Are ancient people rarely nearsighted?

People in ancient times also suffered from myopia, and there were many jokes about myopia. I recently read "Xiaofu" and other books written by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty, and found that there were many interesting stories about myopia in them.

(1)

A short-sighted tourist saw a sign erected in the middle of the river when he was walking by the river. Unfortunately, the words in the middle could not be seen clearly. Curious, he had to take off his shoes and wade into the river to find out. He saw a sign saying: Please do not eat crocodiles, thank you.

(2)

A short-sighted man came to the farm. Suddenly a gust of wind blew his floral scarf away. He ran after it, but the wind was so strong that the scarf flew up and fell down. He chased for half an hour but still couldn't catch it. At this time, a peasant woman who had been watching all this asked him loudly: "Hey, sir, what are you doing?"

"Oh, madam, I am chasing my scarf, you know, Feng Tai It's too big..." he said breathlessly.

After hearing this, the peasant woman said angrily: "Nonsense! You are obviously chasing my little flower hen!"

(3)

Myopia My eyes are lost. There is a big stone by the road with a crow sitting on it. The short-sighted man thought it was a person, so he stepped forward to ask for directions. I asked several times but got no answer. After a while, the crow flew away.

The short-sighted man said to himself: "I asked you the way and you didn't answer. Your hat was blown away by the wind, and I didn't tell you!"

It seems that myopia is really harmful. People! (The above is reproduced from Handan Daily)