Legend 1:
Tongcheng County Chronicle: During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Zhang Ying, a college student of Wenhua Hall and a minister of rites, was an official in Beijing.
Tongcheng's family wrote to him, asking him to use his authority to intervene in the dispute, because there was a contradiction between building a house and his neighbors. Unexpectedly, he wrote back a letter from home advising: "A letter thousands of miles away is just a wall. Why not let him be three feet?" The Great Wall of Wan Li is still here today, but I haven't seen Qin Shihuang! "After receiving the letter, the family was very educated and immediately retreated three feet from the wall. When the neighbors saw it, they were quite moved-ashamed and took the initiative to retreat three feet.
Legend 2:
In the southwest of Sanxiaokou, Hefei, there used to be an alley named "Gongwan Lane", also known as "Gongwan Lane". Speaking of the origin of this alley, there is an interesting legend among the people.
There used to be two adjacent families living here. The surname is Gong, and the owner is an important official of the imperial court, known as "Gong Sima"; The other is Wan, whose owner is a local dignitary and is called "Master Wan".
Although the two families have been adjacent for many years, they don't go back and forth. In any case, they are neighbors, each taking what he needs and each using his own stove. Rule out the rule of law, but they also live in peace.
Who knows, this year, Gong Hewan started building and repairing houses at the same time, which was a great show. In fact, this is each family's own business, but the problem is that when rebuilding their houses, both families want to extend the gables outward to expand the foundation of the houses, which leads to a quarrel. You didn't allow me to disobey, so I quarreled as a bee and went directly to the county magistrate.
Gong and Wan are powerful families, and the master of the county government is a small official of Sesame Seven Products. How dare he make a judgment easily? As a result, the lawsuit has been dragging on.
The Gong family was too angry to see such a small lawsuit because of their official position. So they had to send a housekeeper to Beijing at night with a book and ask Gong Fu to intervene in order to shake the prestige of the family and get rid of this resentment.
Besides, Gong Sima, who is far away in Beijing, was really annoyed when she first heard the complaints. Fortunately, her woman is a man who knows books and is sensible. After hearing the news, she smiled and advised, "What's the value of neighbors fighting for a wall?" You are an important official of the imperial court, with a high rank. You should be generous with such a small matter. Why not let people be a few feet taller? "
After listening to his wife's point of view, the palace master immediately calmed down and sent a letter to the traffic control family to bring them back. Gong's family received a book from Master Gong. When they opened it, they found only one poem. It reads between the lines: "A letter from a thousand miles is just a wall. What's the harm in letting him be three feet? " ? The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but I haven't seen Qin Shihuang. "When the Gong family saw what they said, they all calmed down, silently removed the gables adjacent to Wanjia and retreated three feet.
Gong Jia acted in the opposite direction, which made Wanjia feel very shocked and guilty. In addition to imitating the practice of the Gong family, they also took the initiative to retreat the gables adjacent to the Gong family by three feet. In this way, a six-foot wide road was formed between Gong and Wan's house. People called this roadway "Gongwan Lane" and later renamed it "Gongwan Lane".
Legend 3:
When Xu Hu (1655-1736), a great Yi-ology scholar and philosopher in the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty, was an official in Beijing, he received a letter from home. There was a dispute between his hometown and his neighbors because of the boundary of the house, so that the middle lane was narrow and it was almost impossible to leave. Xu Hu immediately wrote the poem above and asked people to take it home. So the Hu family gave in three feet on the basis of the original argument, and the neighbors were very moved. They also gave in three feet and the corridor was six feet long. Because of this, it suddenly opened up and pedestrians no longer felt narrow, so people called this alley "Renyi Lane". This story is almost a household name in Guangshan county, and has been included in Guangshan county annals.
Legend 4:
Zheng Banqiao of the Ming Dynasty said: In order to build a house, Zheng Banqiao's younger brother competed with his neighbors for land, and they wouldn't give in. Zheng Banqiao wrote a poem when he wrote back: "A thousand miles of books are just a wall, why not let him be three feet?" The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but I have never seen Qin Shihuang. " The neighbors were very moved to learn that they had given in three feet each and became a six-foot lane.
Legend five:
Guo Pu of the Ming Dynasty said. Guo Pu, a senior official of the official department, once wrote a poem to persuade his younger brother: "A thousand miles of books is a wall, why not let him be a few feet?" The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but I haven't seen Qin Shihuang. "
Legend six:
Shu Fen of the Ming Dynasty said. Shu Fen, the top scholar in Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty, wrote: "A thousand miles of books come only for the wall, why not let him be a few feet!" The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but there is no Qin Shihuang. "
Legend seven:
Lin Han of the Ming Dynasty said. Lin Han's poem "Commanding Children" said: "It's okay to let him intervene in any dispute. The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, and Qin Shihuang is not seen. "
Legend 8:
Zhang said in Qing Dynasty: Zhang is the son of Zhang Ying. During the Yongzheng period, he wrote a letter to his family: "A thousand miles to write a book is only for the wall, why not let him be three feet?" The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but I haven't seen Qin Shihuang. "
Legend 9:
Zeng Guofan of the Qing Dynasty said. Zeng Guofan once wrote a letter to his brother: "A thousand miles to write a book is only for the wall. Why not let him be three feet? " The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but there is no Qin Shihuang. "
Legend 10:
He said in the Qing Dynasty: He Daozhou wrote: "Wan Li's letter is only a wall, why not make people three feet?" The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but it has not been there since the Qin Dynasty.