The story of Ye Shengtao as a child
Date: 2015-6-1
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As a child, Ye Shengtao was very He is favored by his parents, because he is the only boy in the family, so his parents have high hopes for him. They hope that their son will be able to prosper and prosper and glorify his family by relying on the imperial examination in the future. In order for his son to gain fame, Ye Renbo asked Ye Shengtao to start literacy and practice calligraphy when he was three years old. By the time he was six years old, Ye Shengtao could read about 3,000 words and could write quite beautifully. Zhu didn't know much about literacy, but he was filled with riddles, poems, and children's songs passed down from generation to generation, and he often told them to his son. The riddles spread in the southern Jiangsu region of my country are very informative and interesting. Ye Shengtao was very interested in guessing the riddles and gained wisdom from them. Ye Shengtao was able to recite many of those ancient poems that were pleasant to read, with rich diction and concise meaning. Especially the children's songs, with vivid images, wonderful imagination and beautiful rhythm, fascinated Ye Shengtao. He often hummed them and sang happily. Such as "Fireflies, red every night; fly to the west, fly to the east..." Shake, shake, shake to Grandma Bridge, grandma called me a good baby. A pack of sugar, a pack of fruit, as well as cakes, cakes, etc. It was really interesting. No wonder Ye Shengtao was so happy that he was so happy!
The year after the Reform Movement of 1898 (1899) When Ye Shengtao was six years old, his father sent him to a private school. The tutor was Mr. Huang, who was well-known in the area. Ye Renbo was very relieved to entrust his son to such a well-known elder. The requirements were very strict. When he got home from school, he was urged to review his homework and memorize the books. He established the family rule of "no meals until he is familiar with the matter". As a result, Ye Shengtao was conscious of his studies and had a strong memory, and he never suffered from eating problems due to his inability to memorize books. It's not a good thing. At Mr. Huang's place, Ye Shengtao read "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Surnames" and "Thousand Character Essay". A year later, Ye Shengtao went to the Gu Family Garden at the southeast end of Xuanqiao Lane and followed a man. An old man named Zhang Chenglu (characterized by Yuanchong) read the "Four Books", "The Book of Songs" and "The Book of Changes". Mr. Zhang taught very seriously, and he supervised his students very strictly. The content must be read and memorized, otherwise he will be punished with a ruler. Ye Shengtao did not dare to slack off in his studies. Han Ku, he does not advocate locking up children in the study room to "read only the books of sages" like the wealthy families do, but believes that it is pragmatic to take the children out to run around, get familiar with society and understand various people and things in society. "Illiterate." It's better than not knowing people." Ye Renbo held this traditional concept and asked his son to go out with him to visit relatives' homes for New Year greetings, birthday greetings, and wedding banquets. During the Qingming Festival, he went to the countryside to visit his ancestors' graves, and in the autumn, he went to the countryside to check on rent collectors. All this greatly improved This greatly broadened Ye Shengtao's horizons and allowed him to be influenced by human nature and principles. In his childhood, Ye Shengtao understood the simplicity of Suzhou's folk customs and developed a sense of concern for the sufferings of the people. He lived in a cultural atmosphere since he was a child. In Wudi, the mountains and rivers, pavilions, restaurants, temples and ancestral halls, and even the names of the roads in the city all have their origins; even a plaque, an archway, or a bridge has a legend. I took him to see it, told him about it, and asked him to recall the order of the visit after returning home, and make a diary-like record as a writing training before starting to write.
When Ye Shengtao was eight years old. From then on, he started writing the essay. The topic given by the teacher was "The Theory of Inferiority in Climbing High". Before the essay, Ye Shengtao reminded him that "this should be about studying." In accordance with the teacher's instructions, Ye Shengtao wrote eight chapters. More than ten words. When the teacher saw that his calligraphy in small regular script was square and square, his sentences were clear and fluent, and his reasoning was clear, he kept praising him. He was especially satisfied with the ending of the article: "It is noble and honorable, but Kuang Yu Xuehu". Next to the words "er" and "hu", Ye Shengtao happily took the composition home and showed it to his father. The father smiled very much when he saw that his son was eager to learn and talented. Happy. After nearly two years of hard study, Ye Shengtao has made great progress and can actually write more than 300 words of articles on classics, history, and current affairs. The father was eager for his son to grow up quickly, so he sent Ye Shengtao to another private school so that he could learn better and become a scholar. His father taught him to approach learning with the perseverance to climb high, as he said in "The Theory of Inferiority in Ascension". Ye Shengtao understood his father's expectations and was determined to study hard and forge ahead.
In order to increase his son's literary and historical knowledge, his father took him to a teahouse to listen to books and Kunqu opera. Ye Shengtao listened to a lot of books when he was a child, small books like "Pearl Tower", "Golden Phoenix", "Three Smiles", "Civil and Military Fragrance Ball", big books like "Three Kingdoms", "Jintai Biography", "Water Margin", "Heroes". He has not only listened to some of these big and small books once, but has listened to them three or four times at most. The storyteller, waving a paper fan and beating the tree, told the story vividly, and the voices of various characters were imitated so realistically that they highlighted different personalities. Hearing the wonderful parts, Ye Shengtao is often distracted by the joys and sorrows of the story. Sometimes he showed an expression of pain due to uncontrollable grief and anger, and sometimes he stretched out a happy smile due to overflowing joy. He was completely intoxicated by it.
Ye Shengtao preferred to listen to Kun Opera. Its elegant lyrics, beautiful syllables, and melodies that were sometimes soft and gentle, sometimes sad and melancholy, sometimes high-spirited and majestic, sometimes sad and sighing, captured his heart and made him never tire of listening to it. I thought about becoming a Kunqu opera actor. The influence of Suzhou regional culture enabled him to improve his artistic aesthetic ability. This alternative education class provided by his father allowed him to learn knowledge that he could not learn in any private school, and cultivated his eyesight for observing the real society. Ye Shengtao's father combined family, private school and society. This educational method was very enlightened and benefited his children a lot.