Be a mouse in the warehouse, not a mouse in the toilet. What did Reese say?
Born at the end of the Warring States Period, Li Si was born in Shangcai, Chu (now southwest of Shangcai County, Henan Province) and worked as a clerk in charge of documents when he was young. Sima Qian recorded such a thing in Biography of Li Si in Historical Records: once, he saw mice eating human excrement in the toilet, and when he saw people and dogs, the mice were scared away. Later in the warehouse, he saw the mouse stealing food freely, and no one cared. So, he sent out such a feeling: "People's virtue is not worth it, like rats, in their ears!" In other words, if a person wants to get ahead in society, he must do whatever he wants and enjoy it as much as a mouse in a grain depot. It can be seen that in the Warring States period when everyone was vying for fame and profit, Reese was unwilling to be lonely and wanted to make a difference.