In ancient times, there was a man named Sima Guang, who studied very hard since he was a child. At that time, his family was so poor that his mother decided to move for the sake of his studies. After three moves, his family became even poorer, so much so that he couldn't afford to buy candles. But poverty did not deter his will to learn. In summer, he caught fireflies; in winter, he shone the light of snow. In the winter, he shone the light on the snow, which was called "reflecting snow on fireflies" by the later generations. Spring, autumn, he will be chiseled wall to borrow light, so ten years as one day of hard work, and finally the effort is not worth the effort ah, East Window, was pursued by the neighboring Zhao family, the official finally to destroy other people's property and steal other people's resources and two felonies and he will be brought to justice.
In prison, Sima Guang met his long-lost brother Sima Qian. He was so happy that he could not bear the humiliation of prison, so he first hung himself on a beam, then he was sleepless and ate all kinds of methods in order to kill himself. He survived only because his brother was waiting for him to stop him. And as a great realistic painter at the time, his brother Sima Qian on the seedling, in a series of lying down, smell the chicken dance, and finally learned the extraordinary skills of painting snakes to add feet. He exclaimed with joy: Mom no longer has to worry about my studies.
After his release from prison, Sima Guang came to Zhao's house with a bramble, and he made mud, mending the wall, and returned it to Zhao. And a moment of painting nature, in the newly mended wall painted dragon dot eyes. At that time, a dragon rose up in the air. This dragon heard that the local surnamed Jia Ye Gong good dragon, so very much want to go to meet the admiration of their own although not too long Jia Ye Gong. He didn't want to know that the reason why Lord Jia Ye was good at dragons was that he was actually a foodie by nature and was very partial to wild animals. Only to see him draw his sword and rise up in pursuit. Jiao dragon is also the first time to see this situation, we are not social ah, directly run east into a jerk, free rotation three and a half weeks, no splash into the sea, Jia Ye Gong see, a leap on the boat, a month and a half later, traveling to the South China Sea, he seized the opportunity, a sword stabbed in the sea in the middle of the jiao dragon. At this time, suddenly met the South China Sea Goddess of Mercy, Goddess of Mercy said to him, "Jia Ye Gong, your mother called you home for dinner." When Jia Ye Gong heard this, he turned around and saw that the sword in his hand accidentally went into the sea. Little Jia small heart tightened: "Oops, that is the ancient sacred sword Mo Xie ah, spent a lot of my money it, what to do, what to do, forget it first home to eat is important. Not afraid, I go back before the bow of the boat dropped the sword location carved a sign, not afraid to find the sword." Just see him in the bow of the boat carved a "morning" word.
It is said that Sima Guang's painting of the dragon died in the sea, and thus full of hatred for the sea, so it turned into a bird of the Jingwei grass reclamation, which has been said later.
When Sima Guang came of age, his family was still poor, so he drew a cake when he was hungry and a plum when he was thirsty. When others questioned him, he replied, "Draw a cake to satisfy your hunger and a plum to quench your thirst".
One day, his friend Wang Ji invited him to the outskirts of Xianyang City, Hongmen to participate in the banquet, later known as: Hongmen Banquet. After the banquet, Sima Guang played the song "Phoenix", which attracted the local tycoon Zhuo's wife, Zhuo Wenjun. That night, Wenjun ran away and committed herself to Sima Guang, a loser. This is the prototype of Simon Qing and Pan Jinlian in the novel written by later generations.
Wenjun shop selling wine with money, Sima Guang turned to literature, and soon became a well-known writer, pen name Xiangru, known as Sima Xiangru. Sima Xiangru writes a lot, its masterpiece is its autobiographical novel "Jin Ping Mei" red all over Asia and Europe, the major cities and states have been printed, leading to the then famous city of Luoyang paper expensive.
At this time, the master of the Ming dynasty was the famous artist King Yu of Zhou, who was eager to recruit Sima Xiangru. However, after the fame of Sima Xiangru, all the vassal states threw olive branches to him, and all wanted to take him under their wings. Sensing that he was outmatched, the king of Yu lit the beacon towers north of the Yellow River, so that the other lords would be distracted and he could take advantage of the situation. Sima Xiangru was not moved by this, and each time he excused himself to go to the toilet to avoid it. The king of You still insisted on it, and visited him in the toilet three times. Sima Xiangru was touched by his courtesy to the wise, and finally agreed to go down the mountain with him.
The story of the king's beacon play
and his three visits to the cottage has become a legend for the ages.
Sima Xiangru, who had entered the civil service, decided to abandon his pen and fight in the battlefield. He had his mother tattoo the Chinese character "I bought a watch last year" on his back to show her hatred for the enemy. In order to show his hatred for the enemy, he eventually attacked the Japanese in the south and fought against Jin and Liao in the north. He made great achievements in the war. King Yu was so happy that he gave him the surname "Lin". His full name was Lin Xiangru.
That night, Lin Xiangru was lying down, half asleep and half awake when he suddenly heard someone calling him "Sima Guang, Guang, Guang Guang." He rubbed his eyes and found that the pavilions and pavilions in his thoughts, the brocade clothes and jade food suddenly vanished into thin air, replaced by the four walls of the house. It turns out that all this is just a dream. Back to reality, Sima Guang could not help but feel from the heart, he paced up and down in the bedroom, and suddenly when he came to the seventh step, the poetry of the famous seven-step poem:
The light of the moon in front of the bed, the soles of the shoes did not help, raised his head to look at the moon, low head to see the tank.
This is the familiar story of "Sima Guang smashed the tank".