From Scholar to Talented Man

This book includes stories about Wang Wei painting, the origin of the phrase “deliberating over a word,” Ouyang Xiu, the Drunken Old Man, writing Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Shi Nai'an and Water Margin, Mi Fu painting the moon, legends about Jin Shengtan, Zhuge Liang studying under a master, Li Bai composing a peony poem at the Agarwood Pavilion, Li Mi hanging books from an ox's horn, top-ranked examination graduates, having a belly full of ink, an old scholar demanding an apology, book lovers, drinking and composing couplets, and more.