Many people know that Zheng Banqiao once left the ink of "rare confusion", but under what circumstances did Zheng Banqiao write the words "rare confusion" and "clever confusion", I'm afraid not many people know the reason.
When Zheng Banqiao was an official in Weixian County (now Weifang City), Shandong Province, he wrote many famous plaques, among which the most popular ones were "inseparable" and "through thick and thin".
According to textual research, the word "rarely confused" was written in Yunfeng Mountain, Laizhou, Shandong Province. Laizhou is located in the northeast of wei county, facing the sea, and there is a Yunfeng Mountain in the southeast of the county seat. Over the years, many inscriptions have been left on this mountain. One autumn, Zheng Banqiao made a special trip from Weixian to visit the monument. He mainly wants to see the Zheng Wengong Monument. Because the inscription attracted him deeply, he lingered until late and had to spend the night in a hut on the mountain.
The shopkeeper is a refined old man, pretending to be a confused old man, but he speaks well. In the old man's room, there is an inkstone as big as a table, which is exquisite in stone and exquisitely carved, which makes Zheng Banqiao an eye-opener and secretly amazed. During the conversation, the old man was awed when he learned that the visitor was the magistrate of Weixian County, because Zheng Dangshi was still a master of poetry, calligraphy and painting. The old man asked Zheng Banqiao to write an inscription on the back of the inkstone. Zheng Banqiao also thought that the old man must have a medical history, and it was inconvenient to ask more questions, so he wrote the words "rare confusion" and signed it. The seal he used was "Kangxi Scholar Yongzheng Juren Gan Long Jinshi".
Because the inkstone is very big, there is still some room. Zheng Banqiao said that the old man should also write a postscript. The old man thought for a moment and wrote, "beautiful stones are hard to get, especially stubborn stones." It is even harder to change from a beautiful stone to a stubborn stone. Beauty is in the middle, stubborn outside, hidden in the savage's house, not in the door of wealth. " The old man also took out a seal and put it on his signature. The words printed on it were "College entrance examination first, provincial examination second, and palace examination third". Zheng Banqiao was shocked after reading it, only to know that the old man in front of him did have a history, but he was a retired dignitary, and only after detailed discussion did he know why. Feeling the self-naming of the confused old man, Zheng Banqiao saw that there were still some gaps, and now he stepped into the charm of the old man, adding a paragraph, "It is difficult to be smart, especially confused, and it is even more difficult to change from smart to confused. Let go, take a step back, feel at ease now, and it will pay off later. " The old man looked up at the sky and said with a smile, "What a noble scholar." Zheng Banqiao also said: "I am very lucky to meet the old man!" From then on, Zheng Banqiao left his "rare puzzle" and "clever puzzle theory".
From this, I realized that doing anything, being able to bear and let go, can be called a thorough understanding of life. However, some "smart people" often can afford it but can't let it go. They often do things that they know they can't do, and even they are desperately tired. There are still some people who are confused about doing big things, but smart about doing small things and try their best to make a small fortune. In this way, it is hard to be confused by imitating the sages, and it is a good place for life.