A thousand miles to repair books is just 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.
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A Letter from Zhang Ying.
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It is only because of that wall that you sent the letter thousands of miles away. What does it matter if you make him three feet? The Great Wall of Wan Li is still here today, but we will never see Qin Shihuang again.
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During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a dispute between my hometown and my neighbor Wu family on the issue of homestead, because both of them were ancestral businesses, and no one would give way to the homestead.
The two sides took the lawsuit to the county government. Because both sides are prominent families, the county officials dare not settle it easily. So the Zhang family went all the way to Beijing for help.
Zhang Ying criticized a poem after receiving the book: "Paper books are only walls, why not let him answer three feet?" . The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but there is no Qin Shihuang. "?
The Zhang family was suddenly enlightened and gave in three feet. The Wu family was deeply moved by the scene before them, giving up three feet and forming a six-foot wide alley.
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During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a dispute between my hometown and my neighbor Wu family on the issue of homestead, because both of them were ancestral businesses, and no one would give way to the homestead. The two sides took the lawsuit to the county government. Because both sides are prominent aristocratic families, the county government dare not settle it easily. So the Zhang family went all the way to Beijing for help. After receiving the book, Zhang Ying criticized a poem: "Paper books are only walls, why not let them be three feet?" . The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but there is no Qin Shihuang. "The zhangs' be suddenly enlightened, back down three feet. The Wu family was deeply moved by the scene before them, giving up three feet and forming a six-foot wide alley. Liuchi Lane is located in the southwest corner of Tongcheng City, Anhui Province, with a total length of 100 meter and a width of 2 meters. It was built in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. Stone archways are erected at both ends of the alley, and the word "comity" is engraved on the archway.
Historical allusion
The story of "Liuchi Lane" became a historical story because of the land dispute between the Zhang family and its neighbors. During the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, Zhang and Wu were neighbors, and there was a path in the yard between them for everyone to come and go. One day, the Wu family wanted to repair the house and occupy this road, but the Zhang family did not agree. The two families turned against each other because of a road, and they also made trouble with the county government.
However, the county government is afraid of the identity of the two families and dare not jump to conclusions. In a rage, the Zhang family wrote to Zhang Ying, the master of the Zhang family, demanding justice. Zhang Ying was a university student in the imperial court at that time. Because of his busy government affairs, he was not at home all the year round. I was very happy to see my letter from home, but I didn't expect my wife's letter from home to be because of that alley, so he wrote back to her.
"Thousands of miles to book just to wall, let him three feet? The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, and Qin Shihuang is not seen. " The Zhang family who got the reply woke up and offered to give up three feet of land. The Wu family was also moved by the Zhang family's practice and offered to give up three feet of land. Therefore, the two families eliminated their differences and unexpectedly created the famous Six-Foot Lane. Later generations often use Liuchi Lane to describe the way of tolerance and harmony.
He was a wise minister of the Qing Dynasty, and his son was a very famous minister of the Han nationality in the middle of the Qing Dynasty-Zhang. Kangxi entered the official career, and later assisted Yong Zhengdi. He successively served as the minister of rites, the minister of official affairs, the minister of household affairs, the cabinet record, the minister of military aircraft and other important positions, and devoted himself to the rule of the Qing Dynasty.
Zhang occupies a high position in the imperial court, but he never takes credit, and the ruling and opposition parties are in power. On the contrary, he was honest and self-denying, so Zhang became the only Han minister in Qing Dynasty who deserved to enjoy the ancestral temple.
Brief introduction of the author
Zhang Ying (1637— 1708) is a native of Tongcheng, Anhui province, whose name is Dunfu. In the sixth year of Kangxi, he was a scholar in Wenhua Hall, a tired official editor, and a minister of rites. He has served as the chief author of National History, Unified Record, Yuan Jian's Book, and The Strategy of Pacifying the Desert, and served as the examiner. Be cautious for the official, and all shall be well. There are "Constant Property and Ci" and "Poems of Du Sutang".