Write two ancient Chinese stories about honesty and trustworthiness

1. Zeng Zi was a student of Confucius. Once, Zengzi's wife was ready to go to the market, and because the child was crying, Zengzi's wife promised to kill a pig for him when the child came back. When Zeng Zi's wife came back from the fair, Zeng Zi caught the pig to kill it, and his wife stopped her, saying, "I was only fooling around with the child."

Zeng Zi said, "You can't talk and play with children. A child does not know how to do anything, and he follows his parents in everything and listens to their teachings. Now if you coax him, you are teaching the child to cheat." So Zeng Zi killed the pig. Zeng Zi y understands that honesty and trustworthiness, keeping one's word is the basic rule of being a human being, and if one breaks one's word and doesn't kill the pig, then the pig in the family is saved, but it leaves an indelible shadow on the mind of an innocent child.

2. Han Xin, the founding minister of the Han Dynasty, was very poor when he was a child, and often had no food or clothing, so he followed his brother and sister-in-law to live with them, and ate leftovers to get by. He lived with his brother and sister-in-law and lived on leftovers. He helped his brother during the day and studied hard at night, but his mean sister-in-law hated him for studying and thought that it was useless because it cost him a lot of money.

So he was forced to live on the streets, with no clothes and no food. An old woman who worked as a servant for others sympathized with him and supported him in his studies, and even gave him food every day. Confronted with the old woman's sincerity, Han Xin was so grateful that he said to the old man, "I must repay you when I grow up."

The old woman smiled and said, "I will be in the ground when you grow up." Later Han Xin became a famous general and was made king of Chu by Liu Bang, and he still thought of this old man who had given him help. He then found the old man, took her to his palace and treated her like his own mother.

3. Yan Shu, a lyricist of the Northern Song Dynasty, was known for his honesty. When he was fourteen years old, someone recommended him to the emperor as a prodigy. The emperor summoned him and asked him to take the exam at the same time as more than 1,000 jinshi. As a result, Yanshu realized that the exam was one he had just practiced ten days before, so he truthfully reported it to Emperor Zhenzong and requested to change other topics.

Song Emperor Zhenzong appreciated Yanshu's honesty so much that he gave him the title of "scholar of the same rank". When Yanshu was in office, the world was at peace. So, the capital of the big and small officials will often go to the countryside to play or in the city's restaurants and teahouses to hold a variety of banquets. Yanshu's family was so poor that he couldn't afford to go out to eat, drink or play, so he stayed at home and read and wrote with his brothers.

One day, Emperor Zhenzong promoted Yan Shu to be an official of the Eastern Palace who assisted the crown prince in his studies. The ministers were surprised and did not understand why True Father made such a decision. True Father said, "Recently, the ministers have been playing and drinking a lot, but only Yan Shu has been studying behind closed doors, and he is so self-respecting and prudent that he is a suitable candidate for the post of the East Palace official."

Yan Shu thanked him and said, "I am actually a person who likes to play and drink, but my family is poor. If I had money, I would have participated in banquets long ago." These two events made Yan Shu establish his credibility in front of his ministers, and Song Zhenzong trusted him more.

4. Li Mian was a famous minister in the middle of Tang Dynasty. He had a good knowledge of history and economics, and was a straight shooter. He was an advocate of Taoism all his life, and his work as an official was upright and unselfish, and he was trusted by the people.

Li Mian was poor when he was young, and when he traveled abroad, he stayed with a scholar in an inn in Shangqiu, Henan Province. In less than ten days, the scholar suddenly became seriously ill and could not be taken care of. He took out one hundred taels of silver from a cloth bag and gave it to Li Mian before his death, saying: "My family lives in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, but I can't imagine that I will die of illness here. Please take it to take care of my affairs, and whatever is left over will be given to you."

Li Mian promised to take care of his affairs, but after the affairs were done, he put the remaining silver in his grave and buried it together. A few years later, Li Mian became the lieutenant of Kaifeng County. The dead scholar's brother came to look for the scholar and searched for him all the way.

When he arrived at Shangqiu, he found out that Li Mian had once officiated at a funeral service for the scholar, so he came to visit him. Li Mian accompanied the scholar's brother to the Shangqiu cemetery to pay his respects and dug up all the remaining silver and gave it to him.

When Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Mian was the minister of the Ministry of Revenue. He was not afraid of the power and nobility, and he dared to speak out on matters, paying special attention to maintaining court etiquette. The Tang Emperor Dezong favored the treacherous minister Lu Qi. When Lu Qi was the governor of Li Zhou, he was impeached by Yuan Gao, the governor, who believed that Lu Qi was treacherous and corrupt, and that his demotion was not enough to offset his guilt, but Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty refused to remove him from office.

One day, Tang Dezong said to Li Mian: "Everyone says Lu Qi is treacherous, how do I not know! I don't know, but I don't know! Do you know what it looks like?" Li Mian replied: "The world all know his treachery, only your majesty does not know, so for treachery!" This was an excellent reply, which was spread all over the world, and people admired his uprightness.

5. Guo Ji, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, who served as the chief of staff of the government and as the head of the Taizhong Daifu, was a clean and honest official who was dedicated to the well-being of the people. When he was the governor of the province of Bingzhou, he was diligent in government and loved the people, and often made private visits to solve the people's hardships, rectify the bureaucratic system, and vindicate many cases of injustice and falsehood, which was a credit to the people, so the people have always been grateful for his benevolence and respected him. The first time I saw Guo Ji, he was welcomed by all the people, young and old, when he passed through the townships.

On one occasion, when Guo Ji was inspecting the government in various states and counties, he rode his horse to Meiji County in Xihe County with a few of his attendants. Before he entered the city, he saw hundreds of children, each riding a bamboo horse, greeting him on the side of the road. Guo Ji asked, "Why have the children come so far by themselves?" The children replied, "I was very happy to hear that the emperor had come, so I came to welcome him." Guo Ji quickly dismounted from his horse, thanked them, and entered the county seat surrounded by the children.

Guo Ji, at the Meiji county office, read the case files of recent years in detail, and if there was any miscarriage of justice, he would immediately transfer them to a new trial; he also visited the people, and asked the poor and needy for sympathy, and wherever he did so, the people were very happy, and many of them gave gifts, but he did not take them at all.

Things done, and to the next county inspection. The first time I saw him, I was surprised to see the children riding their bamboo horses and sending him to the outskirts of the city, asking him, "What day will you return and pass through again? Guo Ji told the other ministers to calculate the schedule and told them.

Guo Ji's tour in the next county went very well, and he returned a day earlier than the original date. In order not to break his promise to the children, he slept in a pavilion in the wilderness and waited until the next day to enter the city.......

Guo Ji, as a governor, refused to break his promise to the children who rode on bamboo horses in the wilderness, not to mention the important things he had to do! When he came back one day early, he preferred to stay in a small pavilion in the mountains at night rather than keep his promise of return, and thus he was able to accomplish great feats. Emperor Guangwu praised his virtue and said, "I have great faith in you. Later on, the idiom of "Guo Ji Waiting for the Date" was adopted as a classic example of honoring the promise and keeping the promise.