Cao Zhi, the youngest son of Cao Cao, was gifted since childhood and was deeply loved by his father. After Cao Cao's death, his younger brother Cao Pi became the emperor of Wei. Cao Pi is a jealous man. He was worried that his younger brother would threaten his throne and wanted to kill him.
One day, Cao Pi called Cao Zhi to him and asked him to write a poem within seven steps to prove his talent in writing poetry. If he can't write it, it will be tantamount to deceiving the emperor and putting him to death.
Cao Zhi was sad and angry when he knew that his brother was going to kill him. He fought back his grief and tried to think about it ... Sure enough, he wrote a seven-step poem and read it out on the spot:
Soak in the kettle, and the beans cry in the kettle.
We were born from the same root, so why should we speculate with each other!
The story of Bai Juyi
Bai Juyi, a poet, asked for advice everywhere for deeper knowledge, but he still could not satisfy his strong thirst for knowledge.
One day, I heard that there was a Zen master who was enlightened and knowledgeable. So I came a long way to ask for an audience. When I finally met the Zen master, I humbly asked, "Master, please tell me how to get the Tao?" The Zen master replied, "All evil should be done, and all good should be pursued." Bai Juyi said inexplicably: "Even a three-year-old child knows this. How can it be said that it is Tao? " The Zen master replied, "Three-year-olds know that eighty-year-olds can't keep up!" "
The story of Li Bai's reading
Li Bai was a great poet in Tang Dynasty in China, but he didn't study hard when he was a child, and even had some fun. One day he went to a small river to play and saw an old woman grinding an iron bar. He went up and asked curiously, "Grandma, why are you grinding an iron bar?" The old lady told him that she was sharpening the needle. Li Bai said, "How can such a thick iron bar be ground into a needle?" The old man said, "As long as you work hard, iron bars can be ground into needles." . Li Bai was deeply touched, so he studied hard and became a generation of "poetic immortals".
Jia Dao's thoughtful story
Dao Jia
Topic Li Ning lives in seclusion in Tangjia Island.
Living leisurely here, few neighbors come, and the overgrown path leads to the wilderness. Birds are freely perched in the trees by the pool, and monks are knocking at the door.
Walking across this bridge, you can see the charming scenery of Ye Yuan, and the feet of clouds seem to be moving on the floating rocks. I will leave here for a while, but I will come back and retire with my friends on the appointed date.
The bird stopped in the tree by the pool, and the monk (knocked at the door).
One day, Jia Dao rode a donkey in the street of Chang 'an, the capital of China, and casually recited a poem, including two sentences:
"Birds perch on trees by the pool, and monks push the moon down the door."
Jia Dao felt that the word "push" in the poem was not properly used. He wants to change the word "push" to "knock", but he doesn't know which word is good at the moment. So, while thinking, I repeatedly pushed the door and knocked at the door with my hand. Pedestrians in the street were surprised to see Jia Dao's expression.
Han Yu saw it and said angrily to Jia Dao, "Why don't you ride a donkey with your head down and look ahead?"
Jia Dao was surprised, hurriedly got off the donkey, saluted Han Yu, and said the poem he had just got from the donkey again. Because he thought of the words "push" and "knock", he concentrated on thinking, so he avoided answering.
After hearing this, Han Yu turned anger into joy. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Good typing! When everything is asleep and quiet, knocking at the door is even more dead of night. "
Jia Dao repeatedly thanked him with a poem entitled "Monk Knocking at the Door".
The word "scrutiny" comes from the story of Jia Dao, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, who tempered his poems, meaning to ponder repeatedly.