Xingtai folk legend: How capable is Guo Shoujing?

  Otherwise, if you recommend him to the emperor, if you don't have any ability, you will be guilty of cheating the king. It just so happened that Liu Bingzhong wanted to build five study rooms, the materials were all prepared, the craftsmen were also dry, and the wood needed was also prepared according to the size. On this day, Liu Bingzhong heard that Guo Shou had been invited to come, so he quickly told the construction site to take the lead in cutting one of the beams, deliberately cutting off three inches, and then taught him how to say it and how to do it.

    When all arrangements stopped, Liu Bingzhong warmly entertained Guo Shoujing in the living room and asked Wang Ke to accompany him to talk and eat. Just after the meal was served, the craftsman who led the work entered the house and said, "Lord, there is a beam that is a little short and cannot be used.

    Liu Bingzhong said: "I don't understand anything about repairing houses and building houses, can you see if you can make it work?"

    The craftsman who led the work said, "As the saying goes: the girder is one inch shorter, so ask the lord's house." This beam is three inches shorter, if you use it, the length of the beam head is uneven, but it is not OK. ”

    After Wang Gong personally saw Guo Shoujing dragging the purlin at the Xingtai Dongda Temple, although people left Xingtai, their hearts often thought of Guo Shoujing. He wanted to have a chance to learn a few hands from Guo Shoujing.

    Later, Liu Bingzhong accepted Wang Ke as a student. Liu Bingzhong often praised Wang Gong for his cleverness and cleverness. Whenever Liu Bingzhong praised Wang Gong, Wang Ke said that he was not good, far inferior to Guo Shoujing in Xingtai. Liu Bingzhong asked the king, "How capable is Guo Shoujing?" Wang took what he had seen with his own eyes when he visited Guo Shoujing in Xingtai and told Liu Bingzhongxue about it in 1510.

    Liu Bingzhong was also from Xingtai, and when he heard that wang said that there were capable people in his old family, he quickly sent someone to Xingtai to invite Guo Shou to him, hoping to recommend him to the emperor. Liu Bingzhong manages a lot, sees widely, sees far, and thinks carefully. After he sent people out to ask Guo Shoujing, his heart was open again. I have long heard that Guo Shoujing is a rare and capable person, but these are all legends. As the saying goes: hearing is false, seeing is believing. I'll have to see for myself how capable he really is.

Otherwise, if you recommend him to the emperor, if you don't have any ability, you will be guilty of cheating the king. It just so happened that Liu Bingzhong wanted to build five study rooms, the materials were all prepared, the craftsmen were also dry, and the wood needed was also prepared according to the size. On this day, Liu Bingzhong heard that Guo Shou had been invited to come, so he quickly told the construction site to take the lead in cutting one of the beams, deliberately cutting off three inches, and then taught him how to say it and how to do it.

    When Wang Yi heard this, he said, "This is easy to do, cut off all the other beams by three inches, isn't it generally long?"

    The craftsman who led the work said, "No, no!" The size of the study would be smaller. Just buy a piece of wood. ”

    Liu Bingzhong turned his head and asked Guo Shoujing, "Do you think you can use that beam without changing the size?"

    Guo Shoujing said, "Lord, tell me to go and see what it is, and come back and talk about it."

    Guo Shoujing and the foreman came to the back garden. He saw six beams on the ground, one of which was long and straight, and sure enough, it was three inches shorter. He wanted to use this beam as a beam, but the other beams were not suitable. He looked at the traces of the new saw on the beam head, and his eyes rolled and he had an idea. He asked the foreman to take another straighter and thicker beam and saw it down three inches, and used the two beams to the left and right of the main entrance of the study, and asked people to find two three-inch thick hardwood boards, on which the words "book" and "room" were carved, and embedded in the beams of the two short beams. After he made the arrangements, he went to see Liu Bingzhong. As soon as Liu Bingzhong saw Guo Shoujing, he split his head and asked, "Can that beam be used?"

"It works."

    The king asked, "How can I use Liang when it is short?"

    Guo Shoujing said: "Liang is three inches short, I will make it up three inches, not long and not short, just right, why can't I use it?" Then he said the method of replenishing Liang, and Liu Bingzhong was surprised and delighted. He said, "Great, this patch is touching my mind." In this way, Liu Bingzhong finally recommended Guo Shoujing to Kublai Khan and was highly valued by Kublai Khan

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