Who can help to put: thousands of miles to send a letter just for the wall, let him three feet and what to imitate. The Great Wall of China still exists today, but I don't see the first Qin Shi Huang.

Who can help to put: thousands of miles to send a letter just for the wall, let him three feet and what to imitate. The Great Wall of China still exists today, but I don't see the first Qin Shi Huang. What does this poem mean? The ... Tongcheng County, Anhui Province, during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a prime minister Zhang Ying and neighbors Ye Xucai for the foundation of the wall to fight for the boundaries of the lawsuit. Because Zhang Ying's family to build a house, the boundary of the land adjacent to the Ye family. Ye Xucai asked the Zhang family to leave a road in the center for access. But the Zhang family said, his family's land deed written "to the Ye wall", now according to the land deed wall what is wrong, even if you want to leave a road, should be a few feet back of both families to work. At this time Zhang Ying in Beijing as an official, his son Zhang Tingyu (Yongzheng, Qianlong two famous ministers) also passed the entrance examination, in the dynasty as an official, the old family specific affairs by the old housekeeper. As the saying goes: "prime minister's family of seven officials", the old housekeeper feels that he is a prime minister's home manager, and so the wall is also justified, the Ye family a poor scholar's opinion is not worth answering. So along the Ye family wall roots built a new wall. This leaf is a stubborn temper, a look at the Zhang family wall on the wall, can not swallow this breath, the showman himself can write, a paper lawsuit to the county court, the lawsuit.

A poor scholar and the prime minister of the lawsuit, and the reason is not very sufficient, friends and family are worried about Ye Xiucai, afraid that he suffered, advised him to withdraw the case earlier, but Ye Xiucai just do not listen to, and insisted on fighting the lawsuit. Zhang family housekeeper saw things have become a big deal, they wrote a letter in a hurry, reported this to the Beijing Zhang Ying. Soon, received Zhang Ying's reply. There were no words in the letter, only four lines of poetry: "A piece of paper is only for the wall, so what is the harm in letting him three feet. The Great Wall of China still exists today, but I don't see the Qin Shi Huang of the past."

The butler read the poem and understood the meaning of the master, so he came to Ye's house and told Ye Xucai that Zhang's family was going to tear down the wall tomorrow and step back three feet to make way. Ye Xucai thought it was a tease and didn't believe it was true at all. The housekeeper then showed Ye Xiu Cai this poem of Zhang Ying. When Ye Xucai read the poem, he was very touched and even said, "The prime minister's belly is good for holding a boat, and Prime Minister Zhang is really good for holding a boat."

The next morning, Zhang's family to tear down the wall, back three feet. Ye Xiucai saw the heart is also very excited, so the wall of their own home to tear down the wall also back three feet. So Zhang, Ye between the two families formed a hundred meters long and six feet wide alley, known as "six feet of the alley". It is said that this place has become a historical attraction in Tongcheng County, has been preserved.