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Duke Yao of Chen Kangsu was good at shooting, which was unparalleled in the world, and he was proud of himself. I took a shot in my garden and saw an oil seller standing there to relieve his burden. He stared at him and would not go away for a long time. Seeing that his arrows hit eighty-nine times out of ten, he nodded slightly.

Kang Su asked: "You also know how to shoot? Am I not good at shooting?" Weng said: "No one else, but I am familiar with it." Kang Su said angrily: "How dare you? "Qingwu shoots!" Weng said: "I will know it when I drink the oil." He took a gourd and placed it on the ground, covered its mouth with money, drained it with a ladle of oil, and put it in through the money hole, but the money was not wet. Because he said: "I don't have him, but I am familiar with it." Kang Su smiled and dismissed him.

Chen Yaozi was good at archery. No one in the world could compare with him at that time, and he boasted about this. Once when he was shooting arrows in his garden, an old oil seller put down his burden and stood aside, squinting at him indifferently and not leaving for a long time. When the old man saw that Chen Yaozi's arrows could hit eight or nine out of ten, he just nodded slightly in approval.

Chen Yaozi asked: "Can you also shoot arrows? Aren't I also very good at archery?" The old man said: "There is no other secret, it's just that practice makes perfect." Chen Yaozi asked After hearing this, Yao Zi said angrily: "How dare you underestimate my archery skills!" The old man said: "You can know it based on my experience of pouring oil." So the old man took a gourd and stood it on the ground, covering it with copper coins. At its mouth, slowly pour the oil into the gourd with a ladle. The oil is poured into the hole of the copper coins without getting the coins wet. The old man said: "There is no other secret to my craftsmanship, it's just that practice makes perfect." Seeing this, Chen Yaozi had no choice but to send the old man away with a smile.

"The Oil Seller" is a short article rich in philosophy and taste. It is easy to understand, meaningful and has great educational significance. Therefore, it has been a must-selected chapter in middle school textbooks for many years. The success of this article lies in the principle that practice makes perfect. It is explained with a vivid short story, which achieves the purpose of thought-provoking and understanding.

Chen Yaozi was one of the famous officials in the Northern Song Dynasty. He won the first prize in the third year of Xianping of Zhenzong (1000) and served successively as general judge, examiner, magistrate, magistrate, appeasement envoy, direct bachelor of Longtuge, and minister. Minister of the Ministry of Industry and other positions. Chen Yaozi had a violent temperament, but he was decisive in doing things. When he was a local official, he paid attention to water conservancy. When he learned about Yongxing Army (today's Shaanxi), he found that drinking water in Chang'an was very difficult. They organized manpower to dredge Longshou Canal and solved the people's domestic water problem. However, Chen Yaozi was a domineering man, and in his administration, "the punishments were severe and many people died with the rod." "History of the Song Dynasty" records that he knew soldiers well and was good at shooting. He "tried to make money and hit it with one shot." And be proud of it. This article records a story about him, which is also recorded in "A Collection of Anecdotes of Song Dynasty People".

Chen Yaozi is good at archery and is known as "unparalleled in the world". He is also very proud of it. He can be inseparable, which is really good. But an ordinary oil seller, having nothing to do, squints his eyes, half-seeing, showing no admiration, let alone praise. "But he nods slightly", which means he is careless. This made Chen Yaozi feel puzzled. He thought that under his illustrious prestige, there must be something wrong with his disrespectful behavior, so he asked curiously: "You also know how to shoot? Am I not good at shooting?" Unexpectedly, this old man was understating it. Chen Yaozi, who was famous for his bad temper, was greatly embarrassed. He couldn't help but angrily reprimanded: "How dare you shoot me lightly!" According to his famous impatience, he must have I want to give this old man a slap in the face for contempt of officials. Of course, people in the world also think that the old man is arrogant and rude, because Chen Yaozi's archery skills are indeed very good. This promotion and suppression is actually the author's careful pen, in order to lead to the following. Injecting oil from the money eye into the gourd without leaking a drop or touching the money hole is not necessarily easier than shooting an arrow "89 times out of 10". After reading this, we have a new understanding of the above "but the hands are familiar with the ears". It seems that the philosophy summarized and comprehended by an ordinary person in the work is indeed a wise saying, which is convincing.

Chen Yaozi was a man of great knowledge and had a great official position. He was both civil and military and did not want to be inferior to others. However, he had to admit defeat in front of the oil seller because he could not refute the principle that practice makes perfect pointed out by the oil seller, so he had to " "Send him off with a smile" and did not blame the common people who "offended him". It was indeed not easy for Chen Yaozi, who "was tortured harshly and could die with a stick". "Laughing" means not only understanding but also self-deprecating, and it is a "expressive pen".