Liu Ting-style anecdotes about people.

Jiao Yudong, a famous scholar in Zhangqiu in Qing Dynasty, once praised Zhangqiu for "the spirit of Sichuan and Guangdong, and celebrities came forth in large numbers" in the preface to Zhangqiu County Records in the 30th year of Kangxi. Among them, Liu Ting, a famous scholar in Zhangqiu in Northern Song Dynasty, often said, "The Ming Festival between Zhang Zhou and Liu Ting has never been alone for more than a hundred years?" Liu Tingshi in this article is a famous Zhang Qiu in the Northern Song Dynasty, and he was named "Song History" because of his extraordinary trip.

"Liu, word, Jizhou people, for Jinshi. Su Shi stayed in Mizhou, and the court style was to pass the sentence. Before the court ceremony was over, I offered to marry the daughter of a fellow villager, but I didn't pay the money. The court style is the same, and the woman is sick, and the family is too poor to say anything. Or persuade his little daughter to smile and say,' My heart has agreed. Although I am blind, how can I live up to my original intention? "Marry it. Have a few children. After his death, he died in court for more than a year and refused to remarry. "

Su Shi asked, "Sorrow is born of emotion, and emotion is born of color. It is just for a son to marry a blind girl and grow old with her. Where does your love come from and where does your sadness come from? " The court said,' I know I lost my wife. If I love because of color, grieve because of love, and forget my worries because of color decline, can anyone who looks up to the market and looks at it with keen eyes be a wife?' Su Shi was deeply moved by his words.

The story of Liu's not abandoning dross can also be found in the 93rd volume of Complete Works of Dongpo. One of them, Shu Liu, describes the touching story of Liu, a famous scholar in Zhangqiu, who kept his promise, became a scholar, and was ashamed of his blind daughter, which is consistent with the record in the History of Song Dynasty.

It turned out that when Su Shi was the magistrate of Mizhou (now Zhucheng, Shandong Province), Liu of Zhangqiu passed the case to Mizhou in the temple, and Su Zhe worked as a secretary in Jinan, Shandong Province. At that time, Su Shi and Su Zhe often exchanged letters, during which they had to talk about some colleagues around them, including Liu. Su Zhe once told Su Shi in his letter: He learned from the conversation of local people in Jinan that Liu is a man who knows manners. Before entering the Jinshi in the examination, Liu had "planned to marry the daughter of a fellow countryman" and had an engagement, but he had not yet given a dowry (according to the ancient ritual system, this situation could not be regarded as an engagement). Later, Liu was admitted to Jinshi, but the woman was blind because of illness. Because the woman's family lives on farming and is very poor, she dare not mention her engagement to Liu again. Someone advised Liu to marry the blind girl's sister. Liu smiled and replied: "I have promised in my heart. Although I am embarrassed, can I have a negative attitude towards my initial heart? " As a result, Liu finally married a blind girl.

After the marriage, Liu and the blind girl are very loving. After being transferred to Tongguan, Mizhou, he went to some office with his blind wife. Later, the blind girl died in Michigan. Liu was very sad. Her sadness lasted for several years and she refused to get married again.

Once, Su Shi asked him, "Sorrow is born of emotion, and emotion is born of color. It is just for a son to marry a blind girl and grow old with her. Where does your love come from and where does your sadness come from? "

Liu replied: Just because I know that my wife died. She is my wife with goals, my wife with goals! If I love her because of her beauty and feel sad because of my love for her, then as she gets old and faded, my love for her will be less and less, and there will be no sadness after her death. In that case, those women who stand on the street waving their sleeves, flirting with men and showing off their love affairs can get married.

After listening to Liu's words, Su Shi was deeply touched and said, "I am famous for my fame and fortune."

At that time, some people laughed at Su Shi's remarks, which was a bit exaggerated. So Su Shi took Yang Hucheng (Zi Shu) as an example to further illustrate his conclusion: After Yang Hucheng married his daughter, he was able to treat his wife well as always, even though his relatives and friends refused to go to Shu from Wei. Later, yang hu finally became the founding minister of the Western Jin Dynasty. So Su Shi said: Liu's behavior is similar to that of Yang Hucheng. Therefore, he can't be rich or expensive, and he will get the right result. The guests here still don't believe what Su Shi said.

At the end of the article, Su Shi wrote: Yesterday (written by Su Shi in Yuanfeng on July 5, 2006 15), someone came from Lushan Mountain and said that Liu was watching the peaceful scenery on Lushan Mountain, and his face was purple, and he walked up and down the mountain for 60 miles. Su Shi was very happy after hearing the news, because it proved that his prediction eight years ago was correct. So Su Shi immediately wrote a letter and told the news to Gong Zhao Gaoqing () in Mizhou Township, because Zhao Gao Qinghe and Liu were good friends and had done good deeds, and he was there when Su Shi said that Liu was a "rich man".

Due to Su Shi's important position in the literary and political circles at that time, Liu Ting's deeds of keeping his promise and living up to the blind girl soon spread with Su Shi's articles, such as Notes on Taishang Induction, Notes on Wu Zenggaizhai, Notes on Xie Caibo's Mizhai, Collected Works of Zhu Mu's Ancient and Modern Events, and Notes on Zhang Ding's Famous Words and Actions.

Because of Su Shi's book story, Liu Ting's story spread like wildfire and eventually went down in history. The History of Song Dynasty, vol. 459, vol. 2 18, Zhuo Xing, Ming Dynasty, Li Xian and others, vol. 22, Chief Secretary of Shandong, People, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period, Xu Tongzhi, vol. 528, Biography of Loneliness and Ming Jiajing, Shandong Tongzhi, No.28.

As for Liu, Su Shi's Fu on the Chrysanthemum in the Later Qi Dynasty, written in the eighth year of JaeHee Ning (1075), also mentioned that he and Liu often searched for Qi Chrysanthemum to satisfy their hunger along the abandoned garden in the ancient city. Liu can also write poems, and his poems are included in The Whole Song Poetry.