——《尚书·大禹谟》
格言大意:自满会招来损害,谦虚则会获得益处。
Main Idea: Complacency brings harm and modesty brings benefit.
周昉作画(Zhou Fang’s way of painting)
唐时,周昉是著名画家。有一次,他为寺庙绘壁画,事先在路边画了一幅草图。来往行人边看边评头品足。周昉仔细听着,一一牢记在心。然后斟酌修改。一个月后,草图越来越精美,提意见的人越来越少。这时,周昉依照最后的草图,挥笔作画。这幅画果然成了传世珍品。
In the Tang Dynasty, Zhou Fang was a famous painter .Once he was going to paint a fresco for a temple so he made a draft at roadside.Pedestruans who walked past it would look at it and make comments on it .Zhou Fang listened carefully and remembered every detail they said. Then he thought it over and changed the draft. One month later, the draft became more and more exquisite while the people who made suggestions became fewer and fewer. Then Zhou Fang started to paint based on the last draft. As expected, this picture became a treasure banded on from age to age.