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In China, there is an idiom(成语)“江郎才尽”(Jiang Lang's talent ends). It describes writers who have lost their talent. Who is Jiang Lang?
Jiang Lang was a 12. poet(诗人) who lived long ago. 13. real name was Jiang Yan(江淹). He was born 14. a poor family during the Southern Dynasty (420—589). 15. he was young, he studied hard and became good at 16. . People praised(赞赏) his talent. The prince(皇帝) 17. about him and gave him a job in the royal court(朝廷). Later, Jiang got an even better job and became rich. He wrote less and less, and his works were no longer 18. . People felt sorry 19. him and used “Jiang Lang's talent ends” to describe him.
Why did Jiang Lang lose his talent? A story says that he had a dream: One day, a man said to him, my pen has been in your hand for too long. Now, it's time to 20. it back.” So Jiang took out a 21. pen and returned it to the man. Jiang never wrote a good poem again after 22. his dream.
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