Banqiao learns from his father and has no other teachers. When I was young, I was no different from others. Although he has grown up, he is ugly and salty. You talk big, you are too conceited, and you can only abuse it. All ancestors looked at each other and were forbidden to associate with each other. But reading can be self-study, self-anger, self-reliance, unconventional and self-defeating. From shallow to deep, from humble to noble, from near to far, in order to go to the Olympic area of the ancients, in order to smooth their temperament and talent. People are salty, saying that Banqiao is good at reading and has a good memory. I don't know if I am not good at memorizing, but I am good at reciting. Banqiao has to read a thousand times every time. On the boat, immediately, under the quilt, or when eating, I forgot my chopsticks, or I didn't listen to the guests and forgot what they said. I was writing books and meditating. Are there any reporters in the book?

To annotate ...

Wandering monks: monks who travel around the world.

② City: market.

3 release: release.

4 Hold hands: Hold out your hand.

5 prayer: prayer.

6 nationwide: nationwide.

All landowners accommodation.

8 grinding: fine grinding and grinding.

Pet-name ruby for: do.

Attending physician: It's true. It is indeed a letter.

translate

There is a wandering monk in Hejian county who sells medicine in the market. Put a bronze Buddha on the console table first, and put pills on the next plate. The bronze Buddha held out his hand as if to take something. People who buy medicine should pray to the bronze Buddha first, and then (monks) approach the bronze Buddha with a medicine tray in their hands. If it is a treatable disease, the pills in the tray will jump into the hands of the bronze Buddha. If the disease is not cured, the pills in the plate will not jump, and the whole city will think it is true. Later, in the temple where the monk stayed, he was seen closing the door and secretly grinding iron filings. Only then did he realize that half of the pills on the monk's plate must have been mixed with iron filings, and the other half were not. Bergamot must be made of magnets, but it is only plated with gold (to hide people's eyes and ears). After testing this matter, it is true, and the monk's cheating trick is exposed.

background introduction

Kangxi scholar, Yongzheng juren, the first year of Qianlong Jinshi. One of the eight eccentrics in Yangzhou. Li Guan was the magistrate of Fanxian County and Weixian County, Shandong Province, and had benefited the government. In order to ask the hungry people to be big officials and beg for illness. Poetry, books, and paintings are all independent, and they are called three musts. There is the Complete Works of Banqiao. Zheng Banqiao learned from his father when he was a child, and he grew up ugly. However, he can consciously study hard, motivate himself to explore profound knowledge from shallow to deep, from low to high, from near to far, and make himself reach a height that was difficult to achieve because of his personality and talent. He has no extraordinary talent, but he can only succeed if he studies hard and reaches the realm of selflessness.

Brief introduction of the author

Zheng Xie (1693 ~ 1765), a native of Xinghua, Jiangsu Province, was a calligrapher and writer in the Qing Dynasty. Kangxi scholar, Yongzheng juren, Qianlong Jinshi. One of the eight eccentrics in Yangzhou. Fan County, Li Guan City, Henan Province, and Wei County, Shandong Province all have policies to benefit the people. Poetry, calligraphy and painting are outstanding and unique. He is good at painting orchids and bamboos, and is known as "the master of poetry and painting". There is the Complete Works of Banqiao. Zheng Banqiao's letters from home are very famous. He has made great achievements in managing the family, being a man and doing things.