Story of Sima Guang breaking tank to save his little buddy
Story of Sima Guang breaking tank to save his little buddy
Northern Song Dynasty, there is a very smart kid, his name is Sima Guang. The child was born intelligent, like thinking. Compared with the same age of the child, he is so different.
One day, Sima Guang and his little buddies were playing in the garden, garden. There were flowers and trees as well as rockery, they chased each other, played very happily. A naughty little boy climbed up on the rockery, suddenly and accidentally fell into a big tank near the rockery edge. Tanks were full of water, the little boy was scared, struggling in the water, shouting: "Help ah, help ah, quick help me ah ......" At this time, the children discovered that someone fell down in the tank. They panicked, and did not know how to do, and some timid children were scared to cry.
At this time, Sima Guang said: "Please do not be afraid, we should quickly think out a way to get him up." They looked at each other, very scared. Clever Sima Guang is thinking hard, "we are shorter than tanks, can’t pull him up, but if the water in the tank can pour out,that is just fine, but, how can we pour the water out of it? " This little boy think calmly. When he saw a block of stone on the edge of rockery, suddenly an idea flashed across his mind. He was pleased to think, "I can break the tank with stones ", then he thought it over, "if hit the small kid , that is awful." So he ran to pick up a sort of a small stone, and spoke to everyone: "Please do not worry, I got an idea." he raised the stone and hit towards the tank , breaking a hole in the tank, the water flow out, the little boy was finally rescued. Everyone is happy to dance, compliments Sima Guang so clever.
This is the famous story of Sima Guang breaking tank, it tells us that, when faced with difficult things, we shouldn’t be panic, but be bold in breaking the routine, in innovative thinking way solve problems.