oil seller as simple, straightforward, capable and modest.
Song Renzong Tiansheng eight years (1030), Ouyang Xiu was a scholar, experienced Renzong, Yingzong and Zongshen dynasties, and was a bachelor of Hanlin, a Tang dynasty, and participated in the discussion of state affairs. After his death, he gave it to a duke named Chu. posthumous title was called "Wenzhong", so he was called Ouyang Wenzhong.
Ouyang Xiu was the earliest literary leader who created a generation of literary style in the literary history of Song Dynasty. He, Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Su Shi, Su Xun, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong are also called "eight masters of Tang and Song Dynasties", and Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Su Shi are also called "four masters of literature through the ages".
He led the poetry innovation movement in the Northern Song Dynasty, and inherited and developed Han Yu's ancient prose theory. His high achievements in prose creation and his correct theory of ancient prose complement each other, thus creating a generation of writing style. Ouyang Xiu not only changed the style of writing, but also innovated the style of poetry. He has also made great achievements in historiography. He once majored in the Book of the New Tang Dynasty and wrote the History of the New Five Dynasties alone. There is a collection of works handed down from ancient times by Ouyang Wenzhong.
Chen Yaozi, champion of the boxer in Song Zhenzong Xianping for three years (1000). In the third year of Jingdezhen (1006), Chen Yaozi became the examiner of Jinshi. Chen Yaozi was found guilty and demoted for helping Liu Shidao's younger brother Liu cheat. In the second year of Song Zhenzong Tianxi (10 18), Chen Yaozi, a true Sect, took the Jinshi exam. In the third year of Tianxi, he exposed the unfairness of money assessment officials, and Zhenzong ordered him to participate in the assessment of money.
Chen Yaozi is good at calligraphy, especially official script. Its shooting skills are superior. It used to be made of coins, and an arrow went through the hole. His elder brother, Chen Yaosou, was the top scholar in the second year of Duangong in Song Taizong (989). Both of them are brothers in China's imperial examination history, and they are highly respected by the world. After Chen Yaozi's death, the court named him Qiu and posthumous title Kang Su.