In the Sung Dynasty, about a thousand years later, Wang Ying-lin wrote the San Tzu Ching (Three-Character Classic). In the book, he mentioned K'ung Jung: "When Jung was four, he let his elder have the pear."
宋朝王應麟撰寫「三字經」這本書時，特將孔融的行為，以「融四歲，能讓梨」六字表揚出來。