Who said the phrase, "He who returns the favor of a drop of water, returns it with a spring of water"?

"The one who repays the kindness of a drop of water with a spring of water." This sentence was first recorded in the Qing Dynasty Zengguangxianwen - Zhu Zi family training, this sentence was originally a folk saying, there is no specific source, and then the Qing Dynasty Zhu Yongchun included, used to educate their children.

In China's long history and profound culture, there are a lot of "a drop of water. The "spring" similar proverbs and allusions. They have been passed down from generation to generation, used to educate the children, cultivated generation after generation, and maintained the fine tradition of the Chinese nation of repaying one another with kindness.

The story of a thousand-kilogram meal has the same meaning as a drop of water and a spring of water. The meaning of "one meal, one thousand pieces of gold" is that you have been favored by others with one meal, and then you repay them with one thousand pieces of gold. The meaning is that after having been helped by others, one returns the favor with a more generous gift.

Han Xin is a very good and famous commander, he grew up with both parents dead, his family is very poor, life is not easy, often have to rely on other people's help to live, sometimes go to the meal, which makes many people hate him.

In order to make a living, Han Xin went fishing one day, and met a grandmother by the river. Seeing that he was very hungry, the grandmother gave him her own meal, and for the next few days, she gave him her own meal, so Xin was very touched, and said to the grandmother, "I will repay you.

After hearing this, the grandmother rebuked him and said, "You're a seven-footer, you can't even feed yourself, I'm just pitying you, that's why I'm giving you food. After hearing this, Han Xin felt very ashamed, and he wanted to repay her with his life.

From then on, Han Xin concentrated on studying the art of war, and later defected to Liu Bang, initially as a small official escorting grain, and after many battles helped Liu Bei win many wars and become a great general. Later, Han Xin returned to the state of Chu and found the old lady, giving her a thousand taels of gold to repay the favor of that day

After the most difficult time in our life, getting help from others is really very valuable for us at that time. It's that little bit of help that helped us out of our predicament. So we must repay those who have helped us.