In April, the rain is clear, and the South Mountain is clear. There is no willow because of the wind, only the sunflowers tilt to the sun - Sima Guang
In the previous student days, I think we all studied such an article - Sima Guang smashed the cylinder. The main story of this story is that the protagonist Sima Guang is playing with his friends, and as a result, one of the friends accidentally fell into a large water tank, which suddenly stunned everyone. Some of the children were overwhelmed and stayed where they were. The other part screams and runs away, ignoring the people who have fallen into the water tank. Only Sima Guang calmed down, directly picked up a large stone and smashed it into the water tank, and suddenly the water tank broke open a large hole, and the water inside flowed out, and the people who fell into the water tank were also saved, and Sima Guang became famous.
Although Sima Guang also made a lot of achievements after he became an adult, and even became a very famous literary hero at that time, what made Sima Guang most famous was the thing that smashed the cylinder to save people. There must be many people who know this story, but do you know who the person who fell into the water tank was? The teacher didn't tell us at the beginning. In fact, after knowing his identity, it is no wonder that the teacher will not tell us.
This person's name is Shangguan Shangguang, which is obviously very unfamiliar to everyone. According to historical records, Shangguan Shangguang was good friends with Sima Guang when he was a child and often played together. Since the smashing of the cylinder, although Shangguan Shangguang is still young, he is also grateful to Sima Guang. In order to remember Sima Guang's life-saving grace, when Shangguan Shangguang moved with his family, he built a gratitude pavilion in the local area to repay Sima Guang. So the question is, since Shangguan Shangguang is a person who knows how to repay the favor, then why is the teacher unwilling to tell us about him?
First of all, it may be because of the problem of age, when we were in elementary school, we were not very old and our reading comprehension ability was not strong. That being the case, just remember the main characters, and if the teacher talks more carefully, it may confuse us. And even in the historical records, there are very few records about Shangguan Shangguang, so there is no need to deliberately take it out.
Secondly, because the authenticity of Sima Guang's smashing of the cylinder has yet to be confirmed, an expert once expressed his views on the story of Sima Guang's smashing of the cylinder, believing that in the current archaeological discoveries, it was not found that in the Song Dynasty, there was a record of such a thing as a "cylinder". This also shows that in the era of Sima Guang's life, it is possible that the craftsmen have not yet invented a water tank that can accommodate the volume of a person. That being the case, then the authenticity of this story is indeed worthy of our doubts, and for this kind of story that is not sure whether it is true or false, the teacher will naturally not take it seriously, as long as we can understand the meaning we want to express.
Although this is the case, we don't have to be too attached to why the teacher is reluctant to say the person's name. After all, the story of "Sima Guang smashing the cylinder" will be put into the classroom to tell, is not it to teach us not to panic when we encounter things, and to treat it calmly and calmly? The authenticity of the story is secondary.
epilogue
Now there are also many fables and small stories, just like "Sima Guang smashing the cylinder", although it seems that we do not know the authenticity of the story, but the truth told in it is worth learning. So we can read more of these fables and understand the truths told in them, which may bring some enlightenment to our lives.