The original text and translation of the think tank master's sincerity and loyalty

The original text and its translation are as follows:

The original text:

Han Zhaohou grabbed a paw and pretended to die, asking for it urgently. The left and right sides are effective because of cutting their claws, so Zhao Hou can examine the sincerity of the left and right sides.

Yan, the son of Xiang, sat and pretended to say, "He is a white horse who walks out of the door." There were no words left or right, and one of them went after him and reported, "Yes." The son knows the dishonesty of the left and right by this.

Translation:

One day, Han Zhaohou was eating melons with his cronies. He deliberately dropped the melons in his hand and expressed his regret. Subordinate immediately to carve up their own hands to Han Zhaohou. Han Zhaohou used this to examine his subordinates' loyalty to him.

When Zi was Yan Xiang, he sat in the hall one day and deliberately said, "Was that a white horse that just passed away outside the door?" The left and right cronies all said they didn't see it, but only one person chased the door and reported when he came back: "There is indeed a white horse." The son borrowed this matter to examine whether the left and right were loyal to him.

Extended information:

Master Cheng Chen Zhong is taken from The 1th Miscellaneous Wisdom of Think Tank edited by Feng Menglong.

The Think Tank was first compiled in the sixth year of the Ming Apocalypse (1625), when Feng Menglong reached the age of his destiny. He was still living as a librarian in various places and compiling books for booksellers to solve the problem of cooking without rice. At this time, Wei Zhongxian, the traitor, was in power in the DPRK, and the prefect secret service was in the East Factory, and Daxing was unjustly imprisoned. It was one of the darkest periods in China's feudal society. Feng Menglong compiled this kind of book with a strong political color, and many chapters denounced the disadvantages of the eunuch in power, which made people admire Feng's great wisdom and courage.

The Complete Works of Think Tanks (translated into a treasured edition) is divided into ten parts: wisdom, wisdom, observation, courage, skill, agility, language, military intelligence, boudoir intelligence and miscellaneous intelligence. Twenty-eight sub-categories are a collection of wisdom stories of Shi Shao from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, and more than 1, short stories are compiled, which reflects the clever use of wisdom and tactics by the ancients. ?

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Complete Works of Think Tank.