Said by: The Oil Man is an allegorical story written by Ouyang Xiu, a writer in the Song Dynasty.
The original excerpt is as follows:
Kang Su asked, "Do you know how to shoot? I'm not good at shooting, am I? " Weng said, "Nothing else, just familiarity." Kang Su said angrily, "Er 'an dares to shoot lightly!" Weng said, "I know it by my oil. "
Instead, put a gourd on the ground, cover its mouth with money, put oil and let the money in, but the money is not wet. Because: "I have nothing else, but my hands are familiar." Kang Su laughed and disagreed. What's the difference between this and Johnson's so-called solution?
The translation is as follows:
Kang Su asked, "Do you know how to shoot? I'm not good at shooting, am I? " Weng said, "Nothing else, just familiarity." Kang Su said angrily, "Er 'an dares to shoot lightly!" Weng said, "I know it by my oil. "
Instead, put a gourd on the ground, cover its mouth with money, put oil and let the money in, but the money is not wet. Because: "I have nothing else, but my hands are familiar." Kang Su laughed and disagreed. What's the difference between this and Johnson's so-called solution?
Extended data:
Creation background
Chen Yaozi is just short-tempered, but he is decisive. When he was a local official, he attached great importance to water conservancy. When he learned about Yongxing Army (now Shaanxi), he found it very difficult to drink water in Chang 'an. He organized manpower to dredge the Longshou Canal and solve the problem of people's domestic water use. However, Chen Yaozi is overbearing. He is in charge of politics. He was tortured and counted the dead with a stick.
Ouyang Xiu was slandered by Fei Yu and asked to work abroad. He wrote this article when he was out for details and recorded a story about Chen Yaozi.
works appreciation
In this article, the oil seller impressed the pretentious good shooter Chen Yaozi with his skillful oil transportation technology. This story tells people a profound truth: practice makes true knowledge and practice makes perfect. From beginning to end, there was not a word of praise for the oil seller, but his words and deeds fully demonstrated the image of the oil seller as simple, straightforward, capable and modest.
The use of foil technique is the characteristic of this article. This article recorded two things, one was Chen Yaozi's archery, and the other was selling oil to an oilman. These two things are not juxtaposed in the article, but important and important. Selling oil is the main part, while Chen Yaozi's archery is the secondary part, which is a foil. Writing Chen Yaozi is good at filming Nine out of Ten, which highlights the superb skills of oil sellers to extract oil from money holes without touching water.
The use of foil technique makes this short narrative of 135 word dense and focused; Understanding Xiao Chang is also euphemistic and vivid; The theme is clear, thought-provoking and enlightening.
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