Xiang Tuo was a prodigy in ancient China. At the age of seven, he became a teacher of Confucius. The Question of Confucius and Xiang Tuo tells an interesting story about Confucius worshiping Xiang Tuo as his teacher. Confucius traveled around the world, giving lectures and preaching Confucianism. One day, while driving, he found three children playing. One of them built a city out of sand. This child is Xiang Tuo. The car is blocked by the city and we can't go. But the child is still playing, full of interest, as if he had never seen it. Confucius got off the bus and said with a smile, "Why didn't you know the car was coming to make way?" Xiang Tuo looked up and picked up an adult voice and said, "From ancient times to now, I only heard that cars have to go around the city, so there is a reason why cities have to avoid cars?" Confucius was surprised to hear that children were so eloquent and as calm as adults. Confucius became interested in the child and decided to test him, so he asked, "Do you know why there are no stones on the mountain? What water has no fish? What door won't close? What cows can't give birth to calves? What horse can't have a pony? What knife has no ring? What fire has no smoke? What kind of man has no wife? What kind of woman has no husband? When is a day short? When is the day long? What tree does not branch? What kind of city has no messengers? Who doesn't have children? . . . . . . "Confucius asked more than 40 questions in one breath. Xiang Tuo listened carefully and answered unhurriedly: "Earth mountains, well water, empty doors, mud cows, wooden horses, machetes, fireflies, fairies, winter, summer, dead trees, empty cities and children. . . "These questions involve astronomy, geography, natural phenomena, family ethics, and so on. They are extensive and Xiang Tuo can answer them like a stream. Confucius admired it and even said six "good deeds"!

Xiang Tuo didn't know that he was facing the respected Confucius, so he asked several questions, but Confucius couldn't answer any of them. Even sighed: "The afterlife is awesome." Confucius said, "I have chess in my car. Let's gamble. " Who knows Xiang Tuo solemnly refused, plausibly said: "I don't gamble, the emperor likes gambling, the world can't be peaceful, the weather is not beautiful, and the ministers like gambling, so they have no mind to govern the country;" If officials are fond of gambling, it will delay the processing of copywriting; If farmers like gambling, they will miss a good opportunity to grow crops. If they like gambling, they will forget the etiquette of poetry and books. Children like gambling and should play. Gambling turned out to be boring and useless. What should we learn from it? " Hearing these words, Confucius changed from admiration to admiration. He worships Xiang Tuo as his teacher. From then on, the seven-year-old child became famous, and Confucius, as a saint, was ashamed of taking children as his teachers, and what he did was praised by the world.