他在学堂的时候，先生问他：“直隶省的西边是哪一省？”他说是陕西。
tā zài xuétáng de shíhou ，xiānsheng wèn tā ：“zhílìshěng de xībiān shì něi yī shěng ？”tā shuō shì Shǎnxī 。
Once, while attending school, a teacher asked him which province was located on the western border of Hebei. He said it was Shaanxi.