In ancient China, people liked to distinguish those young and sensitive, young and old children from ordinary children, and called them prodigies to give special attention. Since ancient times, the stories of prodigies have been continuous, and the prodigies in Chinese history are also endless. Let's take a look at the four major prodigies in Chinese history, the first three are like thunder, and the last one is the most anti-heavenly!
Prodigy I. Necklace
Xiang Xiàng tuó, a child prodigy in the Spring and Autumn Period of Juguo (present-day Rizhao, Shandong Province), although only seven years old, Confucius still consulted him as a teacher, and later honored Xiang Qi as a holy father. "Warring States Policy Qin Ce V": "'Ganluo Yue:' Fu Xiangyu was born seven years old and became a Confucius master, and now Chensheng is twelve years old at Yu Ziyi! Junqi tried it, Xi Yiyi said it again?''' Later, it was referred to as "Xiangqiao" as the child of early wisdom.
It is worth mentioning that Xiang Yu and Xiang Yu are related. Xiang Shi is the first ancestor of the Xiang clan, Xiang Qi is the grandson of Xiang Shi, the tenth generation to Xiang Rong, Xiang Rong is the father of Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang, and Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang are brothers, we can clearly see the lineage between Xiang Yu and Xiang Yu.
Prodigy II, Ganluo
Ganluo, the grandson of Gan Mao, a famous minister of the Qin state during the Warring States period, his grandfather Gan Mao was a very capable politician of the Qin state, and once served as the left minister of the Qin state. As the saying goes, "Xiangmen is a talented man", Ganluo was very clever when he was young, but his grandfather died because he was ostracized by his colleagues. Ganluo was helpless, so he condescended to the Qin state of Qin's powerful minister Lü Buwei as a diner.
When Ganluo was twelve years old, he sent an envoy to the State of Zhao, so that the State of Qin could get more than a dozen cities, and Ganluo was given the title of Shangqing (equivalent to a chancellor) by Qin Shi Huang for his merits, and was rewarded with fields and houses. Then, after Ganluo returned from the Zhao Kingdom, he disappeared from the canonical records. Later generations speculated that Ganluo may have died soon after returning from the Zhao Kingdom. However, there is also speculation that Ganluo was beheaded by order of the King of Qin.
Prodigy III, Fang Zhongyong
Fang Zhongyong, a native of Jinxi, Jiangxi during the Northern Song Dynasty, has been cultivating fields for generations, and the five-year-old Fang Zhongyong can both refer to objects and compose poetry, and his literary style has been praised by the whole township Xiucai. Later, some people used coins to collect Zhongyong's poems. His father thought it was profitable and forced Zhongyong to visit people in the same county every day to prevent him from studying. A few years later, Zhongyong's peculiarities disappeared and he became an ordinary person.
Wang Anshi's "Wounded Zhongyong" is well known, and Wang Anshi believes that Fang Zhongyong's intelligence is innate, and his talent is much higher than that of ordinary talented people. He eventually became an ordinary man because he was not educated. A man as intelligent as he was, so intelligent, became an ordinary person because he had not been educated.
Prodigy IV, Yuan Jia
During the Northern Dynasty, there was a child named Yuan Jia, who was known as the "Fairy Boy" because he could do many things at the same time.
According to records, Yuan Jia once held a pen in both hands, drew on the left and right sides, and recited the text word for word in his mouth, and at the same time accurately counted the number of sheep grazing. His mind was not idle, he was conceiving a five-word poem, and with a pen in his foot, he wrote the five-word poem neatly on the paper on the ground. He did all six different things at the same time, each of which was done so well that the witnesses were astonished.