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1) 清末著名画家任伯年，出身贫寒，父亲早亡。他为谋生路，十五岁就流落到上海，自画扇面，摆摊出卖。然而，一个穷孩子的画谁能瞧得上眼呢？他每日都在为温饱而发愁。有一次，他看到两个人为争名画家任渭长的一幅画而吵得面红耳赤，非常感慨，心想：为克服生活困境，挣点学习费用，何不借用一下任渭长的大名呢！于是，他就把自己画的扇面都假落“任渭长”的名字。果然，地摊上的生意一天天地好起来。  

2) 当时，任渭长正在上海。一天，他经过任伯年的地摊，见地摊上的扇面画得不错，拿起来仔细一瞧，上面的落款竟是自己的名字，十分诧异，就问道：“这些扇面是谁画的？”   

3) “任渭长画的。”任伯年回答。  

4) “任渭长是你什么人？”  

5) “我的叔叔。”  

6) “你见过他么？”   

7) “这...”任伯年愣了一下，不高兴地说：“你要买就买，不买就算了，何必打破砂锅问到底？”   

8) 任渭长觉得这孩子倒也可爱，就笑着说：“我就是任渭长。”   

9) 任伯年一听，羞愧得无地自容，欲正打算丢下地摊逃走，任渭长一把拉住了他，和气地问道：“你为什么要冒名顶替呢？”   

10) 任伯年把自己的真实想法一五一十地全讲了。任渭长十分同情任伯年的处境，再看他的画也已有几分基础，就当场表示愿意收他为徒。  

11) 任伯年因祸得福，喜出望外，马上叩头拜了老师。在任渭长的指导下，任伯年长进很快，不到壮年，他的画已名扬江南了。 

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1) In the late Qing Dynasty there was a famous painter named Ren Bonian who was born in poverty, and whose father died quite early. To earn a living he took to the road, and when he was 15 he landed in Shanghai, painting fans, and selling them from a roadside stand. However, who would deign to cast a glance at the paintings of a poor child? He worried every day where his next meal would come from and how he'd stay warm. One time, he saw two people fighting over a piece by famous painter Ren Weichang until they were red in the face, and he thought: in order to overcome these difficult circumstances, and earn a little money for school, how about I borrow Ren Weichang's famous name for a while! And so, he took the fans he'd painted and added "Ren Weichang"'s fake signature to them. Naturally, the business at his stall was better and better each day. 

2) At that time, Ren Weichang was in Shanghai. One day, he passed by Ren Bonian's stand, and saw that the fans there were painted quite well, so he picked one up to have a closer look, saw that the inscription was his own name, and quite astonished, asked: "Who painted these fans?"  

3) "Ren Weichang painted them," Ren Bonian answered. 

4) "How do you know Ren Weichang?"

5) "He's my uncle."

6) "Have you ever seen him?"

7) "Uh... " Ren Bonian froze a moment, and said unhappily, "If you want to buy one, buy one, if you don't just forget it, is there any need to ruin everything asking so many questions?" 

8) Ren Weichang thought this kid was pretty cute, and said laughing: "I'm Ren Weichang." 

9) Ren Bonian heard this, and was ashamed to show his face, and planned to abandon his stall and flee, but Ren Weichang put out a hand and stopped him, asking amicably, "Why did you need to impersonate me?"

10) Ren Bonian explained himself truthfully and thoroughly. Ren Weichang had considerable sympathy for Ren Bonian's plight, and he saw from his paintings that he already had a solid foundation (in the trade), and expressed his willingness to take him on as an apprentice there and then.   

11)  Ren Bonian pulled fortune out of disaster, and was overjoyed at this unexpected good fortune, instantly kowtowing to his teacher. Under Ren Weichan's tutelage, Ren Bonian improved quickly, and before he'd reached maturity, his paintings were already famous throughout Jiangnan. 
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