Is Yang's epitaph true?

This cannot be verified. There is a joke circulating on the Internet, "When Yang died, he was buried in Yunmengze Xishan, and his inscription said: I started writing, but I was three years late; After practicing martial arts, the tinker made an arrow, and the drums were deafening, one after another; I studied medicine and achieved something. Write a prescription, take it, and die. "

This classic vernacular description is lifelike, like a true story, and some kind-hearted netizens even use this epitaph to write Yang's tombstone. The Yang described in this article is really unfortunate and sad. He studied literature in his early years and failed in the imperial examinations three times. Desperate, he went to learn martial arts again. When he was taking a martial arts exam, an arrow hit the tinker, played the drum and was kicked out.

Later, I began to study medicine and finally achieved something. After years of hard work, I have worked hard to develop a wonderful recipe to save lives. As a result, I was poisoned as soon as I tasted the medicine. It is not clear where this passage actually came from. So it is not clear whether this is a true record of the characters or a joke.

The situation described in this article seems exaggerated, but it is actually a true portrayal of most people's lives, although there is an old saying: where there is a will, there is a way. But the reality is cruel, and you don't have to work hard to succeed. Since ancient times, there have been many strugglers and few winners.

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Of course, the joke is just a joke after all, and this joke is likely to come from Yang himself, just a joke of this prodigy. Yang in history is definitely not as sad as in jokes, because he is a mythical figure. Yang, formerly known as Liu Zeen, is a Taoist priest.

His birth and death are unknown, and no one knows his age. His deeds were recorded in Song Shenzong's time. Yang is often unkempt, ragged and knotted, hanging on his body like a quail's tail, wandering freely in the streets, quite like a sharp brother. Unlike Brother Sharp, this Ling Xuzi is quite clever and magical.

He is knowledgeable, eccentric, familiar with ancient and modern times, and often speaks amazingly. It is said that his divine power runs through the three realms and can predict the past and the future. He is a "immortal" hidden in the city by fellow practitioners who have been interpreted Confucianism and Taoism.