A thousand miles to build a book is just for the wall, why not let him be three feet?

There is a "Renyi Lane" in the old city of Anyang, Henan Province, which was once the ancestral home of Guo Pu, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that when the Guo family built the house next door, it occupied a wall of the Guo family. However, the Guo family was so close that they quarreled with that family until they went to court.

Local officials are afraid that both sides are bureaucrats and dare not try, so the two families continue to argue. In desperation, the Guo family sent someone to Beijing to return the matter to Guo Pu, and Guo Pu immediately wrote back.

However, when the Guo family opened the letter hopefully, they didn't expect it to be such a few lines: "Picking a book from a thousand miles is just a wall, why not let him be three feet?" The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but I have never seen Qin Shihuang. "

After the Guo family learned the truth, they immediately went to court and were willing to make concessions. When the neighbors learned about it, they also regretted their original behavior. They immediately moved the courtyard wall back. In this way, you came back to me, where the original courtyard wall was turned into a wide and feasible alley.

2. Version 2

There are two neighboring Taizhou, Jiangsu. One is an official in other places, and the other is doing business in this city. Both families are building houses, and the houses are almost finished. When building the fence, the two sides had an argument about the border.

Taizhou people have always had an old tradition of "fighting for every inch of land". Not to mention neighbors, even brothers are quarreling over their ancestral businesses. In the end, "chickens and dogs hear each other, and they don't live and die together."

For a mere three feet of land, neither the government nor the merchants will give in to each other. The official took out his killer weapon-write to the official at once.

Not long after, the official came to reply, and the letter said: "The letter is a three-foot room, why not let him be three feet?" The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, and Qin Shihuang is not seen. "

The letter made it very clear that the official letter followed the instructions in the letter and built a wall three feet behind the original border. The merchants across the street were deeply moved by this scene, and they also retreated three feet from the original border and built a wall.

An alley was formed between the two walls, and later generations named it "Three-foot Lane". The width of the "three-foot lane" is not three feet but six feet.

3. Version 3

Xianliang Street is located in Zhengyangguan, an ancient town where Pi and Ying rivers flow into Huaihe River in Shouxian County. This street is related to Yu Fujiu, a famous Zhengyang person in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty. After Yu Fujiu became an official in Beijing, his family moved to Zhengyang South Street.

One year, his family and neighbor blacksmith Zhou demolished the old house and built a new one. Both families want to expand to the middle passage. As a result, the aisle was gone. The two sides are deadlocked and no one is allowed to start work.

The Yu family sent someone to Beijing to send a letter to Yu Fujiu, asking him to intervene and put pressure on the Zhou family to make concessions. Yu Fujiu wrote a reply and gave it to someone to take back, saying, "The clever plan is all in it."

Yu's family opened the letter, only to find a poem on the paper: "A book travels a thousand miles is a wall, so why not let him walk three feet?" The Great Wall of Wan Li is still here today, and there is no Qin Shihuang! "

Both families were moved by Yu Fujiu's high wind, and each gave in three feet, and the original three-foot lane became a nine-foot lane. From then on, people in Zhengyangguan called this alley "Xianliang Street".

4. Version 4

Taining Shangshudi, a scholar and minister of war Li in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, has a history of more than 370 years and is an ancient architectural complex with important cultural relics protection value.

There is an alley in Shangshu called Sanchi Lane. According to legend, when Shangshu land was built, the local people did not cooperate with the land acquisition. Li's son wrote to his father, hoping that he would come forward to mediate.

Unexpectedly, Li wrote back and said, "A thousand miles of books are just walls. Why not let him be three feet?" The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but I haven't seen Qin Shihuang. "

Not only does it not requisition the land of the people, but it advocates giving up three feet of land. This is a true story that spreads widely, and its practical significance is self-evident.

5. Version 5

In the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi also had a story of "three-foot alley", saying that relatives in his hometown had a dispute with their neighbors for one and a half feet when building a house. The family wanted to write to Wang Anshi with the help of his authority.

Wang Anshi is worthy of everyone's demeanor. He replied in a poem: "A book from a thousand miles is just a 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. "The family was ashamed and gave up a foot and a half. When the neighbors learned about it, they also gave up a foot and a half. The three-foot driveway created a story.