"The Story of Six Feet Lane

During the reign of Kangxi, Prime Minister Zhang Ying lived in Tongcheng for several generations. His official residence was adjacent to the Wu family's. One year, when the Wu family built a house, it occupied the Zhang family's empty space. One year, when the Wu family built a house, they occupied the Zhang family's open space. The Zhang family was not satisfied, and the two sides got into an argument, refusing to let the other side, so they sued the county office. Since Zhang and Wu were both from prestigious families, the county magistrate was in a dilemma and could not reach a verdict.

When Zhang Ying's family saw that it was reasonable and hard to argue, they wrote to Zhang Ying and told her. They wanted the prime minister to support their family. After reading the letter, Zhang Ying disapproved of the family's actions of calling the police over the land, so she wrote four poems on the letter, "A letter is only for the wall, what's the harm in letting him go three feet? The Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles is still there today, but I don't see the Qin Shi Huang of that year. "

After receiving this letter, the Zhang family felt very guilty and did not hesitate to give up the three-foot foundation. When the Wu family saw this, they felt that the Zhangs were entitled to power, but they were not bullies. They were touched by the magnanimity of "the prime minister's stomach can hold a boat", so they also followed the Zhang family's three-foot retreat, forming a six-foot wide lane, which was called "Six-Foot Lane" by the villagers.

Expanded:

Cultural value

"Six-foot Lane" as a new carrier of culture, the spirit of humility and courtesy contained in its allusion is actually also the spirit of traditional Chinese culture.

Six Feet Lane, as a new cultural carrier, is actually the spirit of traditional Chinese culture, and its "width" is not in the "six feet", but in the "width" of people's mind and the spirit of harmony and courtesy.

The root of the cultural meaning of Six Feet Lane, although limited to Zhang Ying and the Wu family's personal morality, but it highlights how the official attitude towards the people, and the position of the dispute over the interests, as well as the way to resolve the conflict, is an era of dealing with the relationship between the government and the people of the paradigm.

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