2. Origin of the story: From the 17th to 22nd year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1812-1817), Yuan was the head of Yuelu Academy. The master asked him to write a couplet, and Yuan asked the students to respond with "only Chu has material". Just as he was meditating, your respectful name Zhang Zhongjie arrived, and everyone said, "Prosperity is thinking". This famous couplet was written in this way.

3. The first part, "Only Chu has material", comes from Zuo Zhuan. The original sentence is: "Although Chu is talented, Jin is practical." The second couplet "Xing Yu Si" comes from The Analects of Confucius, Taber Sheng Yu Si.

Now Hunan University originated from Yuelu Academy, one of the four ancient Chinese academies. 1903 The Academy was transformed into Hunan Higher Education College, and 1926 was officially named as Hunan University. Sesame oil is known as "the cradle of Hunan and Chu talents", "Only Chu talents are more prosperous today" and "a school with a thousand years and a famous school with a hundred years".