Fang Zhongyong is a civilian in Jinxi County, who has been farming for generations. When Zhong Yong was five years old, he didn't know writing tools. One day, he suddenly cried for these things. My father was surprised at this and lent it to him from his neighbor. He immediately wrote four poems and wrote his own name. The theme of this poem is to support parents and keep good relations with people of the same clan, and spread it to the whole town for viewing.

Since then, he has been assigned items, and he can write poems at once. The literary talent and truth of poems are commendable. People in the same town were surprised by this and gradually invited his father to be a guest. Some people even paid Zhong Yong to write poems.

I've heard a long time ago. In the era of Ming Dow, I followed my late father back to my hometown and met Zhong Yong at my uncle's house. He is twelve or thirteen years old. Let him write poems. His poems are not as good as his previous fame. After another seven years, he became an ordinary person.

Wang Anshi said: Zhong Yong was born with understanding and intelligence. His talent is far higher than that of ordinary talented people. He finally became an ordinary person because the education he received did not meet the requirements.

Although he is very talented and smart, he still wants to be an ordinary person without acquired education; Those who have no talent are ordinary people, and they don't accept the acquired education, as long as they can become ordinary people.

Extended data:

Fang Zhongyong's death so quickly has a lot to do with his father's ignorance. At first, Shang's father gave him books just to satisfy his curiosity, but he didn't really want him to study. When he saw that his son could make money by writing poems, he took his son as a tool to make money and took him to visit guests everywhere, instead of letting Fang Zhongyong continue his studies.

Secondly, it is also related to Fang Zhongyong, whose talent began to appear. He was immersed in everyone's boasting and got carried away. His desire for learning is not as keen as it was at first. He was led by his father, and finally wasted his talent and became a mediocrity.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Fang Zhongyong