Is Ye Gong's The Good Dragon a historical story, a fairy tale or an fable?

1,: A nobleman of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, named, was sealed in Ye (ancient city name, now Ye County, Henan Province).

2. Original text

Ye loves dragons, and only carved dragons on long hooks and wine vessels, and carved dragons at home. So Tianlong heard it, peeped at its head and applied its tail to the hall. When Ye Gong saw a dragon, he turned around and ran away, scaring him like a lost soul, terrified and unable to control himself. Therefore, Ye doesn't really like dragons. He just likes things that look like dragons, not dragons.

3. Translation

Ye Gong likes dragons. Clothes hooks, wine vessels are carved with dragons, and bedrooms are decorated with dragons. He liked dragons so much that he was known by the real dragons in the sky. Then he descended from the sky and came to Ye Gong's home. The dragon head was placed on the window sill to visit, and the dragon tail arrived in the hall.

When Ye Gong saw that it was a real dragon, he turned and ran, scaring him like a lost soul, terrified and unable to control himself. From this point of view, Ye Gong doesn't really like dragons. He only likes dragons and the like, but he doesn't like dragons.

The information to expand Ye Gong's fame comes from the widely circulated fable Ye Gong Long Hao. So most people in the world only know fictional things, not real people.

Ye Gong is a real person. Surname, first name and word height are called because they are sealed in leaves. At that time, Ye Yi, where he was stationed, was actually the northern barrier of Chu, and Ye Gong was an important official in the northern part of Chu.

In 489 BC, after the death of King Zhao of Chu, Hui ascended the throne, rose up in vain, expelled him from the imperial court and stayed in the high court, causing chaos in China. Lord Ye stepped forward and led troops to the capital of Chu, rescued King Hui, pursued the rebels and put down civil strife.

Lord Ye was named Lingyin and Sima, which combined the military and political power of Chu State. During its auxiliary administration, Chu regained its majestic power and embarked on the road of rejuvenation again. When Chu was prosperous and peaceful, Lord Ye asked King Hui to allow him to retire. He is only 53 years old.

During the reign of Princess Ye, she also made great achievements. Now, the large-scale water conservancy projects originally built in the northeast and Xibei of Yexian County are still there, and the canal water is still flowing. It was Ye Gong who personally led the military and civilians to build it. For more than two thousand years, Ye people have benefited a lot from it. In order to remember the sage's achievements, there is still a canal called "Ye Gong Canal", which is one of the benefits of its governance.

Ye Gong died in 5 1 year and lived to the age of 89. Its descendants are also prosperous, and this leaf and some Shen Shi families regard it as their ancestors.

However, he never imagined that hundreds of years later, an ugly joke was smeared on him. This is the "Ye Gong Long Hao" invented by Liu Xiang, a great scholar in the Han Dynasty. In the fable, a mighty and brave warrior becomes a timid person; An upright and just man has become a hypocritical hypocrite.

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