Thousand Characters

Chapter 58

[Original text]

Shoot Liao pills, Ji Qin and Ruan Xiao.Tian pen Lun paper, Jun Qiao Ren fishing.

【Note】

Bu: Lu Bu in the Three Kingdoms period. "Bushe" tells the story of Lu Buyuanmen shooting a halberd.Liao: Yiliao of Chu State. "Liaowan" tells the story of Yiliao throwing balls.Ji: Ji Kang, a famous scholar in the Western Jin Dynasty. "Ji Qin" tells the story of Ji Kang playing the piano.Ruan: Ruan Ji, a famous scholar in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. "Ruan Xiao" tells the story of Ruan Ji Chang Xiao.Tian: Meng Tian of Qin State. "Tian Bi" tells the story of Meng Tian making a brush.Lun: Cai Lun of the Eastern Han Dynasty. "Lun Paper" tells the story of Cai Lun's paper making in the Eastern Han Dynasty. "Junqiao" tells the story of Ma Jun inventing the waterwheel during the Three Kingdoms period. "Ren Diao" tells the story of Mr. Ren fishing.These four sentences respectively introduce eight ancient characters. Their common feature is that they either possessed unique skills, or benefited the society and the lives of ordinary people, and became role models for people to learn and emulate.

【Interpretation】

Lu Bu of the Three Kingdoms was good at archery, Yiliao of Chu State was excellent at juggling; Ji Kang, a famous scholar in the Western Jin Dynasty, was good at playing the piano and composing poems, and Ruan Ji was good at singing and singing.Meng Tian of the Qin Dynasty made the writing brush, Cai Lun of the Eastern Han Dynasty invented papermaking; Ma Jun invented the waterwheel, and Mr. Ren was good at fishing.

【allusion】

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there were two very famous literati, one was Ji Kang and the other was Ruan Ji. Ji Kang was good at playing the piano, and Ruan Ji was good at singing and singing.It is said that once, Sima Zhao was annoyed by what Ji Kang did. Sima Zhao was very angry and wanted to kill him immediately.But when Ji Kang heard it, his face didn't change, his heart didn't jump, and he wasn't nervous at all. He only made one last request to Sima Zhao, which was to let him play "Guangling San" again.Sima Zhao agreed, and when Ji Kang finished playing "Guangling San", the Tai students present were deeply moved and asked to learn this famous song, but Sima Zhao did not agree.After Ji Kang was killed, "Guangling San" was lost.The other is Ruan Ji. Once he went to Mount Sumen to ask an old Taoist priest how to breathe and practice Qi. No matter how much Ruan Ji begged, the old Taoist just sat there motionless and ignored him.Ruan Ji looked really helpless, so he had no choice but to go back home, but when he reached the middle of the mountain, he suddenly heard a melodious and far-reaching cry from the mountain, and Ruan Ji seemed to suddenly understand the meaning of the old Taoist's cry , also followed the old Taoist and let out a long roar.

(End of this chapter)