Two idioms about ancient people's modest learning skills are as urgent as sonorous ones.

Shi Yang in Song Dynasty liked studying very much. At noon on a snowy day, he and his classmates went to the philosopher Cheng Yi for advice. Teacher Cheng is taking a nap, and they are waiting outside the door.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier. In order not to disturb the teacher, I still wait patiently outside the door. It's snowing heavily, and it's getting heavier and heavier. Shi Yang didn't walk, but stood in the snow. After a while, it was already a foot thick. The teacher woke up. Found Shi Yang two people standing in the snow, busy call them into the house, Shi Yang hurriedly salute to the teacher, ask.

Later, Shi Yang also became a world-famous scholar. As a model of respecting teachers and valuing morality, he became a much-told story in academic circles.

2. Xu Beihong became a duck.

It is said that once Xu Beihong commented on his works at an art exhibition, an old farmer from the countryside came up to him and said, "Sir, the duck you drew is not right. You drew a duck. How can the mother duck's tail be so long? " It turns out that Xu Beihong's "Writing Dongpo Chunjiang Plumbing Poetry" shows that the tail feathers of ducks are long and curly like rings.

The old farmer told Xu Beihong that the drake had bright feathers and a curly tail. The mother duck's hair is hemp brown and her tail is very short. Xu Beihong accepted the criticism and expressed deep gratitude to the old farmer.

Mei Lanfang is a teacher.

Mei Lanfang, a master of Peking Opera, not only has profound attainments in Peking Opera art, but also is a master of Danqing. He worships the famous painter Qi Baishi and asks for advice modestly. He always holds a disciple ceremony and often grinds ink and rice paper for the old man Baishi. He is not proud of being a famous actor.

Mei Lanfang not only worships painters as teachers, but also ordinary people as teachers. He once performed the Peking Opera "Killing Life", and among the cheers, he heard an elderly audience say "bad". Mei Lanfang took the old man home by car before she could unload the goods and change clothes.

He respectfully said to the old man, "The person who says I'm not good is my teacher. If the teacher says I'm not good, I must have a good opinion. Please give me advice. Students are determined to make up for it. " The old man pointed out: "Yan Xijiao's catwalk upstairs and downstairs, according to the regulations of the pear garden, should be seven ups and eight downs. Why do doctors go up and down? "

Mei Lanfang suddenly realized and praised again and again. In the future, Mei Lanfang often asked the old gentleman to watch him act, asked him to correct me and called him "teacher".

4. Tang Bohu is a master.

Tang Bohu was a famous painter and writer in Ming Dynasty. When he was young, he showed superhuman talent in painting. As a disciple of the great painter Shen Zhou, Tang Bohu naturally studied harder, quickly mastered the painting skills, and was highly praised by Shen Zhou.

Unexpectedly, due to Shen Zhou's praise, Tang Bohu, who has always been modest, gradually became complacent. Shen Zhou see in the eye, in mind. During a meal, Shen Zhou asked Tang Bohu to open the window. Tang Bohu found that his window was actually a painting by Teacher Shen Zhou. Tang Bohu felt very ashamed and devoted himself to painting.

5. Luban studied art.

Lu Ban was born in the 13th year of Zhou Wangjing (507 BC) and died in the 25th year of Zhou Pingjing (444 BC). He lived in the late Spring and Autumn Period and the early Warring States Period, and was born into a family of artisans for generations. He has participated in many civil engineering jobs with his family since childhood, and he has never been proud of learning. He gradually mastered the skills of productive labor and accumulated rich practical experience.

Lu Ban was an outstanding inventor in ancient China. His name and story have been circulated among the broad masses of the people for more than two thousand years.

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