What do you mean by knocking today? Did bricks really knock on the door in ancient times?

Interestingly, the word "stepping stone" first appeared in the Song Dynasty, which means that some people get fame by it and throw it away when they are finished. The original intention is similar to kicking off a bridge, but the meaning of kicking off a bridge is more inclined to throw it after use. In the continuous evolution of later generations, stepping stones have played down the meaning of throwing away after use and strengthened the meaning of demanding higher-level fame, which is a bit like a "ladder" and a bit like a stepping stone. Next, let's talk about the origin, origin and modern significance of the word "stepping stone"

Let's talk about the origin of stepping stones. This story has something to do with our lovely Su Dongpo and Su University. In Song Dynasty, Zeng Minxing's "Awakening alone Magazine", Volume 5, once had such a passage:

"One day, Chongyuan walked around the window, and Dongpo asked,' What is it?' Chongyuan said,' Come with me.' Dongpo said:' It can be said that I was frustrated only when I got a big blessing.' Gai Chongyuan's Fu sentence was also given when he was admitted to the Academy. Chongyuan said:' Knock on the rubble and you will remember! "

The "stepping stone" here refers to the tools used to gain fame and fortune, and throw them away when they are used up. On the contrary, this metaphor vividly belittles the noumenon, although the ancients were elegant, ironic and meticulous.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, "stepping stone" still meant this, but under the ancient imperial examination system, the eight-part essay was indeed a "stepping stone" for them to participate in the imperial examination and become an official in the DPRK. Ancient official positions were divided into civil servants and military attaché s. Military attaché s needed them to make contributions on the battlefield, and civil servants needed to pass the imperial examination to allocate official positions. Although stereotyped writing will not be often used in their future careers, if they don't know stereotyped writing, they will not even pass the imperial examination.

In this way, if you want to succeed, you must know some stereotyped writing. It is no exaggeration to say that stereotyped writing is a "stepping stone". Today, when we don't have the imperial examination system, the word "stepping stone" is still in use and has evolved into the only way to a new field.