Mei Ouchang, a juren from south of the Yangtse River, once told me of a strange case which his friend Sun from the same hometown had handled, while he was an official at Dezhou, in Shandong Province.
Minister Yin, who now heads the Board of Civil Office, came originally from a poor family in Licheng County, Shandong Province. In his youth, he was noted for his daring.