In elementary school textbooks, we have learned the story of . When I was very young in Simaguang, I played with a group of friends in the courtyard. One of them climbed onto the rockery and fell into the big water tank due to slipping soles. The other friends were shocked when they saw it. Don't know how to solve the problem.
Sima Guang was calm and unhurried. He took a stone and smashed it towards the water tank. Under the violence, the water tank broke a big hole, and the little friend was saved. .
This story shows Sima's character that he is not afraid of being in danger and does things decisively and neatly. Many people question the truth of the story and believe that he was fabricated by later generations. In fact, there is this record in "Lengzhai Night Talk", and it is also recorded in detail in "The Ninth Five Years of Song History". At that time, Sima Guang was only seven years old, and he was already better than most people.
Compared with the contribution of Zizhi Tongjian compiled by Sima Guang, it is obvious that smashing the tank is only a small matter. But the rulers of the Song Dynasty ruled the country by virtue and propaganda about the smashing tank incident was originally social progress.
But someone asked, what is the identity of the child rescued by Sima Guang? Why does the teacher never tell us? In fact, Sima Guang came from a relatively good background and was a typical nobleman. Then the partners who can play with him naturally cannot be ordinary people. Especially in ancient times when the order of inferiority was serious.
The rescued child was named Shangguan Shangguang. His family had a profound influence in Gwangju. In order to thank Sima Guang for his help, the Shangguan family also sent many gifts for this.
Shangguan Shangguang is actually very good. He has read many books since he was a child. When he grew up, he also took the imperial examination . His results were very good and he served as a local official. However, Shangguan Shangguang himself had always longed to be the imperial commander, but he never received the emperor's reuse and promotion.
He who is depressed in officialdom,After returning to his hometown, he worked as a teacher and spread the story of Sima Guang’s smashing tank widely so that it can be transmitted from generation to generation. Finally, the Shangguan family also wrote the matter in the genealogy, and they have been grateful for Sima Guang's kindness.
In the past, people always said that "a gentleman avengees him, it is not too late for ten years", but from the perspective of Shangguan Shangguang, it also confirms the saying that "a gentleman repays his gratitude is not too late for ten years". To this day, there are still people who continue to question the authenticity of "Sima Guang smashing the tank", saying that the tank was not that big in that era, or that a 7-year-old child could not smash the tank with a rock.
However, this story is not for you to question its logical irrationality, but to tell you the truth of the story itself.
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