How did Wei Zhenchen die?

Translation: Wei Zhenchen selected a scholar to come to the capital. He wasted a lot of time playing Go and stayed up all night. He asked the servant to hold a candle for him to play chess. The servant was extremely sleepy and started playing Go. When he fell asleep, Wei Zhenchen beat him with a stick. The servant said: "Lang Jun said goodbye to his parents and came to Kyoto to work as an official. If you ask me to hold candles for you because of your studies, of course I would not dare to refuse. But now you keep playing chess day and night. Is this your intention in coming to Kyoto? ?"

Zhen Chen felt very ashamed after hearing this, so he began to repent and went to Chi Biao (a native of Wei) to borrow books and study. From then on, his knowledge improved day by day.

Original text: When Wei Zhenchen brought scholars to the capital, he spent most of his time playing chess all night long. The slave said: "Lang Jun resigned from his parents and became an official. If he was studying, he would not dare to resign while holding a candle. Now he is playing Go day and night. Does he mean to go to the capital?" Chen felt sad and ashamed, so he went to Chi Biao to study fake books. , Wen Jian Riyou.

Source: "He's Yulin" by He Liangjun of Ming Dynasty

Extended information:

"He's Yulin" has the following characteristics:

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1. The time limit for collection has increased, starting from the Han Dynasty to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and the themes included are also quite representative. The book contains more than 2,700 stories with rich themes and can be used for further research.

2. The style is complete. "He's Yulin" is based on "Shishuo" and has a small preface, annotations, scripts, categories and other items. In terms of small preface, He used It explains the main purpose of the category, explains the purpose of Confucianism, and criticizes contemporary trends of thought, which is quite admirable; and in terms of annotations, many of them have lost compilation value, and can be compared to Liu Xiaobiao's annotations of "Shi Shuo", which is of great merit; As for the wording of the case, we can also see that the book emphasizes historical research and its academic style. In terms of categories, it is also innovative and adds two categories: "expressing ambition" and "extensive knowledge", which are sufficient. To fund research.

3. In terms of content, the collection is rich in content. There is enough for research in politics, society, literature, and thought. It is consistent with He's consistent claims and has enough for verification. It also provides "the effect of reading a book to know the effect of a group of books", and the number of included books is significantly higher than that of "Shishuo", which can be used for mutual audit.