Lao Tzu said the meaning of "seek to gain, and sin is avoided"

Zhou Chu was the son of Zhou Fang, a famous minister of Eastern Wu. When he was young, he had great strength, was not good at learning, and spent all day hunting and indulging in lust, and the people of the state regarded him as a scourge. Zhou Chu himself did not realize this, and once he saw the father and elder of the township with a sad face, he asked: "Now that the current political harmony has become a bumper harvest, why not be happy?" The father sighed, "If the three scourges have not been removed, what happiness is there?" Zhou Said, "What do you mean?" The father replied, "There are white-fronted tigers in the South Mountain, and dragons under the long bridge." He said, "I can get rid of scourges like these." The father said, "If you can get rid of the three evils, it will really be a great celebration of one county." Around the place into the mountains to shoot the tiger, and then jumped into the water to fight with the dragon, the dragon sinks and floats, swims for dozens of miles, after three days and three nights of fighting, before killing the dragon.

After Zhou Fu returned from killing the dragon, he heard that the townships celebrated each other that "the three harms have been eliminated", and only then did they know that they were the third harm, and they also understood the disgust of the townspeople for themselves. He decided to change his former wrongs, so he went to the State of Wu to find the famous scholars Lu Ji and Lu Yun for advice. When Lu Ji was not there, he saw Lu Yun and told him the truth, saying, "I want to cultivate my conduct and I am old, and I am afraid that it will be too late." Lu Yun said, "Ancient people valued changing their mistakes at night, you have a good future, you should worry about your ambitions, why worry about not being famous?" Therefore, Zhou Fu sharpened his will to work hard to learn, speak faithfully, and pay attention to restraining himself. A year later, the state capitals were conscripted. Zhou was appointed as the Eastern Guan Zuo Cheng in the State of Wu, and later served as the Governor of Wudu.

After Sun Wu was defeated by the Jin Dynasty, Zhou entered the Jin Dynasty. Ren Xinping was too punctual, and he appeased Rong Di and made peace, so that the rebellious Qiang people were subordinated, and the Yongdi people praised him. For Guanghan to be too punctual, there were many long-pending cases in the county, and the weekly evaluation was straight, and they were all sentenced or repatriated for a while. When he was appointed as the history of Chu Nei, the county experienced mourning, mixed with old and new households, and different customs, and urged them with doctrines everywhere, and buried the bones of the remains that were exposed in the wild and unclaimed, and praised him from near and far.

In 296, the NorthwestErn Qi, Qiang and other tribes rebelled, and the leader Qi Wannian was proclaimed emperor. The imperial court sent Zhou Tou to march west for the Jianwei general. Fubo General Sun Xiu said to him, "You have an old mother, and you can resign on this basis." Zhou Fu said, "The way of loyalty and filial piety, how can it be both?" Since I have bid farewell to my relatives and served the monarch, how can my parents treat me as a son? Today is the time for me to dedicate myself to my country. Sima Tong, the King of Liang, who had been impeached by Zhou, was made a general of the Zhenxi Dynasty, and all of them oversaw various military forces in Guanzhong. In retaliation, Sima Tong forced Zhou to attack tens of thousands of people with 5,000 soldiers. Zhou Fu said: "If our army has no backup, it is bound to fail, and it will not only perish on its own, but also be a disgrace to the country." Sima Tong forced Zhou to march to seek thieves, and Zhou led an army to attack Qi Wannian. At the time of departure, fu shi said: "Go to the death of the matter, and the horse looks at Xi Rong." Quinoa is beautiful and looks forward to a good ending. "Fight from morning to dusk, kill more than 10,000 enemies, and use up bows and arrows." His men advised him to retreat, and Zhou Fu pressed his sword and said, "This is the moment when I gave my life for the Day of The Servants, why should I retreat?" Isn't it also okay to be martyred?" So they fought with all their might and were destroyed. After the imperial court learned about Zhou's affairs, it gave him a very heavy reward.

When Zhou Was Young, he was regarded as a scourge by the township, but he suddenly woke up and decided to change, and finally became a generation of loyal subjects and will always stay in history. Confucius said, "If you go to the Tao, you can die at night." No matter when a person can stick to the right path and return to the right path, it is always not too late. This is also the meaning of Lao Tzu's saying, "Seek to gain, and avoid sin."