What is the story of Sima Guang?

Once, Sima Guang and his friends were playing in the backyard. There is a big water tank in the yard, and a child climbs to the edge of the tank to play.

Be careful, fall into the water tank. The water tank is deep, and it seems that the child will have no roof. When other children saw that something was wrong, they cried and cried in fear and ran outside to ask adults for help. However, Sima Guang used his quick wits to pick up a big stone from the ground and slammed it into the water tank. "bang!" The water tank is broken, the water in the water tank comes out, and the submerged child is saved. Xiao Sima Guang is calm and smart, and he has been like an adult since he was a child. This accidental event made Xiao Sima Guang famous, and some people in Tokyo and Luoyang painted it and spread it widely.

Selling horses in good faith

Sima Guang wants to sell a horse, which is pure and beautiful in color, tall and fierce, and gentle in temperament, but unfortunately suffers from lung disease in summer. Sima Guang said to the housekeeper, "This horse has lung disease in summer. This must be told to the buyer. " The housekeeper smiled and said, "Who is like you? How can we sell horses and tell others what is invisible! " Sima Guang disagreed with the housekeeper and said to him, "How much a horse is worth is a trivial matter. Telling people the truth will ruin the reputation of being a man. We must be honest in life. If we lose our integrity, the loss will be even greater. " The housekeeper was ashamed after hearing this.

Low profile and indifference

Sima Guang is indifferent to luxury. In "frugal training to show health", he mentioned that his elders would dress him in gorgeous clothes in a few hours, and he always blushed and took off his clothes. During the first year of Bao, he was received by Emperor Injong. At the banquet, everyone wore flowers on their heads and played without restraint. Only Sima Guang sat in a dangerous position without flowers. After being reminded by his peers, Sima Guang reluctantly put on a small flower.

Sima Guang has an old servant who has always been called a "gentleman and scholar". On one occasion, Su Shi came to Sima Guang's mansion and couldn't help laughing when he heard the servant's address. He jokingly said, "Your master is not a scholar, but he is already a prime minister. Everyone is called' Shi Jun Xianggong'! " The old servant was surprised. Later, when he met Sima Guang, everyone respectfully called him "Shi Jun Xianggong" and said happily, "Fortunately, Mr. Su taught me ..." Sima Guang fell to the ground and sighed, "My old servant was taught badly by the quilt exhibition."

Resolutely concubinage

Scholar-bureaucrats in the Northern Song Dynasty lived a rich life, and concubinage and whoring became a common practice. Sima Guang, Rainbow Anshi and Yue Fei are very rare people who don't take concubines or keep prostitutes. After more than 30 years of marriage, his wife, Mrs. Zhang, had no children. Sima Guang didn't take it to heart and didn't think about concubinage and having children. Mrs. Zhang is worried to death. Once, she bought a beautiful woman behind Sima Guang's back, quietly put it in her bedroom, and then made an excuse to go out. Sima Guang saw it, ignored it and went to the study to read. The beautiful woman followed her to the study, and after posturing, she took out another book, flipped through it and asked delicately, "Excuse me, sir, what is Zhong Cheng?" Sima Guang stood ten feet away from her, expressionless, and handed him a reply: "Zhong Cheng is an official, not a book!" The beauty was bored and left disappointed.

On another occasion, Sima Guang went to her husband's house to enjoy flowers. Mrs. Zhang and her mother-in-law secretly arranged a beautiful maid together. Sima Guang was rude and said angrily to the servant girl, "Go away! Why did you come to see me when my wife was away? " The next day, all the guests of the Zhang family knew about it and appreciated it very much, saying that it was like a replica of "Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun" growing old together. Only one person smiled: "It's a pity that Sima Guang can't play the piano, but only kick the tortoise!" " When Mrs. Zhang was childless for life, Sima Guang adopted his brother's son "Sima Kang" as his adopted son.

Sima Guang lived with his wife. Luoyang Lantern Festival is famous all over the world. On the Lantern Festival, Mrs. Zhang wants to go out and look at the lights. Sima Guang said, "There are lights at home, so why go out to see them?" Ms. Zhang said: "We should not only look at the lights, but also look at the tourists casually." Sima Guang smiled and said, "Look at people? Strange, am I a ghost! "

Bury your wife in a typical way

Sima Guang's residence in Luoyang was very poor when he edited A Mirror of Mutual Learning, so he set up another basement as a study. At that time, minister Wang also lived in Luoyang, and his mansion was very luxurious. Nave has built three floors, and the top floor is called Chaotian Pavilion. Luoyang people joked: "Wang Jia drilled into the sky and Sima Jia went into the ground." After Sima Guang's wife died, the poor Sima Guang didn't think of burial and couldn't afford his wife's funeral. He had to pawn the only three hectares of barren land, put the coffin in mourning and do his husband's duty. Sima Guang has been an official for nearly 40 years. This official has great power. He even buried his wife in a typical way. Rereading history is thought-provoking.

As the saying goes: three years to clear the magistrate, 100 thousand snowflakes and silver. In feudal society, most people studied hard at the cold window and entered the official career in order to show off their families, prosper and be favored, shadowed and influenced by future generations. In front of these people, Sima Guang's incorruptibility is even more commendable. In March of the eighth year of Jiaqing, Song Renzong gave Sima Guang more than one million yuan and countless treasures of silk, but Sima Guang was unmoved. When Sima Guang was old and weak, his friend Liu Xianliang planned to spend 500,000 yuan to buy a maid for him to use. Sima Guang politely refused. He said: "For decades, I dare not eat meat often, nor dare I wear silk and coarse cloth. How dare I spend 500 thousand yuan to hire a maid? "

collect books

During the reign of Emperor Yingzong, he served as a straight bachelor of Longtuge and a bachelor of Hanlin. Politically opposed Wang Anshi's political reform. Later, he was asked to write "the deeds of emperors and ministers in previous dynasties" and was named "Zi Tongzhi Jian" by Zongshen. In the seventh year of Yuanfeng (1084), a book with 294 volumes runs through the historical facts of the rise and fall of the Anshi Rebellion in 1.362. Refers to Longtuge, Tianzhangge, History Museum, Zhaowenge, Jixian Academy, Secret Pavilion and private collections. In addition to the official history, there are 322 books written in miscellaneous history, which is a collection of historical materials. The strategical deep forest is comparable to historical records and Han books. After the book was completed, in order to facilitate the review, a 30-volume Catalogue of Tongzhi Jian was compiled, which had a great influence on later generations. This family has a rich collection of books. While living in Luoyang, he bought 20 mu of land and built a "unique paradise" with more than 1 10,000 books on literature and history. A "reading library" was established, and 5,000 volumes of essence and kindness were created, and 2,400 copies of Oracle were obtained for writing. Good at protecting books, from Er Fu to Chongyang, set up a case to expose books on sunny days every year. The console table is clean and covered with wormwood, but every household sits up and reads. When reading a book, don't hold it empty-handed, lest your hands get wet with sweat. After collecting books for decades, his books are still brand-new.