Historical anecdotes

Zhu Qifeng, a native of Haining, Zhejiang Province, taught in the Academy in the last years of Guangxu. On one occasion, when reviewing students' essay papers, Zhu Qifeng found that someone used the word "both ends of the first application" in the paper. He thought it was a student's clerical error and immediately changed it to "the two ends of the first mouse." As a result, after the test results came out, "the academy was in an uproar", and some even wrote a letter mocking Zhu Qifeng. Facts have proved that the students are not mistaken, and "both ends of the first donation" have their origins. For example, in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, not only the words "both ends of the first donation" were written impressively, but also the words "the first donation was the first mouse" were marked.

After this incident, Zhu Qifeng deeply felt that his reading was rough and his knowledge was narrow. From then on, he studied hard and discussed carefully, and abstractly classified the words related to sound and meaning such as "giving time" and "giving and receiving" seen in ancient books. After painstaking consideration and careful comparison, it took 30 years and more than ten manuscripts, and finally it was compiled into Ci Tong, with more than 3 million words, which occupies an important position in the history of linguistics in China. Some famous scholars, such as Zhang Taiyan, Liu Dabai, Hu Shi, Qian, Lin Yutang, etc. Preface to this book, highly recommended.

Zhu Qifeng's criticism of others and even his own students can be treated correctly, turning pressure into motivation. Such teaching attitude and academic spirit are worth learning.

After Shen Congwen retired for the first time, he had to leave Phoenix to make a living and come to Zhijiang to find a way out. Of course, Shenyang's huge circle of relatives will not let the former young master despair. His fifth uncle was appointed by the county magistrate and soon became the director of the police station. Shen Congwen, 16 years old, has been exercising in the army and is a bit "muddling along". Naturally, "one person gets the word, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven", and he was recruited by his uncle to work around him. A teenager from other places actually did a good job in the police station. Later, after the police station took charge of the tax, Shen Congwen was responsible for collecting the "slaughter tax". Think about it, a boy with no beard at the corner of his mouth walks around Zhijiang City with his hukou book every day. How imposing! Those butchers all saw the respect for three points. Because of the influence of Shenyang that day, it is obviously not a problem for Shen Congwen to make a living and eat well on the border of western Hunan. Later, many prominent families in the city took a fancy to him in succession, so it was natural to treat him as a son-in-law and even let him choose at will.

It happened that at this time, master Shenyang's puberty arrived, and he didn't want to do that. The reason is that he fell in love with a girl. However, this is doomed to be a scam-due to the "matchmaking" of an illegitimate child named Ma, Shen Congwen went and fell in love on the grounds that "my sister wants to invite you to play at home". Perhaps it is the germination of "love". He bravely refused the marriage proposal of all the wise men, and only had that sister in his heart. However, he is also very confused. The boy named Ma began to get close to him, and he always borrowed money from him. Finally, Shen Congwen's mother sold land 1000 yuan. In fact, that was just Shen Congwen's adolescent reaction. He was cheated by a boy named Ma in the name of "sister" and didn't know anything about it!

The truth of the matter is that Shen Congwen fell into the pony's trap because of his infatuation. If that's all, it's just a joke. It happened that Shen Congwen was serious. He is embarrassed to see anyone. That 1000 yuan is not a small sum for the dilapidated Shenyang family. Shen Congwen felt sorry for his mother, so he quietly left Zhijiang and began his next wandering.

Because Shen Congwen is a big shot, such adolescent events become extraordinary. In fact, with this move, a once-in-a-century Shen Congwen came out.

Since the old man Qi Baishi became famous in the painting world in the 1930s, there are more and more paintings with his name on the market. From time to time, buyers come to the door with his paintings and ask for identification or inscription. Later, he simply stated that "the painting he gave was not forged by the iron gate of Shantang". His wife, Hu Baozhu, can also draw. In order to avoid the suspicion of "Mrs. Catch the Knife", he reluctantly gave up what he wanted Hu Baozhu to stop painting.

Hu Baozhu married Qijia at the age of 18. When Qi Baishi painted, she stood by and polished the paper. Influenced by art, she studies from time to time. She is very talented and her painting skills are getting better and better. On one occasion, Qi Baishi saw a picture of a flock of geese on the painting table, but he thought it was painted by himself. He wrote The Three Deposits and Three Seals of Qi Huang, the Rich Man of the Old Capital, and even made three seals. After a day of careful taste, I found that this is a copy of my wife's work, so the inscription was corrected to: "This is a small one for Baoji." Later, Zhu Bao took a photo of "Shrimp Flocks" and gave it to her husband for evaluation. While enjoying it, the old man Baishi was both happy and worried. Mrs. Xi has this achievement, and her composition and color are like her own handwriting; Worried people are afraid that people will spread rumors that Qi Baishi's paintings are ghostwritten by his wife, and even the paintings borrowed from the Mountain Museum are not reliable.

Zhu Bao takes painting as a pastime. Knowing her husband's worry, she put down her brush.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Lv Dai held a high position and became famous. His friend Hou Xu often criticizes his shortcomings mercilessly. Lv Dai not only didn't blame Hou Xu, but also respected and got closer to Hou Xu.

We have to admire Lv Dai's attitude of not being afraid of criticism, and his attitude of accepting life with an open mind like grass, which has created a generation of famous players.

Mei Lanfang suddenly heard an old man say "bad" when she was performing the Beijing opera "Killing Cherish". Mei Lanfang took the old man home by car before she could unload the goods and change clothes. He respectfully said to the old man, "The person who says I'm not good is my teacher. Mr. Wang said that if I am not good, I must have a good opinion. I still hope to teach you. The students are determined to make up for it.

The old man said, "Yan Xijiao's catwalk upstairs and downstairs, according to the rules of the pear garden, should be seven ups and eight downs. Why do doctors go up and down? " Mei Lanfang suddenly realized and praised again and again. We have to admire Mei Lanfang's modesty. It is this attitude towards life that ordinary people can be regarded as teachers like grass and create a generation of Peking Opera masters. In life, we all want to live like a tree and have long forgotten the existence of grass. But in fact, it is often these humble grasses that have the power to break mountains and crack stones.

Anecdotal history