01, Yingkao uncle left meat to set up a metaphor, Zheng Zhuang dug the ground to see the mother
Zheng Zhuanggong drove away his rebellious brother GongShu Duan, and then imprisoned his biological mother Wu Jiang, who supported his brother, in Yingcheng, swearing: "If you don't go to Huangquan, you will never meet your mother." ”
But soon I regretted it. The clever Uncle Yingkao knew Zhuang Gong's thoughts, so he took the opportunity to pay tribute to see Zhuang Gong. Zhuang Gong set up a banquet to entertain him, but he left the meat behind, saying that he would bring it back to honor his mother.
Zhuang Gong was deeply moved and said, "Xianqing has a mother to support, but I can't." ”
Uncle Yingkao said: "You dug a big hole in the ground, dug it all the way to the spring, and then met your mother in the tunnel, who dares to say that this is not 'Yellow Spring Meeting'?" ”
Zhuang Gong did as Uncle Yingkao said, and when mother and son met, they were very happy, and they all sang: "In the tunnel, happiness is endless." "Since then, the mother-child relationship has been restored. (This article is excerpted from "Zuo Chuan Yin A.D.", "Records of History", vol. 42)
02, mourning public holiday good soldier, Ye Gong is really afraid of dragons
Zi Zhang saw Lu Aigong, and after seven days he had not received him, he asked his servant to go to Lu Ai's announcement and said:
I have heard that the king is a good soldier, so I have traveled thousands of miles to see the king. It seems that the king is a good soldier, just like Ye Gong is a good dragon.
Ye Gongzi is a good dragon, with a dragon painted on a hook, a dragon carved on a wine vessel, and a dragon carved everywhere in the room. The heavenly dragon knew this, and descended into his house, poking its head through the window, its tail dragging over the hall. When Ye Gong saw it, he turned around and ran away in fright, his soul was scattered, and the six gods had no master.
From this point of view, Ye Gong was not really a good dragon, he only loved things that resembled dragons and not dragons. The same is true of the king's good soldiers, but they love those who are like the non-judges. Therefore I would like to bid farewell to the King. (This article is excerpted from The New Preface, Vol. 5)
03, not for words without faith, really feel that there are few
Mozi sent a disciple to Weiguo to become an official. Soon after he went, the disciple returned. Mozi asked him why he had come back.
The disciple said, "They don't keep their word. He told me that he would give me a thousand gold, but he only gave five hundred. ”
Mozi then asked him, "If they give you more than a thousand gold, will you come back?" “
The disciple said, "Then don't come back." “
Mozi then said, "So, the reason why you came back was not because they didn't keep their word, but because they gave you less money!" (This article is excerpted from "Mozi" chapter 47)
04 Although he did not marry, he had given birth to seven sons
A man met with Tian Biao, a priest of the State of Qi, and said to Tian Biao, "I heard that Mr. Tian Biao is very clean and tall, and he does not want to be an official, but he is very rich. So I'm willing to come to your door and do things and eat together. ”
Tian Biao asked, "Where did you hear that?" “
The man said, "I heard it from the woman in the neighbor's house." ”
Tian Biao asked, "How do you talk about this?" ”
"The woman in my neighbor's house claimed that she did not want to marry. But now that he has just reached the age of thirty, he has already given birth to seven sons. Although she was not married, she had more sons than women who married. Although mr. Li now claims not to be an official, his family's wealth is piled up in a mountain, and there are hundreds of followers; although he has not become an official, he is much richer than those who are officials!" (This article is excerpted from the Warring States Policy, vol. 11)