An honest story in less than 50 words

In the Spring and Autumn Period when honesty was the treasure, Cheng Si's son in Song Dynasty was very honest and loved by people. Someone got a piece of Baoyu, asked someone to identify it and gave it to Zi Han. Zi Han refused to accept it, saying, "You value gems, but I value greed. If I accept your jade, then we will all lose our treasure. Why doesn't each of us have our own baby?

When Yang Zhen refused gold in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yang Zhen passed by Changyi on his way to his post, and Wang Mishan, the magistrate of Changyi County, visited him and presented him with 10 Jin of gold. Yang Zhen said, "An old friend knows a gentleman, but you don't know an old friend. Why? Wang Mi didn't understand Yang Zhen's reproach and said, "It's so dark that no one knows. Yang Zhen said: "God knows, I know, you know, I know, what is ignorance? Hearing this, Wang Mi felt ashamed and went away disgruntled. “。

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, a man named Liu Chong was appointed as the prefect of Huiji. He reformed malpractice and abolished exorbitant taxes, which made the lawsuit very clean. Later, he was transferred as a master craftsman by the imperial court. Before leaving, the local people took the initiative to collect money and gave it to Liu Chong, who was about to leave, but Liu Chong was not affected. Later, it was really hard to refuse, so I took a copper coin from it and accepted it symbolically. Therefore, he is called "the one-dollar satrap"

Tao Kan, a famous minister in Jin Dynasty, was a collector in Xunyang County when he was young. Once, he sent someone to bring his mother a can of pickled fish. After his mother Zhan received it, she returned it to him intact and wrote to him: "As a county official, you gave it to me with public goods, which not only did not benefit me, but increased my worries." Tao Kan was deeply educated in this matter.

Wu Yinzhi is not afraid to drink greedy spring water. Wu Yinzhi of A Jin Dynasty was appointed as the magistrate of Guangzhou. Outside Guangzhou, he saw a pool of spring water called "Greedy Spring". According to local legend, if you drink from the fountain of greed, you will become greedy. He believed it and drank it correctly. After drinking, he wrote a poem: "Ancient people were pregnant with 1000 yuan. It is not easy to try to get Qi Yi to drink. " During his tenure, he was honest and self-disciplined and adhered to his own code of conduct.

Zhang Jun, the minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, was born in a poor family. Because of disagreement with the traitor Qin Gui, he was exiled to Lingling, Hunan Province as an official. He took several boxes of books with him when he set out. Someone falsely accused him of having something to do with the disorderly party. As a result, Emperor Gaozong examined letters and worn-out clothes. Gaozong sighed: "I didn't expect Zhang Jun to be so poor!" I felt sorry for him, so I sent someone to catch up with Zhang Jun on a fast horse and gave him 320 gold.

Yu Qian, a well-known official in the Ming Dynasty, had clean hands and was honest. Once, the court sent him to inspect Henan. When he returned to Beijing, people bought some local products, such as silk handkerchiefs, mushrooms, thread incense, etc. It was expensive to send them back to Beijing, but he didn't accept them. At the same time, he also wrote a poem to show his heart: Sparda mushrooms and fragrant incense are harmful to the people. The wind blows on your sleeves, so as not to talk short. "

In the Ming Dynasty, Yang Jizong, the magistrate of Jiaxing, was clean and self-controlled and won the hearts of the people. Once, a eunuch passed by and asked him for a bribe. He opened the vault and said, "All the money is here. You can take it, but you have to help me get Kujin's official seal. " The eunuch was disgruntled and went back to Beijing to vilify Ming Yingzong in front of Ming Yingzong. Yingzong asked, "Are you talking about the prefect Yang Jizong who didn't give a penny?" After listening too much, I dare not speak ill of Yang Jizong any more.

Wang Jie, a helpless scholar, is outspoken. At that time, He Kun was authoritarian in the DPRK, and ministers did not accuse him. But Wang Jie often argued with him. Once, He Kun deliberately teased Wang Jie, holding his hand and saying, "What a white and tender hand!" Wang Jie replied sternly: "Wang Jie has a good hand, but he can't ask for money!" Kun left in shame.