Historical Story 38: I have seen a confused official, but I have never seen Chen Yin of the Ming Dynasty so confused!

01, go to the wrong person's house to the banquet, and return home without knowing where

Chen Yin of the Ming Dynasty was Tai Changqing and had a literary name, but his mind was very confused. One day, Yang Invited him to drink.

Yang Mou is a character Wenqing, and Hubu Langzhong also happens to be named Yang Wenqing. Chen Yin went to the banquet and went to the home of Hubu Langzhong. When Yang Wenqing had not yet gotten up, he saw him coming and hurriedly got up to greet him.

After sitting for a long time, Chen Yin did not see the wine lai come up, so he said: "It is better to drink wine and dishes, it does not have to be too hearty." Yang Wenqing was very surprised to hear this, but still said, "Good." "Go in and ask the family to prepare wine and dishes."

After a while, Yang Sent someone to invite him, and the person who came to tell him that the master had waited for a long time, and Chen Yin understood and laughed and left.

Another day, Chen Yin returned from the court and said to the servant, "Today I went to visit a certain official." The servant did not hear him, and led him directly to the horse he was riding, and took him home. Chen Yin thought that he had arrived at a certain official's house, went to the hall to look around, and said, "How to arrange it all like my home?" Looking at the painting on the wall again, he said, "This is my home, why is it here?" ”

After a while, the boy came out, and he scolded, "Why are you here?" The boy told him it was his own home, and he understood.

When he had completed his official term as an official, he was supposed to report to the Ministry of Ceremonies, but when he mistakenly walked to the Household Department, he was shocked to see that there were people who had come to pay taxes and silver, and he said: "The bribery is carried out in public, but it has reached such a point!" (This story is from The Yutang Congyu, Volume VIII)

02, mistakenly went to the next year's banquet, forgot to invite the day's guests

It is still the story of Chen Yin of the Ming Dynasty. Once, he accidentally went through the letters, found an invitation from a friend, and went to the appointment on time.

When the master saw that he was always resigning, he asked him what was wrong, and he said, "I have come to the feast." ”

The host was very surprised, and it was difficult to ask why, so he had to prepare wine and dishes. After eating and drinking, the master remembered that he had sent an invitation to drink on this day of the previous year, and Chen Yin was confused and even made the wrong year.

Chen Yin himself also prepared wine and dishes every other day and invited guests to drink tomorrow. However, the next morning, he forgot so much that he went to the invited guest's house to play chess, and did not invite the guests to do anything until noon, but the guests left him to eat.

After a while, the maids of the family came to urge them to go back to the table, chen Yin did not know, thinking that someone else had come to invite, angrily said: "You invited my master to the banquet, what if you leave me at someone else's house?" (This story is from the "Ancient and Modern Talks and Fallacies Department")

03, only because of the foolishness of nature, it is blindly worshipped

Of course, this is still the story of Chen Yin of the Ming Dynasty. What is said is that Li Dongyang befriended him and once threw dice with him. When he threw a point, Li Dongyang deliberately teased him, saying: "I guess the bottom side must be six." ”

Chen Yin looked at it and it was indeed six. Every time he threw it, Li Dongyang guessed it once, of course, it was impossible to be wrong. But Chen Yin was shocked, and later said to people: "Li Dongyang is really a genius!" ”

People told him: "The top is one, the bottom must be six, and the other numbers are fixed. ”

Chen Yin suddenly smiled and said, "So I will too." "Go to Li Dongyang again."

Li Dongyang knew that he was bound to come, and deliberately made a few dice, deliberately confusing the number of points. Chen Yin couldn't guess it many times, so he sighed and said, "It's really hard to compare with you, it's not fake at all!" (This story is from Ya Yan)