A.D. 1025 (the third year of the Northern Song Dynasty), Fang Zhongyong began to write poems, which shocked the whole village. Famous, its specialty is "referring to things like poetry." In order to catch a glimpse of this "child prodigy writer", city dwellers have invited Fang Zhongyong's father to visit the city, and some people are even willing to pay a few coppers for it.
A.D. 1033 (the second year of Ming Dow in the Northern Song Dynasty), Wang Anshi, the same age as Fang Zhongyong, followed his father back to Shanxi to visit relatives and met Fang Zhongyong at his uncle's house. Wang Anshi is also a "child prodigy", and the book says that he "reads little and never forgets" (History of Song Dynasty, volume 327).
Fang Zhongyong's name has long been known to him. He asked Fang Zhongyong to write some poems, but he was a little disappointed, because this "prodigy writer" was not as powerful as the legend.
1040 (the first year of Kangding in Northern Song Dynasty), Wang Anshi visited relatives in Jinxi again. At this time, Fang Zhongyong became a farmer again.
In A.D. 1043 (the third year of the Northern Song Dynasty), Wang Anshi returned to Linchuan from Yangzhou, and thought of what had happened, he wrote the article "On".
2. Sima Qian
Faced with the punishment of the great monarch, Mu Yi died. Although honor can be guaranteed, the book has not been completed and the name has not been established. This kind of death is like a drop in the ocean, like the death of an ant.
Zhouyi was interpreted when King Wen was in prison, and Chunqiu was written when he was in trouble. Li Sao was given to Qu Yuan when he was exiled, Mandarin was given to him when Zuo Qiu was blind, and The Art of War was revised after Sun Bin was sent to squat. Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals was handed down from generation to generation in exile. Han Fei was imprisoned in the State of Qin, and he was hard to blame.
Finally, in that era when "Zanghuo's handmaids and concubines can still be the masters", Sima Qian resolutely chose to be redeemed by corruption. At this point, Sima Qian was burdened with his father's unfulfilled ideals and was fearless in the face of capital punishment. Accomplish the mission of Taishigong with perseverance and humiliation.
3. Sun Jing
Sun Jing was born in Xindu (now Jizhou District, Hengshui City) in the Han Dynasty. He is young, studious, knowledgeable and has a strong memory. He regards books as his life. Reading and studying at night often stay up late. Neighbors call him "Mr. Close the Door".
While studying, Sun Jing always takes notes. He often stays up until after midnight. After a long time, he sometimes falls asleep. I regretted it when I woke up. One day, he looked up and thought hard, his eyes stayed on the beams, and suddenly his eyes shone. Then I found a rope. One end of the rope is tied to the beam and the lower end is tied to my hair.
In this way, whenever he is tired and sleepy and wants to doze off, as long as he lowers his head, the rope will yank his hair, and when it hurts, he will wake up to drive away sleepiness. Since then, he has studied hard in this way every night.
After studying hard year after year, Sun Jing read many poems and became a learned scholar. At that time, he was quite famous in the north of Jianghuai, and students often traveled thousands of miles to him to study and discuss knowledge.
4. Kuang Jia
The Kuang family has been farming for generations, but they are very diligent and eager to learn. Because his family is poor, he has to help others get an education.
He was studying the Book of Songs with a doctor. Because of his diligent study, his understanding of this poem is very unique and thorough. Confucian scholars at that time once said that there was no need to say poetry. Kuang said "The Book of Songs", which means that listening to and explaining "The Book of Songs" can make people frown and feel comfortable, showing a profound understanding of the Book of Songs.
But Kuang Heng's career didn't go well at first. According to the regulations of the Han Dynasty, once a doctoral disciple has mastered one of the Six Classics, he can obtain an official position through the examination. A-level students can be doctors, B-level students are Prince Scheeren, and C-level students can only make up literary anecdotes. Kuang Heng got nine subjects, only a C, and was compiled as a history of literary death in Taiyuan County.
However, Kuang Heng's profound understanding of The Book of Songs was highly valued by the literati at that time, and Yuan Di, as a prince at that time, also had a special liking for The Book of Songs.
5. Newton
1648, Newton was sent to study. Newton was not a child prodigy when he was a teenager. His grades are average, but he likes reading books that introduce various simple methods of making mechanical models. Inspired by them, he makes some strange gadgets by himself, such as windmills, wooden clocks, folding lanterns and so on.
Legend has it that young Newton made a model of the mill after thoroughly understanding the mechanical principle of the windmill. He tied the mouse to a treadmill with wheels, and then put a corn in front of the wheel, just out of the mouse's reach.
The mouse wants to eat corn, so it keeps running, so the wheel keeps turning; Once again, when he was flying a kite, he hung a small lamp on the rope. In the evening, the villagers were surprised to find that a comet appeared. He also made a small water clock. Every morning, the water bell will automatically drop water on his face to wake him up.
He also likes painting and carving, especially carving sundials. His sundial was placed in the corner of his house and everywhere on the windowsill to observe the movement of the shadow.