Written in the order of story development. The story goes that Liu Gongquan, a calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, could write very well when he was a boy. However, an old man told him that there were people who could write better than him with their feet. Liu Gongquan was dissatisfied. After seeing it with his own eyes, he was finally able to humbly ask others for advice and understood the truth about not being arrogant and complacent.
"Liu Gongquan's Apprenticeship" is a short story, which is included in the fourth-grade textbook. It aims to tell the world through this story that people cannot be proud and complacent. There is no end or end to learning. Only by studying hard and practicing hard can you reach a state of perfection in your skills.
Liu Gongquan was a famous calligrapher and writer from the Tang Dynasty. He is one of the "Four Masters of Regular Script". He is the author of "Diamond Sutra Engraved Stone", "Mysterious Pagoda Stele", "Feng Su Stele" and so on. Liu Gongquan's classic masterpiece.
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The story of Liu Gongquan humbly becoming a disciple
Liu Gongquan (778-865), courtesy name Chengxuan, Han nationality, Jingzhao Huayuan (now Shaanxi) People from Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City. He was a famous calligrapher and poet in the Tang Dynasty and the younger brother of Liu Gongchuo, Minister of War. Liu Gongquan's calligraphy is famous for his regular script. He is as famous as Yan Zhenqing and is known as "Yan Liu". He is also known as the "Four Masters of Regular Script" together with Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhenqing and Zhao Mengfu.
Liu Gongquan was a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. When he was a boy, he could write well and often won the praise of his teachers and the envy of his friends, so he couldn't help but feel proud. One day, Liu Gongquan and several friends were practicing calligraphy in a pavilion on the roadside. The companions surrounded Liu Gongquan and praised him loudly while watching him write. Liu Gongquan was so proud that he said to his friends: "What does this mean? In a few years, my calligraphy will definitely be the best in the world."
At this time, an old man passed by and heard Liu Gongquan came over to look at his handwriting, frowned and said, "This handwriting is not very good. It is weak and has no bones or muscles. Is it worth showing off in front of others? As far as I know "No one can write better than this with their feet."
When Liu Gongquan heard this, his face turned red: "Impossible, no one can write better than me, let alone with my feet." !”
The old man smiled heartily and said, “If you don’t believe me, just go to Huajing City and have a look.”
The next day, Liu Gongquan set out early in the morning. Went to Huajing City alone. As soon as he entered Huajing City, he saw many people gathered under a big locust tree. He squeezed into the crowd and saw a thin, dark old man with no arms, leaning against a locust tree, sitting on the ground with his bare feet, his left foot pressing paper, his right foot smiling, writing freely, and the words in his pen were flying like dragons and phoenixes. , every stroke is so vigorous and powerful, winning applause from the onlookers.
Compared with the handwriting written by the old man’s feet, his handwriting was indeed nothing, and Liu Gongquan felt deeply ashamed. He immediately walked up to the old man, knelt down with a plop, and said, "I would like to become your teacher. Please tell me the secret of writing...
The old man hurriedly put down his feet. With his pen, he said to Liu Gongquan: "I am a lonely person. I was born without hands and have to live on my feet. How can I be a role model for others? "The little duke begged, and the old man spread a piece of paper on the ground and wrote a few words with his right foot: "Write eight tanks of water, and the inkstone will dye the pond black; win hundreds of parents, and only then will the dragon and the phoenix fly. ”
Liu Gongquan kept the old man’s words in mind and worked hard to practice calligraphy from then on. Thick calluses grew on his hands and his clothes and elbows were mended layer after layer. After hard practice, Liu Gongquan finally became a famous calligrapher. Home.