Wang Xizhi's calligraphy "Iron Flower and Silver Dog" has been circulated through the ages, and his life anecdotes are also widely known.
On one occasion, a high official went to the home of Prime Minister Wang Dao and wanted to choose one of the sons and nephews of Prime Minister Wang as a son-in-law. The news came that a group of boys in their twenties were all dressed up neatly, hoping to be selected. Only Wang Xizhi didn't care, lying on the bed not far from the east, disheveled, showing his belly to eat. Chi Jian saw it, but thought the young man was free and easy, natural and tolerant, and decided to marry his daughter. This is the origin of the allusions of "naked belly in the east bed" and "fast marriage in the east bed"
Zhu Yuanzhang and persimmon tree
According to Yanjing Food, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was born in a poor family and often went hungry. One day, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had not eaten for two days, went to a village and saw a persimmon tree ripe. He picked some fruits and had a delicious meal. Later, when he became emperor, he could not forget the contribution of persimmon trees. When he planted trees, he ordered people with five to ten acres of land to have persimmons, peaches and dates. People in Fengyang, Chuxian and other places in Anhui Province were also ordered to plant two persimmon trees per household, and those who did not plant them would be punished. Since then, persimmon trees have been widely planted in Anhui and other places.
Zuo Tang Zong and Zuo Gong Liu
During his tenure as governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Zuo, a famous soldier in the late Qing Dynasty, ordered the army to plant 260,000 willow trees along the Hexi Corridor for more than 600 miles, which was called Zuo in history and is still praised by the northwest people. Yang Changxi, a poet in A Qing, once wrote a poem praising: "The general has not returned to the border, and the children of Huxiang are all over the Tianshan Mountains. Newly planted willows are three thousand miles away, attracting spring breeze. "
Chu Wang Ba and Guishu
King Ba of Chu loved trees since he was a child. According to legend, once, in a village, he saw an old man with an axe to cut down a osmanthus tree. When overlord Chu asked why, the old man said, "My yard is as square as the word" mouth ". This tree becomes sleepy when it grows in the yard. Isn't it unlucky? " Hearing this, the overlord of Chu had a brainwave and replied, "If you say so, the word' prisoner' will become when trees fall in the yard, which is even more unlucky." The old man thought that the king of Chu had a point, so he gave up the idea of cutting down trees.
Dongfeng and Xinglin
During the Three Kingdoms period, Dong Feng, a famous doctor of Wu Dong, was skilled in medical skills and charitable. During his seclusion in Lushan Mountain, Dong Feng never took money to treat the poor. He only asked the patient to plant apricot trees around his residence according to the severity of his illness after he recovered, with five seriously ill and one mildly ill. In a few years, hundreds of thousands of apricot trees were planted in front of and behind his house. Whenever apricots are ripe, Dong Feng will exchange them for Gu Mi to help the poor. People call this piece of almond shaped forest "Dongxian almond shaped forest", and later generations will praise the doctor with "almond shaped forest is famous all over the world".
Homesick willow planting
In the Tang Dynasty, Princess Wencheng married Songzan Gambu, Tibet, and specially brought willow saplings from Chang 'an and planted them around the Dachao Temple in Lhasa to express her thoughts about the willow-shaded hometown. Therefore, these trees are called "Liu Tang" or "Princess Willow", and now they have become the historical testimony of Tibetan-Chinese friendly exchanges.
Bai Juyi and Flowers and Trees
Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, loved trees as treasures. He was demoted as the secretariat of Zhongzhou, planting flowers and trees every year, and wrote a poem chanting: "Buy flowers and trees with money and plant them on the east slope of the city." But buying flowers is not limited to peaches, plums and plums. "He also said in the poem" Renovating New Houses in Spring ":"Jiangzhou Sima Ri is the secretariat of Zhongzhou. The backyard is full of pine trees, before Liu Yin planted them. "
Wang Anshi and Bamboo, Peach and Willow
Wang Anshi, a reformer and poet in the Song Dynasty, was very interested in planting bamboo, peach and willow, and wrote a poem: "My family is prosperous and tireless, so moving bamboo is like delaying youth": "Planting peach in the north and south, the east wind blows several feet high": "Moving willow is not king, and loose diameter should be three". This shows his love for trees.
Zhuge Liang and Sang.
Zhuge Liang, who made great contributions to the establishment of Shu, wrote in his last suicide note to his late master: "My family has 800 mulberry trees, and my descendants can eat and wear warm clothes." He took 800 mulberry trees he planted as the source of his children's living expenses and made long-term arrangements for their children's lives. A generation of celebrities, remain uncorrupted, leaving only their own mulberry trees to future generations after death, which makes people feel deeply.