Idiom story of ancient people refusing to accept bribes

Four stories of ancient honest officials refusing to accept bribes

Public display of hanging geese

In the Ming Dynasty, after Zhou Xin became a judicial judge, one day, someone gave him a roast goose, but he refused, but the giver had left home first. So, Zhou Xin asked his family to hang the roast goose at the back of the house. In the future, anyone who gives gifts will ask his family to take him to see the roast goose. After that, no one was bored anymore.

Refuse to accept this ceremony

19, Yu Chenglong was appointed as the governor of Zhili. Daming county county officials followed the old rules and gave him a "Mid-Autumn Festival gift" before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Yu Chenglong sternly refused, and issued a special "No Gifts" to inform the gift-giving behavior of daming county county officials, and clearly told their officials that if a private gift giver is found every year, it will be "unforgiven".

Good gift

In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Gu Jie, the general manager of Zhongshu in the Southern Dynasties, was a high official, but he was politically honest. He once said, "Giving gifts and accepting bribes is bound to be bending the law. How can the administrative department be clear? " Once, one of his former students bribed him as a gift because he wanted something. Gu Jie was furious and ordered his protege to hit twenty boards again and drive out.

Warm thanks, declined.

During the Song Dynasty, Liu Wengong held an important position in North Korea. A man who claimed to be his protege gave him a load of hay, which Liu Wengong could not refuse. He immediately thanked him for a gorgeous suit, which was worth several times more than a load of hay. Seeing that the purpose of giving gifts and bribery could not be achieved, the man had to drag the hay back.