There is an allusion to "knot grass" in Zuo Zhuan Gong Fifteen Years. In the autumn and July of 594 BC, Duke Huan of Qin sent troops to attack Jin, and Jin and Chi fought in pumice (now Dali County, Shaanxi Province). Jin met Wei Ke and Du Hui, the Qin general, and they fought side by side. Just as they were inextricably linked, Wei Ke suddenly saw an old man trapping Du Hui with a straw rope, which made the majestic Qin Hercules unstable and fell to the ground, and was captured by Wei Ke on the spot.
After the Jin army won the battle, that night, Wei Ke met the old man who tripped Du Hui for him during the day in his dream. The old man said, I am Zuji's father. I thank you for your kindness in the grave. I did it today to repay you!
It turned out that Wu Wei, a doctor of the State of Jin, had a concubine named Zuji, who had no children. Every time Wei Wuzi went out to war, he told his son Wei Ke, "If I die, you must choose a good match to marry her." Later, Wei Wuzi was seriously ill and said to Wei Ke, "After I die, I must let her die for my country, so that I can have a companion under my grave." When Wei Wuzi died, Wei Ke did not kill Zuji and buried her, but married her to someone else. His brother asked him why he didn't respect his father's wishes. Wei Ke said: "When a person is seriously ill, his mind is confused. I married this woman at my father's command when he was sober. "
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The allusion to the title ring can be found in the annotation "Continued Story" in Yang Zhenchuan. When Yang Zhen's father Bao Yang was nine years old, he saw a yellowbird wounded by an eagle in the north of Huayin Mountain, which landed under a tree and was trapped by ants. Bao Yang felt sorry for it, so he took it home, put it in a towel box and fed it only yellow flowers. One day a hundred days later, the yellowbird was full of feathers and flew away. That night, a boy in yellow said to Bao Yang, "I am the messenger of the Queen Mother of the West. You are kind enough to save people, and I really feel Ji Cheng. " And gave Bao Yang four white rings, saying: "It can bless your descendants to rank high in the land of Sangong, be honest in politics, and behave as white as this Yuhuan."
As The Boy in Yellow said, his sons Yang Zhen, his eldest grandson, his great-grandson Yang Ci, and his great-grandson were all courtiers of Autumn, honest and honest, and their virtues were told by later generations.
Later generations combined "knot grass" and "bit ring" into one, which has been passed down to this day. It is a metaphor for gratitude and gratitude, which will never be forgotten until death.