It means: My son has used up so many tanks of water, but only this part of the word is like Xizhi.

Source: From the allusion of "A little bit like Xizhi", Wang Xianzhi studied calligraphy in eighteen jars near the pond, and Wang Xizhi clicked "big" to become "tai".

Allusion:

Wang Xianzhi, the son of Wang Xizhi, was very good at calligraphy when he was a child. Once, he asked his mother when he could surpass his father. Her mother said that she would have to finish eighteen tanks of water.

After Xianzhi finished practicing with three tanks of water, he couldn't wait to write the word "big" and show it to his father. Wang Xizhi felt that the structure of the characters was a bit loose, so he added a dot under the character "大".

Later, Xianzhi showed the dotted character "Tai" to his mother. After reading it, her mother said: "My son has written all three tanks of water, but only one thing is like Xizhi." Xianzhi understood that it was his father. After that, he practiced calligraphy harder and finally became a famous calligrapher.

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Wang Xizhi was a famous calligrapher in ancient my country. He had a son named Wang Xianzhi. Wang Xianzhi has been practicing calligraphy with his father since he was a child.

One day, Wang Xianzhi felt that his handwriting was very good, so he asked his father: "Dad, if I practice for another three years, my handwriting can be as good as yours, right?"

Wang Xizhi did not answer. After hearing this, Wang Xianzhi's mother shook her head and said, "It's still far from enough!" Wang Xianzhi asked again, "Will five years be enough?" The mother still shook her head and said, "It's not enough!"

"How many years does it take to write?" Wang Xizhi walked to the window, pointed to the large water tank in the middle of the garden and said, "If you can finish writing these eighteen tanks of water, the writing will be beautiful."

Wang Xian decided to show his father some of his skills. He practiced strokes according to his father's calligraphy every day - horizontal, vertical, dot, left, and stroke. He practiced like this for two years.

On this day, he showed his father what he had written. Wang Xizhi looked at it and said nothing. He showed it to his mother again, who nodded and said, "Well, these strokes are somewhat decent."

Wang Xianzhi returned to his study and continued to practice, only practicing "亅" every day. Two years later, he wrote "亅" and showed it to his father. Wang Xizhi still said nothing. He showed it to his mother again, who nodded and said, "This '亅' looks a bit like it!"

In the fifth year, Wang Xianzhi began to practice calligraphy. After practicing for two years, he showed his handwriting to his father. Wang Xizhi took it and flipped through it. When he saw the word "大", he clicked a little under the word "大", but still didn't say anything.

Wang Xianzhi showed it to his mother again. The mother put the calligraphy on the table and read it one by one for three days. Finally, she said: "My son has practiced calligraphy for so long, but he only looks a little like Xizhi." Wang Xianzhi took a closer look and was dumbfounded. It turned out that The point that mother pointed to was the point that father added under the word "big"!

Wang Xianzhi walked out of the house gloomily and came to the city gate unknowingly. He saw an old woman baking pancakes. After she had baked a piece of pancake, she picked it up with bamboo chopsticks, threw it from her shoulder to the back, and threw it into the bamboo basket behind her. The cakes in the bamboo basket are stacked so neatly!

Wang Xianzhi asked in surprise: "Old lady, you didn't even turn your head. How could you throw the cakes so accurately and pile them up so neatly?" The old lady smiled and said, "Because you usually throw too many cakes." Now, I'm proficient."

Wang Xianzhi felt very ashamed after hearing this, thinking: Let alone a father, I am not even as good as an old woman. So he hurried home, plunged into his study, and practiced calligraphy with peace of mind. The more he practiced, the more energetic he became.

One day, Wang Xizhi came to the study, walked quietly behind Wang Xianzhi, and wanted to secretly pull out the pen holder from his hand, but the pen did not move in Wang Xianzhi's hand. Wang Xizhi said happily: "My good son, you finally have the strength to write. If you keep practicing like this, you will definitely surpass me."

Wang Xianzhi worked harder with his father's teachings and mother's encouragement. . Later, Wang Xianzhi finally finished writing Eighteen Jars of Water and became a calligrapher.