What does it mean to cross the well alone?

The implication of "one person drills a well";

Don't believe in rumors and blindly follow them, or you will make a joke of three people becoming tigers, and the truth of the matter will be spread beyond recognition.

Reason:

This story tells people that all rumors are not credible, only reality is the truth, and everything should be investigated and studied in person to find out the truth.

The story of "one person digging a well" comes from Lv Chunqiu, which means that after the completion of the well, one person's manpower can be liberated and there is no need to send people to fetch water in the distance. And outsiders misunderstood the meaning, thinking that they got a living person through a well and spread rumors everywhere.

Original: Lv Buwei, the author of A Man Crossing a Well? Chunqiu dynasty

Song family, there is no well irrigation at home, and they often live alone. His family crossed the well and told people, "I crossed the well alone." The person who heard about it said, "A man has gone down the well in Shi Ding." The people of China knew it and heard it from Song Jun. When Song Jun was asked by Shi Ding, Shi Ding said to him, "You have to be alone in the well to get a job." Smell it if you want, and don't smell it if you don't smell it.

Interpretation of vernacular:

There was a man named Ding in Song State. There is no well at home, so he needs to go out to fetch water. He often sends a man outside to fetch water. When his family dug a well, Shi Ding told others, "My family dug a well and got a man." Someone heard this and said, "The Ding family dug a well and a man."

People all over the country tell each other that "one person can dig a well", and it has reached the ears of Song Guojun. Song Guojun sent someone to ask Shi Ding about the situation. Shi Ding replied, "To get an extra manpower is not to dig a living person in a well." Spreading rumors and hearsay like this is better than hearing nothing.