Who were the stingy people in history?

1. According to "Wei Lue", Cao Hong was very good at amassing money and was the richest among Cao Cao's men. Cao Hong was stingy and mean, and almost lost his life because of this.

What happened is this: When Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi was still the crown prince, he once asked Cao Hong to borrow a hundred pieces of silk. Cao Hong felt heartache and made various excuses to refuse to borrow the money, which made Cao Pi angry. After Cao Pi, who had always held a grudge, came to the throne, he found an excuse to send his cousin to prison and prepared to execute him. Later, thanks to the intercession of Empress Dowager Bian, Cao Hong was saved from death, but he was punished by reducing his official position and title.

2. Wang Rong. Shishuo Xinyu records that Wang Rong was greedy and stingy. There are nine articles in one article about his frugality, that is, there are four articles describing Wang Rong's affairs.

The "Shishuo Xinyu" "Frugality" says, "Wang Rong was frugal. He married his son and gave him a single piece of clothing, and later he was blamed for it." Wang Rong was said to be stingy by nature. When one of his nephews got married, Wang Rong, as his uncle, of course had to follow suit and "give him a single piece of clothing." However, after that, Wang Rong was so distressed that he went to someone else's house to get her back

Wang Rong was not even generous to his own daughter. "Wang Rong's daughter married Pei Yu and borrowed tens of thousands of dollars." This means that Wang Rong's daughter married a son of the Pei family and borrowed tens of thousands of dollars from her father. "When a daughter returns, Rong Se is unhappy." When the daughter returned to her parents' home, she forgot to return the tens of thousands of money to her father, which made her own father very unhappy. "The daughter returned the money quickly" means that Wang Rong's daughter quickly returned the money. In this case, Wang Rong was "relieved".

Wang Rong was very wealthy. "Shishuo Xinyu" said that he was "both noble and wealthy. He is a district house, a child shepherd, and a farmer, and he is unparalleled in Luoxia." However, he is stingy by nature and has no interest in daily consumption. He only wants to make eggs make eggs, money make money, and dominate the world in personal financial management. But even a small toothpick has to be made by myself in order to save a few copper coins. When he grew good plums at home, he sold them at a high price. However, because he was afraid that others would use his plums as seeds to cultivate good plums, he removed the pits from the plums in advance. What Wang Rong likes to do most every night is: "Take candles with his wife and make plans every night."

However, it is such a guy with such a secular heart who contributed to us the idiom "Qing Qing Me Me". Wang Rong's wife often calls Wang Rong "Qing". Wang Rong said: "If a woman cares for her son-in-law, it is disrespectful to the etiquette, and she will not treat her again." His wife said: "I love you dearly, so I care about you. If I don't care about you, who will?" Wang Rong had no choice but to do so. Just let it be (According to Shishuo Xinyu·Huodu 35). The idiom "Qingqingwowo" comes from this classic.

3. Zhou Zha. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, five people from the right general Zhou Zha's family were granted the title of marquis and held important positions. The development of Zhou's power aroused the suspicion of Wang Dun, who had all the power in the world. Therefore, Wang Dun quietly united with the Shen gentry in the south of the Yangtze River to attack Zhou Zha. By the time Zhou Zha got the news, his troops were already approaching the city, and he hurriedly prepared to lead hundreds of his men out of the city to meet the enemy.

In Zhou Zha’s warehouse, there was a batch of well-made weapons. His subordinates advised him to quickly take them out and equip the soldiers. What is ironic is that Zhou Zha was reluctant to part with them and distributed inferior weapons to the soldiers. . Seeing that Zhou Zha was still so stingy at the critical moment of life and death, the soldiers had no determination to sacrifice their lives for him. As a result, the army was defeated under the impact of the enemy army, and Zhou Zha was killed.

The father of Zhou Zha, who died because of his stinginess, was Zhou Chu, who was famous in history and had killed a dragon and subdued a tiger. He was Zhou Chu's third son.

4. Xiao Ji. Xiao Ji, the king of Wuling in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, was the eighth son of Emperor Wu of Liang. He was rarely favored by his father, and he wanted wind and rain. Normally, he should not take money seriously, but he was extremely stingy. He counts even small sums of money.

Xiao Ji had quite a military strategy. He opened Ningzhou and Yuejun in the south, and connected Ziling and Tuyuhun in the west. He promoted farming and mulberry cultivation internally and merchants externally. He had abundant wealth and abundant weapons and armor. He could have become his hegemony. But just because of this stingy little problem, he finally "died before he left the battlefield".

Historical records show that Xiao Ji once led an army to attack Jiangling. He melted gold into pancakes and put more than 100 gold pancakes in a basket. They were hung high, and the silver was five or six times as much as the gold. , and various kinds of silk and satin, countless to encourage the soldiers to kill the enemy bravely, but this miser just let everyone feast their eyes and never give any reward at the end of each battle. The morale of the army was in chaos, and nine out of ten defected. Fourteen cities on both sides of the Taiwan Strait surrendered in a very short period of time. Xiao Ji was defeated like a mountain, and he himself died in the rebellion.

