A I liked reading when I was young. The family is poor and there is no way to buy books to read. They often borrow books from people who have books, copy them themselves, and calculate the agreed number of days to return them on schedule. When the weather is particularly cold, the ink in the inkstone pool forms solid ice, and the fingers can't bend and stretch, and they dare not relax. Return the book as soon as possible after copying, and dare not exceed the agreed time limit slightly. So people are more willing to lend me books, so I can see all kinds of books.

As an adult, I admire the theory of ancient sages. I'm also worried that I can't communicate with those knowledgeable teachers and famous scholars. Once I ran hundreds of miles and asked the local learned predecessors with scriptures. The elder has a high moral reputation, and the students who ask him for advice are crowded in one room. He never speaks his words gently, but faces them gently.

I stood by and waited, asking questions, asking reasons, and leaning down to listen to me; Sometimes when I meet his reprimand, I look more respectful and behave more thoughtfully, and I dare not say a word; Come back for advice when he is happy. So although I am stupid, I can finally gain something.

When Song Lian (Amethyst Lian) was fifteen or sixteen years old, Zhang Jizhi, a fellow countryman, heard that he was good at reciting, and asked him how many days it would take him to recite the texts and notes of the four books. Song replied that one month is enough. Zhang did not believe it, so he drew a miscellaneous book on the shelf and asked Song to write 500 words on the spot. Song looked at the past line by line with his fingers, pressed it and recited it word by word. Zhang said to Song's father, "Your son is very talented. You should find him a famous teacher, and he will certainly achieve something in the future. "

Introduction to the work:

Yu Cong in Yutang (Yu Cong in Yutang) refers to a series of notes on historical materials in Yuan and Ming Dynasties: Yu Cong in Yutang.

Many of the contents described in Notes on Historical Materials in Yuan and Ming Dynasties: Yutang Yu Cong are what the author has heard and witnessed, some of which are taken from biographies, inscriptions and chronologies of relevant figures, and some are from collections, notes and essays. All the quotations from other books indicate the source. Some of the books he quoted are dead, and the historical materials are circulated. This book preserves a large number of meaningful historical materials, which can be used as a reference for the study of Ming history.