Disciples

Chapter 43

Original
Will get started, ask who will survive;
Will go to the hall, the voice will be loud.

Translation
When visiting someone's home, you should knock on the door first, ask if anyone is at home, and then enter the door only with the owner's permission; when entering the main room, greet the owner loudly.

allusion
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a famous scholar named Wang Zhan, who had a great influence on later generations.

Wang Zhan has loved reading since he was a child.No matter what he does, he is very serious, especially when he is studying, he is single-minded and not disturbed by other things.When he was seven years old, he had already read a lot of books, and he read them all with his heart, earnestly comprehended the meaning of them, and everyone called him a "child prodigy".

One day, Wang Zhan and his classmates were studying in the school, suddenly there was a commotion outside, followed by the sound of gongs and drums, firecrackers, and laughter.Wang Zhan's classmates were attracted by the sound outside, and they all ran out to join in the fun, but Wang Zhan sat there alone and recited the text seriously.After a while, a classmate came back and yelled at Wang Zhan, "Come out and see, where is a beautiful daughter-in-law over there? What are you still doing there?" Wang Zhan replied, "I'm thinking about this sentence. What do you mean?" After finishing speaking, he continued to read the text.The teacher admired the seven-year-old child's self-control when he saw it.

(End of this chapter)