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Translation:

There was a man named Ding in the Song Dynasty. There was no well at home and he had to go out to fetch water. He often sent one person outside to fetch water. When his family dug a well, he told others: "My family got a free manpower by digging a well." After hearing this, some people spread the word: "The Ding family dug a well and found a man."

People all over the country spread the news about "a man was found to dig a well", and it reached the ears of the king of Song Dynasty. The king of the Song Dynasty sent someone to ask Ding about the situation. Ding replied, "Getting a spare manpower does not mean digging a living person in the well." It is better to hear nothing if rumors are spread like this. good.

Original text:

The Ding family of the Song Dynasty had no well but a drain for irrigation, and often lived alone outside. When his family penetrated a well, he told others: "I penetrated the well and got a man." Some people heard about it and spread it; Song Jun asked people to ask Ding about it, and Ding replied: "To get an envoy from one person, you don't have to get a person in the well." If you want to hear something like this, it is better than not hearing anything.

"One person can be obtained by drilling a well" from "Lu Shi Chun Qiu", which means that after digging a well, one person's manpower can be obtained, and there is no need to send people to draw water from the well outside; but outsiders understand He misunderstood the meaning and thought that "piercing a well means getting a living person", so he spread rumors everywhere.

This article is selected from Volume 22 of "Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals", "Lun on Caution·Cha Zhuan". "Lu Shi Chun Qiu", also known as "Lü Lan", is a representative work of pre-Qin miscellaneous writers written by Qin Prime Minister Lu Buwei at the end of the Warring States Period, organized by his disciples. It has 26 volumes and 160 articles.

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About the author

Lü Buwei (? ~ about 235 BC) was a native of Puyang who defended the country in the late Warring States period. Originally from Yangdi (now Yuzhou, Henan). Lu Buwei was a big businessman in Yangzhai. He traveled around, buying at low prices and selling at high prices, so he accumulated a fortune worth thousands of gold. In the forty year of King Zhao of Qin (267 BC), the prince passed away.

In the 42nd year of King Zhao (265 BC), his second son An Guojun was made the prince. Lord An Guo had more than twenty sons. Lord An Guo had a concubine whom he loved very much. He made her his wife and called her Mrs. Huayang.

Mrs. Huayang has no son. An Guojun had a middle-ranking son named Yiren (later renamed Zi Chu). Yiren's mother was named Xia Ji, who was not favored. The foreigner was sent to Zhao as a hostage of Qin. Qin State attacked Zhao State many times, and Zhao State did not treat Zi Chu politely.

Everything must be investigated and carefully identified in order to find out the truth. Hearing is false, seeing is true. Rumors are often untrue. Only by careful observation, research, and rational evaluation can we get the real answer. Don't believe in rumors, follow blindly, or follow what others say. Otherwise, rumors will spread and rumors will spread, and the truth of the matter will be spread beyond recognition.

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