A fool once heard someone say that pears were good for the teeth but harmful to the spleen, and that dates were good for the spleen but harmful to the teeth.
The grandsons of Cai Jing, the notorious prime minister, who grew up in riches, could not tell wheat from rice.
Once I saw a man travelling on foot at Lvliang. He saw a boat, and offered the boat-owner fifty coins to take him to Pengmen.
One night, Ai Zi asked his pupil to strike a flint to light the lamp.
A scholar, hard-pressed for money, listed a few hundred of his books, packed them up, and set out for the capital, intending to sell them.