Chapter 44 Luoyang paper expensive

Zuo Si, a writer in the Jin Dynasty, was a very naughty child who didn't like reading when he was a child.Father often lost his temper because of this, but little Zuo Si was still very naughty and refused to study hard. One day, Zuo Si's father chatted with his friends, who envied him for having a clever and lovely son.Zuo Si's father sighed and said: "Don't mention him soon. The child Zuo Si's study is not as good as when I was a child. It seems that he doesn't have much promise." He said, showing a disappointed look on his face.All this was seen and heard by little Zuo Si. He was very sad and felt that he was really worthless if he didn't study hard.So, I secretly made up my mind to study hard.

Day after day, year after year, Zuo Si gradually grew up. Because of his unremitting efforts in reading, he finally became a learned man and wrote very good articles.It took him one year to write "Qi Du Fu", which showed his talent in literature and laid the foundation for him to become an outstanding writer.After that, he planned to write "Fu of the Three Capitals" based on the customs, human conditions, and products of the capitals of Wei, Shu, and Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.In order to reach a certain level in content, structure, language and other aspects, he devoted himself to research, carefully wrote, and forgot to eat and sleep. After ten years, the literary masterpiece "Sandu Fu" was finally completed.

"Sandu Fu" has been widely praised, and people compare it with "Liangdu Fu", a literary masterpiece of Han Dynasty.Since printing had not been invented at that time, people who loved "Sandu Fu" could only copy it. Because there were too many people who copied it, the supply of paper in Luoyang, the capital, was in short supply, and the price of paper in the whole city rose sharply for a while. The story comes from "Book of Jin · Wen Yuan · Zuo Si Biography".The idiom "Luoyang Zhigui" praises the popularity of outstanding works.