When Yu Qian was a child, he put his hair in a bun, and a monk laughed at him: "A cow's head loves a dragon's horn." Yu Qian immediately replied, "There is never ivory in a dog's mouth." But when Yu Qian came home, he told his mother that she would comb him into a triangle immediately. When Yu Qian went out to meet the monk, the monk laughed at him again: "Triangle is like a drum rack." Yu Qian replied: "The bald head is like a hammer." The monk was speechless.
Second, the story of Cao Zhi's seven-step poem
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!
Third, 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".
Fourth, enlightenment.
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!" "