Tanquan is located near Shimen in the northwest suburb of Guangzhou.
Shimen Tanquan Site is located in Qingfeng Village, Shijing Town, Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, China. In ancient times, there was the Greed Spring Well half a kilometer south of Shimen (now the intersection of Liuxi River and Baini River). According to legend, anyone who drank the water from the well would develop greed. Now it has become a famous attraction, and many people go to see this magical Greedy Spring.
According to the "Book of Jin·Biography of Wu Yin", there is a "Greed Spring" in Shimen, 20 miles away from Guangzhou. It is said that drinking the water from the "Greed Spring" will give rise to greed. Officials here drink from the "Spring of Greed", so they are famous for their greed. After corrupt officials were convicted of corruption, they did not look for the reasons themselves, but blamed the "Greed Spring", thinking that the water from the "Greed Spring" made them more greedy.
The source of Tanquan:
"The Biography of Wu Yin in the Book of Jin": "Wu Yinzhi, who was honest and honest, was the governor of Guangzhou. He was not twenty miles away from the state. The place was named Shimen, and there was water. Greedy Spring, it is said that those who drink this water are greedy. "I drank it in secret, so I wrote a poem: "The ancients said that this water is worth a thousand gold. If you try to make the barbarians drink it, they will not change their minds." In the state, Qing Cao became more and more severe. The matter can be found in "Book of Jin·Biography of Good Officials·Wu Yinzhi".
In the first year of Yuanxing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (402), Wu Yinzhi, the governor of Guangzhou, went to Guangzhou to take office. He went to Tanquan to drink water and wrote a poem: "The ancients said that this water is worth a thousand gold, so I try to make the barbarians drink it." , you will never change your mind." It shows that greed is a personal moral character and has nothing to do with drinking spring water, and it also means that one is honest in politics.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia - Tanquan.