Anecdotal story of Tang Dynasty: A scholar disguised as a strange man to test his wife's loyalty.

Original: Yi Lee is jealous, idle and abusive, scattering ashes every night to test the movement.

Source: An Introduction to Ancient and Modern Tan by Meng Long.

The story behind it:

It is natural for a husband to love his wife. Husband and wife love, family harmony, smooth career and happy life. Love is selfish, and there is no room for sand in the eyes of both husband and wife. Therefore, it is normal to be jealous of each other, and proper jealousy can even promote a more harmonious relationship between the two sides. But we must grasp the limits. Exceeding the limit will be counterproductive. Some people in history are naturally suspicious and jealous. They don't trust their wives and always suspect that they are cheating. So he did a lot of stupid things and was laughed at by later generations for thousands of years.

For example, the Tang Dynasty poet Li Yi! When he was in Tang Xianzong, he was awarded a bachelor's degree in Jixian Temple. However, due to negative talent and arrogance, the official career is not smooth. I was in a bad mood for a long time at work. Later, even civil servants stopped working. I simply quit my job and took a trip. It can be said that you can leave if you want. Very smart, enviable. In addition to being willful, this man also suffers from jealousy, that is, he loves jealousy and always suspects that his wife is cheating. In order to spy on his wife, he thought of a way to sprinkle a layer of ash outside his wife's concubine room every night to see what they were doing. When it got out, it was laughed at, and everyone said that he had gone a little too far.

However, there is more than Yi Lee. There is a scholar in Kunshan who is as stupid and pedantic as Li Yi. In order to test his wife's loyalty to him, he hid in front of his house at night, and when his wife came back from the door, he pretended to be a pervert and jumped out to hug her. His wife would rather die than surrender, shouting. Seeing this, the scholar was overjoyed and said excitedly, there is a virgin in my family! What a scholar! I'm impressed.

It is said that some people now use strange QQ and WeChat to test the loyalty of their wives or husbands. This method has the same effect as Kunshan scholar.

If you don't think this is wonderful, this man has done something more wonderful.

One day, the scholar hurried to find the bricklayer in the village. He told the bricklayer that there was a very urgent matter at home and asked the bricklayer to go with him.

At this time, the mason is building a house for another family and can't leave. The scholar was furious. When the bricklayer saw that he was furious, he thought that something had really happened at home, so he put down his work and went back with him. When he got home, the mason asked the scholar, is there anything important?

The scholar pointed to a crack in the back room wall and said to the mason, you help me paste this.

The bricklayer was dumbfounded. You're kidding. What's the emergency? The time limit for building a house is tight. What's the urgency of your big gap?

Hearing this, the scholar was anxious. He said, oh, where do you know? A man who is as thin as a monkey lives next door to my house. Although the gap is small, the thin man next door can go in and out at will. Do you feel urgent? Do you think I should be worried?

The bricklayer was speechless by the scholar and had to give up. Then three times five divided by two to help him paste the cracks.

No wonder these wonderful flowers were used as jokes by future generations. So husband, which woman can stand it? In today's world, women have already dumped you.