The story about Su Dongbo

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1 Reciting poems and attending banquets

When Su Shi was twenty years old, he went to the capital for scientific research . Six arrogant people looked down upon him and decided to invite Su Shi to a banquet with the intention of teasing him. Su Shi went happily after accepting the invitation. Before taking the table and using chopsticks, everyone proposed a drinking order. The content of the drinking order must quote historical figures and events, so that you can eat a plate of food alone. The other five people roared with cheers. "I'll come first." The older one said, "Jiang Ziya fishes on the Weishui River!" After saying that, he took away a plate of fish. "Qin Shubao sells horses in Chang'an," the second man said proudly as he took away the horse meat. "Su Ziqing Beihu Shepherd," the third person took the mutton without showing any signs of weakness. "Zhang Yide sells meat in Zhuo County," the fourth one shouted anxiously, reaching out and grabbing the meat. "Guan Yunchang scraped the bones from Jingzhou," the fifth one couldn't wait to grab the bones. "Zhuge Liang grows vegetables in Longzhong," the sixth arrogantly picked up the last piece of vegetables. After all the dishes were finished, the six people were happily preparing to eat and laugh at Su Shi, but Su Shi calmly chanted: "Qin Shihuang annexed the six countries!" After saying that, he put all six dishes in front of him and said with a smile : "Brothers, please come!". The people in Liuju were dumbfounded.

2 Get ahead

When Su Shi was taking the college entrance examination in Beijing, the presiding judge was Ouyang Xiu, a famous literary figure in the Northern Song Dynasty. When he was reviewing the papers, he was fascinated by Su Shi's gorgeous writing style. To prevent favoritism, the examination papers at that time were all anonymous. Therefore, although Ouyang Xiu wanted to choose this article as the first one, he felt that this article was very similar to what his disciple Zeng Gong had written, and he was afraid that it would be true, so he finally ranked it second. It wasn't until the release of the list that Ouyang Xiu found out that the author of the article was Su Shi. After knowing the true situation, Ouyang Xiu regretted it, but Su Shi had no intention of caring about it at all. Su Shi's generosity and outstanding talent made Ouyang Xiu marvel at him: "Such a young talent should really be recognized (idiom) This is where success comes from!" and officially accepted Su Shi as his disciple.

3 Family Reunion

After Su Shi came second in high school, the three fathers and sons of the Su family and Su Xiaomei’s family, who is famous for the Three Difficulties Qin Shaoyou, gathered in the garden to celebrate. Su Shi’s father Su Xun proposed The two words "cold and fragrant" were chosen, and each person wrote two poems, which were required to fit the situation at that time. To take the lead, Su Laoquan walked slowly to the flower pond and chanted: "The water flows cold from the edge of the stone, and the wind blows from the flowers with fragrance." Ziyou stood up and picked fragrant wintersweet petals, flicked his fingers and said, "The cold words are unknown, but the plum blossoms are fragrant on his fingers." The younger sister also went to pick flowers. Ziyou wanted to laugh at him for imitating himself, but the younger sister said: "The cuckoos in the sun have a cold mouthpiece, and the flowers and butterflies in the sky have a fragrant dream." After speaking, he spread his palms and found that a butterfly had been crushed to death. The daughter's characteristics were revealed, and everyone applauded in unison. However, Su Shi flicked the stone bench and rode away. Su Laoquan called out: "My son, don't leave if you can't answer the question." Before he finished speaking, Su Shi said two sentences in a long voice: "Flick the stone and come and sit down." Bring the cold, step on the flowers and return home with the scent of horseshoes!"

4 Dongpo Fish

Su Shi was not only a literary master, he was also very good at gourmet food. In addition to the well-known Dongpo elbow, Su Shi was also good at cooking fish. The fish they cook is excellent. Once, Su Shi was so inspired that he went out to cook fish in the cupboard. Just after it was cooked, he saw Huang Tingjian coming in through the window. ). Knowing that he was trying to get rid of the food jam again, he hurriedly hid the fish on the top of the cupboard. Huang Tingjian walked in and said, "Today I'm asking Brother Zizhan for advice. May I ask Su Shi how to write Su?" Su Shi responded with a long face: "Su, the grass is above the grass and the fish is on the left and the grass is on the left." Huang Tingjian said again: "Then this fish Can you put it on the right side?" Su Shi said, "Okay." Huang Tingjian then asked, "Is it okay to put the fish on the top?" Su Shi said, "What's the point of putting the fish on the top of the cupboard?" Said: "Since Brother Zizhan also knows this truth, why do you still put the fish on it?!" Su Shi, who has always been quick-thinking, was completely beaten by Huang Tingjian this time!

5 Fruits and Medicine

Shortly after Su Shi got married, he was invited to Huang Tingjian's house as a guest. When he got there, a servant rushed to ask him to go back immediately, saying that his wife was in a hurry. Huang Tingjian meant to be sarcastic and chanted: "Fortunately (apricot, jujube, plum), and calm (Cistanche deserticola is a traditional Chinese medicine)." This sentence contains three fruit names and one medicine name. Su Shi didn't even look back, stepped on the saddle and walked away, saying as he walked: "But this matter (Nai, the genus of apple, sugarcane, persimmon) must be dealt with by Danggui (the name of Chinese medicine)." Sigh, Dongpo layman's talent is really impressive. People are convinced.

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