For example, what kind of person is Wang Mian?

Wang Mian is an "aboveboard" person, with outstanding talent, high style and openness. He is very talented since he was a child, and he has a strong self-study ability, and he is free and easy, unlimited in time, and does not seek fame and fortune. This is in stark contrast to the figures who came from behind. For example, when Zhou Jin came out later, he was also very talented, but he wanted to take the imperial examination all his life, and finally he lost control when he saw the number plate.

Wang Mian was eager to learn from childhood and herded cattle during the day. When he was seven or eight years old, his father told him to herd cattle on the ridge, and he sneaked into the school to listen to the students. After listening, I always remember it silently. When he came home at night, he forgot all the cows he was grazing.

Wang Mian's father was furious and gave Wang Mian a good beating. After that, he was still like this. His mother said, "The child is so obsessed with reading, why not let him?" Wang Mian ran away from home and stayed in a temple. At night, he sneaked out and sat on the Buddha's lap, holding a book in his hand. By the light of the ever-burning lamp in front of the Buddha, the sound of reading was read until dawn.

Most of the Buddha statues are clay sculptures, all of which are ferocious and frightening. Child as Wang Mian is, he doesn't seem to see it. Han Xing of Anyang heard that he was different and accepted him as a disciple, so Wang Mian became a learned Confucian scholar. But when I failed the exam again and again, I set the article on fire.

Reading by lamp

When Wang Mian was young, he was very curious. One day, his father told him to herd cattle. He put the cow on the grass and went to a private school to listen to the children in the village. When I came back at night, I found that the cow was gone and was severely beaten by my father. But he didn't stop there. A few days later, he went to the temple, sat on the bodhisattva's lap and read and read with the ever-burning lamp.

The Scholars began to describe the story of Wang Mian herding cattle, which may also be based on this. However, according to his biographical data, Wang Mian never herded cattle for other families, nor did he lose his father in childhood. Wu wrote that Wang Mian lost his father when he was young and hired him to herd cattle at the age of ten. After such processing, the image of peasant artists in Wang Mian is more prominent and their personality is more distinct. Therefore, the story of Wang Mian is still widely circulated.