When Sima Guang was seven years old, he played with children in the yard. As a result, a bear Haizi climbed into the water tank and fell in. Other Xiong Haizi's people were scared away. Only Master Xiang later grabbed a stone and threw it at the water tank without saying anything. The water tank leaked, the water came out, and the Xiong Haizi was saved. Future masters like reading books very much, especially listening to others' Zuo Zhuan, and they can also relay what adults say to their families, which is not bad at all. Later, he never let go until he forgot hunger, thirst and warmth. Therefore, there is a basis for Sima Guang to smash the jar to save his friends.
However, some people have questioned this, saying that the hardness of the water tank is beyond the strength of a child. Others think that with the scientific and technological level of the Northern Song Dynasty, a water tank big enough to hold a child can't be burned. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the development of pottery industry reached its peak, and large-scale pottery could be made. For example, pottery pots and jars have been made properly, so it should not be difficult to make them. The name of the child saved by Sima Guang is Shangguan Shangguan Guang. As an adult, Sima Shangguang moved to the south slope of Dilong in the west of the city and built a pavilion called "Thanksgiving Pavilion" to repay Sima Guang for saving his life.
But it doesn't matter. The main purpose of this story is to tell us that Sima Guang was very different when he was young. He was calm and handled the emergency properly. Becoming a generation of civil servants is not a wave of fame.