A short story about the ancient imperial examination.

The first story: there was a scholar who was brilliant but supercilious. The self-feeling test of Beijing Research Institute is good and magnificent. On this day, when I was playing, I met a fortune teller and went to test my future. The fortune teller asked, "But I don't know what it is?" The scholar said, "What's my ranking in scientific research?" "In that case, please write a word." After Mr. Wang finished speaking, the scholar wrote a little on the paper. Mr. Wang looked at the picture, then at the scholar and said, "From this point of view, you should be the first." The scholar asked, "Is it first class?" The gentleman said, "No." The scholar asked urgently, "Where is it?" Mr. Wang said, "I can't tell you for the time being. I can come a day later." On that day, the imperial list announced that the scholar was not the first, but the last. The scholar turned to the fortune teller for advice: "I have always been an excellent writer, and' point' is the first word of' Wen', so I wrote a little, but now it has become a first-class surname. Would you please make it clear? " Mr. Wang said, "Point is the first word of Wen, but it is also the last word of Deng"! I saw you writing before, and you were impetuous. As the old saying goes, pride goes before a fall, so I decided that you were not the first one, but the last one. As the saying goes, it is not sloppy at all. Please think it over. "I admire the scholar's jaw-dropping remarks.

The second story: a scholar named Li Wenju had a dream before the scientific examination: his beautiful beard was shaved off. So I calculated my life, and the fortune teller congratulated me: "You are expected to be the first in high school!" " "Wen-ju li was surprised and asked," how can I see that? "The fortune teller replied," People who shave shave also shave. Last year, Liu Zi was the top student in high school. Now' shaving' is a homonym for' substitute', isn't it? "That year, Li Xiucai really took the lead. Fortune-tellers do this because Li Xiucai's face is uneven. quiet inside must be diligent and eager to learn, and he will be extraordinary in the future.

Moral: The above two stories tell us a truth: modesty is always better than impetuousness.

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