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In 2004-11, China released stamps featuring Sima Guang, a Prime Minister and historian from the Northern Song Dynasty. He is known for writing the chronicle "Historical Events Retold as a Mirror for Government" and was a diligent and intelligent student from a young age. One day, while playing with friends, he saved a child who fell into a vat of water by breaking it with a stone. This act of bravery has been widely told and continues to inspire children in China.
Sima Guang (1019 --- 1086 AD) was a Prime Minister and outstanding historian of the Northern Song Dynasty. He devoted his life to writing the classical chronicle "Historical Events Retold as a Mirror for Government" (Zi Zhi Tong Jian). As a young boy, Sima Guang was a diligent and curious student, showing an outstanding intelligence. When he was six or seven years old, once he was playing with his friends in the courtyard, when a child fell into a large vat full of water. Frightened, the other children ran away. But Sima Guang suddenly hit on an idea. He picked up a stone and broke the vat with it. The water split out, and the child was rescued. Shortly afterwards his deed was drawn into pictures and widely told. Till today this story has been known to every household in China, inspiring countless children's minds and courage.
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