5. Yuan Zongkui.

Xie Zhaozhe's "Wuzazu" of the Ming Dynasty records: In the Tang Dynasty, there was Yuan Zongkui, whose official position was Sima of Guozhou. A maidservant in his family died, so he told the housekeeper on duty: "My old maidservant is dead. She has been at my house for a long time. We should find a coffin for her to bury her in. I have just arrived and my family is very poor. I want to buy a coffin for her." If you can't afford a new coffin, just buy one that can be used. You don't have to say that it's my family that wants to buy it, just say that it's your family that wants to buy it." The steward went out to tell everyone what Yuan Zongkui said, and everyone in the state was there. He laughed at the Sima for being too stingy and treated his words as a joke after dinner.

"New Accounts of the Tang Dynasty" also records this matter: Emperor Yuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Kui, was the Sima of Guozhou, and a maid died. Zhidian said: "The old maid of the Kui family died, and I drove him here for a long time to find a coffin to bury her. When Kui first arrived and was poor, he couldn't buy anything new, but once he got it, he could get it if he needed it. Yunjun's family had their own needs. "Zhidian went out and said it, and Yizhou thought it was true.

6. Zheng Renkai. "Chao Ye Qian Zai" records: Ren Kai was the governor of Mizhou, and a slave told him to wear it. Kai said: "I am in charge of shoes for you." After a while, the doorman arrived with new shoes. There was a woodpecker's nest on the tree in front of Kai's hall, and the doorman climbed up the tree to get his son. The doorman took off his shoes to meet him, but Kai Ling left with his shoes on. The doorman turned out to be a disciple. Kai has virtue.

Zheng Renkai, the governor of Mizhou, really cherishes money as much as his life, and he is very funny. There was a boy in his home who begged him to buy a pair of shoes. Zheng Renkai said, "This is easy. I'll find a pair of shoes for you." After a while, the doorman came in wearing shoes. Zheng Renkai deliberately ordered the doorman to climb into the tree. Go up and dig out the bird's nest. The doorman took off his shoes and climbed up the tree. Zheng Renkai secretly asked the boy to put the doorman's shoes on. When the doorman came down from the tree, he couldn't find any shoes, so he had to go barefoot. Zheng Renkai was actually very proud of this.

7. Wei Zhuang. Wei Zhuang, a great poet during the Five Dynasties period, was famous all over the world. And his stinginess is as famous as his words. Every time Wei Zhuang cooks, he has a fixed amount of rice; the firewood for cooking must be weighed in advance; if he is eating barbecue, he will know even if there is one piece missing. Wei Zhuang had a son who died when he was eight years old. When he was buried, his wife dressed the child in his lifetime clothes, but Wei Zhuang stripped him off and buried him wrapped in the old straw mat on which the child had slept. And after burying it, Wei Zhuang also brought back the straw mat...

8. Zhang Yun. During the Later Han Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, Zhang Yun, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was also famous for his stinginess. Even if it was his wife, Zhang Yun would not give her an extra penny. He was afraid that his wife would secretly use his money, so he put all kinds of keys on his waist. They jingled when he walked. At first glance, he sounded like a woman with many earrings and jewelry hanging on her body. After Guo Wei's mutiny, Zhang Yun hid in a ruined temple and barely escaped with his life. However, the soldiers robbed all his keys. When he returned home, he saw that they had been robbed. Zhang Yun was heartbroken. There was a "wow" sound, blood spurted out wildly, and within half a day, he died.

9. Li Yue. Chen Yuanliang's "Shi Lin Guang Ji" of the Song Dynasty records: Li Yue returned to the Ming Dynasty and served as the magistrate of Shangcai County in Caizhou. Li Yue has a very stingy temperament and is difficult to understand in many ways. Their family rarely eats meat throughout the year. Every time they hold sacrifices to their ancestors on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, they send purchasers to the meat shop to borrow a pound of cooked meat and put it in a basin. Then they use several plates to hold several coins, and that's it. Worship ancestors. He also prayed: "I bought the wine with my official money. It is pure and lovely. I borrowed the meat from the butcher shop. It is fresh and delicious. I was busy and did not have time to buy fruit, so I used my money as fruit." Let's go." After the sacrifice, he took the meat and called to the buyer: "Go back to the meat shop." People laughed at him for being too stingy.

10. Tang Bin. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Tang Bin, the governor of Jiangning, was revered as a "famous Neo-Confucian official" and a representative figure of the Cheng-Zhu School of thought at that time. Tang Bin lived a life of poverty and honed his reputation, and he was famous for his stinginess. According to relevant documents, this old gentleman checked his account book on a whim one day and found an egg on it. He was furious: "I have never eaten eggs before when I came to Suzhou. Who bought it?" He replied that he was a young master.

He summoned his son, made him kneel in the court, and scolded him: "Do you think the price of eggs in Suzhou is the same as that in Henan? If you want to eat eggs, go back to your hometown in Henan..."

China Four The Great Miser

Li Meiting - Qian Zhongshu, "The Besieged City"

Xu Fuzuo - Lu Zhi, "One Penny"

Jianhehou - Zhuangzi , "Foreign Objects"

Yan Jiansheng - Wu Jingzi, "The Scholars"

The Four Great Misers in the World

Shylock - Shakespeare, "Venice" Businessman"

Abagon - Molière, "The Stingy Man"

Old Grandet - Balzac, "Eugénie Grandet"

Polyushkin——Gogol, "Dead Souls"