What's the story of Sima Guang smashing a jar?

A, sima guang "cut cylinder" the original text is as follows:

Sima Guang is a gentleman from Xia County, Shaanxi Province. Guangsheng, born at the age of seven, is as imposing as an adult. As soon as he heard about Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, he loved it endlessly and retired for his family, which was his great purpose. Naturally, I can't put down my books. I don't know if I'm hungry or thirsty. A group of children were playing in court. One climbed the urn and his foot fell into the water, so everyone abandoned it. As long as the urn is broken with a stone, the water will burst and the child will live. -Arutu's History of the Song Dynasty at the end of the Yuan Dynasty

Second, the original text of Sima Guang Primary School is as follows:

Once, Sima Guang played hide-and-seek with his friends in the backyard. There is a big water tank in the yard. A child climbed to the edge of the tank to play and accidentally fell into Tanqueray. The water tank is very deep, and it seems that the child is going to 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. Sima Guang thought about it, used his quick wits, picked up a big stone from the ground and threw it at the water tank. "bang!" The water tank was broken, the water in the tank came out, and the child who was submerged in the water was saved.

Xiao Sima Guang was calm when he was in trouble, and he was like an adult since he was a child.

1. The ancient Chinese translation of Sima Guang's Chopping the Cylinder is as follows:

Sima Guang, a native of Xia County, Shaanxi Province. When Sima Guang was 7 years old, he was like an adult (the ancient adult refers to the weak crown, 16 years old, not the present 18 years old). He especially likes to listen to Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, and come back to tell his family after understanding its main idea. From then on, I couldn't put it down for Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, even forgetting hunger and cold. A group of children are playing in the yard. A child stood on a vat and fell into the vat and was flooded. All the other children have run away. Sima guang broke the jar with a stone, and the water flowed out, so that the children could live.

Second, the story introduction:

Sima Guang smashed the jar, a famous historical story, which happened in Guangshan, Henan Province in the Song Dynasty. The story about Sima Guang breaking open the water tank with a big stone to save his companion who fell into the big water tank comes from the History of Song Dynasty.

Three. Relevant personnel introduction:

Sima Guang (10 19 ~ 1086) was a famous politician, historian and essayist in the Northern Song Dynasty. During the Northern Song Dynasty, he was born in Xushui Town, Xia County, Shaanxi Province (now northeast of Anyi Town, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province), Han nationality. Born in Guangshan County, Henan Province, Shi Jun is called Mr. Sushui.

Sima Guang was born in Tianxi, Song Zhenzong for three years (A.D.1019117 October). At that time, his father Sima Chi was the county magistrate of Guangshan County, Gwangju, so he was named "Guang". Sima Guang's family has been an official for generations, and his father Sima Chi later became an official to the Ministry of War, a doctor and a celestial pavilion, and has always enjoyed a high reputation for being honest and kind.

Influenced by his father, Sima Guang was smart and studious since childhood. According to historical records, Sima Guang likes reading Zuo Zhuan very much, and often "never stops reading books, never knowing hunger and thirst." At the age of seven, he was able to recite Zuo Zhuan skillfully, and he could clearly tell the historical outline of more than 200 years, indicating that he had a very strong interest in history since he was a child.

In addition, there is another thing that made Xiao Sima Guang famous in Kyushu. This is the story of "Sima Guang smashing a jar" that has been passed down to this day. People in Bianjing and Luoyang recorded it with pictures and spread it widely.