There is a saying in the biography of Meng De sent by Su Zhe that tigers are afraid of people. I find it strange to read. People who think tigers are afraid of them seem credible from the point of view, but there is no one in the world who is not afraid of tigers. Therefore, it is impossible to verify the truth of this statement.
But I heard that there are many tigers in Zhongzhou, Wanxian and Yunan counties. A woman put two children on the beach during the day and went to the water to wash clothes by herself. A tiger suddenly ran from the mountain, and the woman hurriedly sank into the water to escape, but the two children were still playing casually on the beach. The tiger looked at them for a long time and hit them with his head, hoping that at least one of them would be afraid of it; But the children were so stupid that they didn't know the surprise, so the tiger finally had to leave. If you want a tiger to eat people, you must first give it the power of a tiger. If you meet someone who is not afraid, there is no place to show off.
Some people say that tigers don't eat drunken people, so they must sit there and wait for him to wake up. Not waiting for him to wake up, but waiting for him to be afraid of himself. A man came home from outside at night and saw an animal crouching in front of his house. He thought it was a pig or a dog, so he hit it with a cane. The animal ran away in fear at once. When it ran to the bright moonlight at the foot of the mountain, the drunk found that the animal was a tiger! The man didn't have the ability to beat the tiger, but his courage suppressed the tiger.
If people are not afraid, they can be like children, drunkards and people who don't know they are tigers, so it is not surprising that tigers are afraid that they will not eat.