The story of Sima Guang smashing the cylinder has been circulating for more than a thousand years, and it has been a Chinese textbook in elementary school textbooks. Why has this story been passed down through the ages? Because this story is very real and positive. There is an old folk saying that a person sees the old from the age of three, and his life is seen at the age of 7. Talking about the story of Sima Guang smashing the tank.
Sima Guang was a politician, historian, and literary scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty. You may be familiar with the story of Sima Guang’s smashing cylinder. You may not have a detailed understanding of Sima Guang. Achievement is the compilation of a famous historical work ( Zizhi Tongjian) comparable to Sima Qian's " Shiji" Sima Guang actually wrote "Zizhitongjian" that was opposed to Wang Anshi's reform_, because of . Song Shenzong supported Wang Anshi's reform, Sima Guang could not be reused by the emperor, left the Kaifeng court and went to Luoyang to live in seclusion, and finally wrote the famous historical masterpiece (Zizhi Tongjian).
Sima Guang's ancestral home is from Xia County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province. His father was an official in Guangshan County, Henan Province in his early years, so Sima Guang was born in Guangshan County, Henan Province. The middle section of Zhongzheng Avenue in Guangshan County is a neighbor to Deng Yingchao's ancestral home. Across the street, to explore the story of Sima Guang's smashing a cylinder and saving a child, one has to enter the former residence of Sima Guang's birthplace, Guangshan County, Xinyang City, Henan Province.
The first impression when walking into Sima Guang’s former residence is that there are six or seven children and a sculpture of a big tank in the yard.It shows the scene of the story of Sima Guang’s smashing the tank when he was a child. Everyone has read about Sima Guang’s smashing the tank to save children in the elementary school textbooks. I will not repeat the description here. Except for the sculpture of Sima Guang’s smashing the tank, there are two tall trees that are in sight. The slender cypress has a small trunk diameter, but it is tens of meters high and grows lush. It shows that there are hundreds of years of graceful ancient trees, and it records the historical testimony of Sima Guang's former residence.
Then there is a Sima Well in the yard (there is a stele that says: Sima Yuquan) According to the administrator: This is the well Sima Guang used to bathe when he was born, and after Sima Guang became famous The renamed (Sima Yuquan) is still preserved today. Looking down, there is still clear water from the well, but it is no longer drinking.
After watching the courtyard of Simaguang's former residence, I walked into Simaguang's former residence. The former residence is not big, it is a three-bay traditional wooden structure building. Maybe it thought it was an antique building, but it wasn't. The staff explained that the former residence was destroyed by war in the Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty was rebuilt, and later it was used as an academy, and later it was restored as the former residence of Sima Guang, a typical Ming and Qing architecture.
There are two large stone lions at the entrance of Sima Guang's former residence. They are protected by a glass cover, which will not affect the visit and taking pictures. The stone lions are beautifully carved and look like dragons and tigers. The exhibition label introduces the two stone lions. It is a work of Yuan Dynasty, and it is also an important cultural relic now.
The room in the former residence is the room where Sima Guang was born, the kitchen and bedroom, equipped with some living utensils, there is a house with some simple exhibitions, one of the cabinets sees the yellow Sima Guang (Zi Zhi) through the glass cover Tong Jian) The manuscript, I don't know if it is an authentic or a reproduction. The exhibition label didn't say it. I guess the most important cultural relic in the exhibition of Sima Guang's former residence is this manuscript.
Sima Guang’s former residence is roughly like this. The visit is free and no tickets are required. By visiting Sima Guang’s former residence,And the administrator explained some of Sima Guang’s stories. Sima Guang was smart and helpful since he was young. He had his own opinion when he encountered unexpected events. Only when the children fell into a big tank full of water, the friends saw that their companions were about to be submerged. Other friends cried and called adults to save the children. Only six or seven-year-old Sima Guang made a decisive decision and lifted a stone to smash the water tank. The water ran dry and the children were rescued. The story was extolled as a good story among the people, so it shows that a person has great wisdom. It was innately possessed, and only then did Sima Guang enter the official career, made great contributions to the Northern Song Dynasty, and left a great historical masterpiece (Zi Zhi Tong Jian) for future generations.
After the death of Sima Guang, he was buried in the cemetery of the Sima family in Mingtiaogang, Xia County, Shanxi Province. Now it has become a national key cultural relics protection unit and a scenic spot open to the society. If you want to understand Sima Guang’s You can visit the former residence of Simaguang in Guangshan County and Simaguang Cemetery in Xia County for the best historical testimony.
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