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北宋画家文同，字与可。他画的竹子远近闻名，每天总有不少人登门求画。文同画竹的妙诀在哪里呢？原来，文同在自己家的房前屋后种上各种样的竹子，无论春夏秋冬，阴睛风雨，他经常去竹林观察竹子的生长变化情况，琢磨竹枝的长短粗细，叶子的形态、颜色，每当有新的感受就回到书房，铺纸研墨，把心中的印象画在纸上。目积月累，竹子在不同季节、不同天气、不同时辰的形象都深深地印在他的心中，只要凝神提笔，在画纸前一站，平日观察到的各种形态的竹子立刻浮现在眼前。所以每次画竹，他都显得非常从容自信，画出的竹子，无不逼真传神。 当人们夸奖他的画时，他总是谦虚地说：“我只是把心中琢磨成熟的竹子画下来罢了。” 有位青年想学画竹，得知诗人晁补之对文同的画很有研究，前往求教。晃补之写了一首诗送给他，其中有两句：“与可画竹，胸中有成竹。” 故事出自北宋苏轼《文与可yúndāng谷偃竹记》。“胸有成竹”，比喻做事之前已作好充分准备，对事情的成功已有了十分的把握；又比喻遇事不慌，十分沉着。 havinghadreadyplansordesingnsinone'smind inthesongdynasty(960-1279),therewasascholarwhosenamewaswentongandwhostyledhimselfyuke.hewasnotonlyadmiredbyothersforhisgreatlearning,butalsoenjoyedwidespreadrenownforhisbamboodrawing.everydaytherewerealwaysquiteafewpeoplywhocalledathishousetoaskforoneofhisbamboodrawings. asamatteroffact,therewerequiteafewpainterscontemporarywithhimwhocoulddrawbamboosfairlywell.buthowdidithappenthatwentongdrewbetterthananybodyelse?ofthispointsushiandchaobuzhi,buthofwhomwerewentong'sgoodfriends,gavevividexplanationsintheirrespectivepoeticandproseworks. actually,wentonglovedbamboossomuchthathehadgrownvariousbambooseverywherearoundhishouse.nomatterwhatseasonitwasandnomatterwhetheritwassunnyorrainy,heusedtogotothebambooforesttoobservehowtheyweregrowing.heponderedoverthelenghtandbreadthofthebamboopolesaswellastheshapesandcoloursoftheleaves.wheneverhehadgainedanewunderstanding,hewentbacktohisstudy,spreadapieceofpaperandprepareedsomeinkbyrubbinganinkstickonaninkslab,anddrewwhatwasinhismindonthepaper.throughaccumulationoveralongperiodoftime,theimagesofthebambooindifferentseasons,underdifferentweatherconditionsandatdifferentmomentsweredeeplyimprintedinhismind.sowheneverhestoodbeforethepaperandpickedupapaintingbrushwithconcentratedattention,thevariousformsofthebamboowhichhehadobservedatordinarytimesatoncerosebeforehiseyes.andsoeverytimehewasdrawingbamboosheappearedconfidentandatease,andallthebambooshehadpaintedwereveryvividandtruetolift. whenpeoplespokehighlyofhispaintings,healwayssaidmodestlythathehadjustputtheimagesofthebambooimprintedinhismindonthepaper. ayoungmanwantedtolearnbamboodrawing;whenheknewthatchaobuzhihadmadeaprofoundstudyofwentong'sartofdrawing,hewenttochaobuzhiforinstruction.chaobuzhiwroteapoemtohim.inthepoem,therearethefollowingtwolines: whenyukewaspaintingthebamboos, hebadtheirimagesreadyinhisbosom. laterpeoplehavesummarizedthelinesas"havinghadtheimagesofthebambooreadyinone'sbosom,"whichmeanshavinghadreadyplansordesignsinone'smindbeforedoingacertainjobsothatitssuccessisguaranteed.itisalsousedgomeanbeingcalmandcool-headedindealingwiththings. thisstorycomesfromanarticlewrittedbysushiconcerningwenyuke'sartofbamboodrawing.
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