Bei Song Jia You years, Sichuan Su Shi to the capital Bianliang to participate in the examination, the examiner Ouyang Xiu saw Su Shi's paper thought it was his own students Zeng Gong's, will be supposed to take the first place only to give him the second place. Su Shi wrote a letter of thanks to Ouyang Xiu after he was awarded the bachelor's degree, and Ouyang Xiu marveled at his talent and said that he should give him a chance to make a name for himself.
Out of the world? [ chū rén tóu dì ]?
Interpretation: to be superior. It describes a person who is superior to others in virtue and talent, or who has outstanding achievements.
From: Song Ouyang Xiu (宋-欧阳修), "A Book with Mei Sheng Yu (与梅圣俞書)"："Old man should avoid the road and let him go out of his way."
Translation: The old man should avoid the road and should be given the opportunity to excel.
Expanded Information
Near Synonyms of Outstanding
I. Zhuoer Buqun [ zhuó ěr bù qún ]
Interpretation: zhuóer: out of the ordinary; buqun: different. It means that one's talents and virtues are out of the ordinary and different from others.
From: Eastern Han Dynasty, Ban Gu's "The Book of Han - The Praise of King Xian of Hetao's Passage": "The only thing that I can do is to have great elegance, and Zhuoer is not outstanding."
Interpretation: learned and knowledgeable, with talents and virtues that are beyond the ordinary and distinctive
2. The word "cui" means to gather together.
Origin: Warring States Meng Zi (孟子-公孙丑上)："The sages of the people are also of the same kind; out of their kind; pulling up the grass."
Translation: the Sage is to the people; also the same; out of their group; beyond all.