But I will meet a noble person (there is no such thing as a teacher at the age of seven)
This is a story:
According to legend, Confucius traveled eastward with his disciples. When the horses and chariots arrived in Tich Ji Jie, there were several frolicking children on the side of the avenue, and a boy stood motionless on the road. When Lutz saw this scene, he stopped and shouted, "Why don't the children let the car go? What if I meet you? "
The boy said, "The city is here. Can the horses and chariots pass? " Confucius leaned down and said, "Where is the city?" The boy said, "It was built under the first step." Confucius got off the bus to watch and found the child standing in a "city" made of stones and tiles. The boy asked, "Is the city giving way to the horses and chariots, or the horses and chariots giving way to the city?" Confucius smiled and said, "What a clever boy! May I ask your name and age? "
The child replied, "My name is Xiang Tuo, and I am seven years old. Who is this, please? " Confucius replied, "I am from Lu".
Xiang Tuo cried, "You are the famous Confucius! Then I'll ask you three questions. If you can answer them, I will make way for the city. If you can't answer them, please go around the city. "
Confucius thought Xiang Tuo's children were very interesting, so he smiled and said, "It's a deal!" !
Xiang Tuo said, "Heaven and earth are three talents. Does the master know how many stars are in the sky, how many grains are on the ground, and how many eyebrows do people have? "
Confucius shook his head and said, "I really don't know." Xiang Tuo said proudly, "I will tell you that there are stars all night, there is a crop of grain on the ground, and people have black and white eyebrows."
Xiang Tuo asked again, "What water has no fish? What fire has no smoke? What tree has no leaves? What flower has no branches? " Confucius replied: "there are fish in all rivers, lakes and seas;" Firewood and candles, where there is fire, there is smoke; No leaves can't make a tree, and no branches can make flowers. Xiang Tuo shook his head and said, "No, there are no fish in the well, no smoke in the firefly, no leaves on the dead tree and no branches in the snowflake. "
Xiang Tuo asked again, "Why are there no stones on the mountain? What car has no wheels? What cow has no calf? What pony? What man has no wife? What woman has no husband? Confucius teased him: "Oh, I don't know yet. Xiang Tuo also said, "There are no stones in the heaped-up mountains, no wheels in cars, no calves in mud cows, no foals in wooden horses, no wives in immortals and no husbands in immortals".
Confucius admired the seven-year-old child so much that he saluted Xiang Tuo and walked around the city. This is the story of Confucius' Three Difficulties in Xiang Tuo.