A Top Scholar From A Humble Background.

Summary

The passage narrates the story of Shen Xi, a talented artist who arrives at a dilapidated pigsty and creates an impromptu landscape painting featuring a melancholic young girl gazing at a serene lake scene. Despite being a hastily completed work, Shen Xi feels satisfied with the painting and signs it with the name "Lan Ling Xiao Xiao Sheng." Upon returning home, Shen Xi encounters the county magistrate Ye Ming Su, who is examining a booklet written by Shen Xi and praises its content as suitable for children's enlightenment. When Ye Ming Su sees Shen Xi's new painting, he is enchanted by the depiction of the young girl and inquires about the location of the scenery, but no one can provide an answer, as it is an imaginary scene from Shen Xi's creative mind.

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