"Know all the words in the world and read all the books in the world."
This is a couplet written by Su Dongpo, a teenager, on a whim amid praise. He posted this couplet on his doorstep, studied it for a long time and refused to leave.
Su Dongpo (1037-1101) has been gifted since childhood. Under the careful education and patient guidance of his father, who is famous for his literary world, he gradually developed the habit of being diligent and inquisitive, and had a strong desire to "break the casserole pattern". After several years of hard work, he has made great progress in his studies. At an early age, after reading a lot of books, I can gradually write a chapter. When my father's close relatives and friends saw it, they were full of praise, calling him a rare "prodigy" and predicting that he would be a literary genius.
Su Dongpo, a teenager, was a little carried away by praise. He thinks he is well-read and quite proud. One day, he proudly took a pen, ink and paper, waved his hand and wrote the couplets on it. He just posted the couplets in front of the door when an old man with white hair passed by and watched curiously. The old man has seen it, and he deeply feels that this Su Gongzi is too overreached and overconfident.
Two days later, the old man came to Fu Su to see Xiao Dongpo with a book in his hand, and told him that he was just a scholar to ask Xiao Su's son for advice. Su Dongpo took the book and opened it. He didn't know any words on it, and he blushed. Seeing this, the old man quietly stepped forward and said respectfully, "Please advise." Xiao Dongpo blushed and turned white in one sentence, and his heart was very unhappy. Helpless, he had to get up the courage and tell the old man truthfully that he didn't know these words. The old man laughed, smoothed his white beard and urged him, "Sue, don't you know all the words in the world and read all the books in the world?" How can you not know the words of this book? " Say and take the book, twist a head and walk.
Su Dongpo looked at the old man's back, focused and very ashamed. He finally realized the true meaning from the old man's words, and immediately went to the door, adding two words in front of the couplet, which made the couplet become:
Try to know all the words in the world.
Determined to read all the books on earth.
This time, he still studied for a long time, and vowed to live and learn, never be satisfied and never be proud. Since then, he studied hard day and night, humbly asked for advice, and his literary attainments deepened day by day. Eventually, he became a leading figure in the literary and calligraphy circles of the Northern Song Dynasty and won the reputation of being one of the eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties.
I hope the landlord is satisfied