Interpretation: When Jiang Yan, a so-called talented person, runs out of talent, he can't help feeling that there is no such talented person as Zi Jian (Cao Zhizi Jian, who can write poetry in seven steps). Mainly used to describe that there are very few people with real talent in the world.
Jiang Lang refers to Jiang Yan (444-505), a famous writer and essayist in Southern Dynasties, who was born in Kaocheng, Jiyang, Songzhou (now Chengzhuang Town, Minquan County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province).
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Jiangyan in the Southern Dynasties was literate. When he was young, he became a famous writer and his poems and articles were highly praised at that time. ?
However, with the growth of age, his articles are not as good as before, and they have also regressed a lot. His poems are plain; And I have been holding the pen for a long time, but I still can't write a word, and occasionally inspiration comes; The poem has been written, but the sentences are dry and the content is too dull to be desirable.
Therefore, it is said that Jiang Yan once stopped by the river of Zen Ling Temple by boat and dreamed of a man who called himself Zhang Jingyang. Ask him for a silk horse, and he will take out a few feet of silk from his arms and return it to him. Therefore, his articles are not wonderful in the future.
Another legend; Once Jiang Yan took a nap in Yeting; I dreamed that a man who claimed to be Guo Pu came up to him, asked him for a pen, and said to him, "Brother Wentong, I already have a pen. I should be able to give it back to me now! " Hearing this, Jiang Yan conveniently took out a five-color pen from her pocket and returned it to him.
It is said that since then, Jiang Yan's literary thoughts have dried up and he can't write any good articles. In fact, it's not that Jiang Yan ran out of talent, but that after he became an official, on the one hand, he was busy with government affairs, on the other hand, he was proud of his official career and didn't need to write by himself, so he didn't write again. Over time, the article will naturally become inferior and lack talent.