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.
Wang Anshi, prime minister of the Song Dynasty, was fond of public utility projects.
The smallest and the most alert of a flock of wild geese is often chosen to keep vigil for the others during the night. At the slightest untoward sound it raises the alarm and the flock start from their sleep and make off.
The local gentry are holding a grand banquet for a newly appointed prefect, and many musicians are here to entertain the party.