1. Tao Yuanming, do not bend his waist for five buckets of rice
Tao Yuanming (365-427 AD), a famous poet. Although Tao Yuanming is very talented, he did travel to support his family, and he once served as a county magistrate in Pengze County. One year, the county guard sent a superintendent to inspect, and the superintendent was to help the county guard run errands, but the results of the inspection were good or bad and the superintendent said from the mouth of the superintendent, this superintendent was very arrogant, and when he arrived at the hostel, he asked Tao Yuanming to come to see him. Tao Yuanming usually doesn't like this kind of pick-up and ordering, villain is a person with ambitions, but he also has to bite the bullet and get up and go out randomly. Who knew that the county official stopped Tao Yuanming and said that he should wear an official uniform when he saw the superintendent, and he would lose his physique, otherwise he would not have a good fruit to eat. Tao Yuanming couldn't bear it anymore after hearing this, and said, "I can't bend my waist for five buckets of rice like a villain in the township", so he left the official seal and resignation letter, and left angrily.
2. Tao Hirokei, Yamanaka Chancellor
Tao Hongjing (456-536 A.D.), a famous pharmacist, a literary scholar, annotated with the "Materia Medica", he was born in a medical family, superb medical skills, martial arts, when he was young, he read Ge Hong's "Legend of the Immortals" deeply affected, at the age of 36 not for fame and fortune, resolutely resigned, went to travel to the famous mountains and rivers, looking for medicine, visiting medicine. He was deeply trusted by Emperor Wu of Liang and awarded officials many times, but Tao Hongjing was unmoved. Moreover, Emperor Wu of Liang had to consult Tao Hongjing for major national events, so he was called "the prime minister of the mountain".
3. Xue Rengui, the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water
Xue Rengui (614-683 AD), a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty. Before Xue Rengui joined the army and made great contributions and was named the "King of Pingliao", his life was very poor, and he lived in a broken cave with his wife. After becoming the "King of Pingliao", he refused all the congratulatory gifts from the ministers of civil and military affairs, but only accepted two jars of "fine wine" from ordinary people Wang Maosheng. As soon as Xue Rengui opened the wine jar, he found that it was not wine, but water, and the officials around him were frightened and hurriedly wanted to arrest Wang Maosheng. But Xue Rengui brought a bowl and drank three bowls of water sent by Wang Maosheng in one go, and said that when I was down, no one helped me, and I relied on Wang Maosheng and his wife to fund it, without them, there would be no Xue Rengui today. I don't accept everyone's gifts, I only accept Brother Wang's gifts, I know that this is water, and I also know that Brother Wang is also poor, but even water is a beautiful idea of Brother Wang, which is called the friendship of gentlemen is as light as water. Since then, the relationship between the two families of King Xue has also been very close.