The local people say that there is a mountain on the south bank of Huaihe River, with green peaks and towering banks. Morning glow and sunset glow are reflected on the green hills by the river, so they are called floating mountains. And the name of Guangshan County also got its name. Sima Chi thought the name Guangshan was auspicious and easy to remember, so he named his son "Guang".
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Influenced by his father's honest education, Sima Guang was honest all his life. When he was about five or six years old, he once tried to peel walnuts, but he couldn't. My sister wants to help him, but she can't go. She left first. Later, a maid peeled walnuts for him with hot soup. When her sister came back, she asked, "Who helped you?"
When he lied to his sister that he did it himself, his father scolded him: "How dare a boy lie?" Sima Guang never dared to lie. When he was old, he wrote it on paper, always encouraging himself to die and never telling a lie.
Shao Yong's son Shao Bowen has also read this paper. A Qing Chen Hongmou said, "Sima Guang's life is based on sincerity and does not bully." The word "sincerity" was also used by later generations to define Sima Guang's coffin.