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What is the historical allusion of "a drop of water's kindness should be repaid by a spring of spring"?

The original sentence is: "The kindness of a drop of water is repaid by a spring." The earliest written record is Zengguang Xianwen Zhu Zi's Family Instructions in the Qing Dynasty.

Edited and included for adoption by godson.

The idiom "tie a ring with grass": repay kindness with pictures, repay a drop of kindness with a spring of water, be grateful and never forget it until death. It has always been considered as a traditional virtue that the Chinese nation is proud of.

The allusion of the idiom "tie a ring with grass and a ring" not only tells us two touching stories about the achievement of this virtue, but also tells us that "good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds" is an eternal law.

The allusion of "Jie Cao" can be found in "Zuo Zhuan. The Fifteenth Year of Xuangong".

In the autumn and seventh month of 594 BC, Duke Huan of Qin sent troops to attack Jin. The Jin army and the Qin army fought at Fushi in Jin (now Dali County, Shaanxi Province). Jin general Wei Ke met Qin general Du Hui, and they fought each other.

At the same time, when they were in a difficult situation, Wei Ke suddenly saw an old man tying Du Hui with a rope made of straw, causing the majestic Qin State strongman to lose his balance and fall to the ground. Wei Ke captured him on the spot, making Wei Ke

In this battle, the Qin army was defeated.

After the Jin army successfully retreated, that night, Wei Ke saw in his dream the old man who tied a rope for him during the day and tripped Du Hui. The old man said, I am the one who married her away instead of letting her be buried with your father.

The woman's father.

I am doing this today to repay your kindness!

It turns out that Wei Wuzi, a senior official in the Jin Dynasty, had a concubine who had no son.

When Wei Wuzi first fell ill, he told his son Wei Ke: "After I die, you must marry her off." Soon after Wei Wuzi fell seriously ill, he said to Wei Ke: "After I die, she must be buried for me.

"When Wei Wuzi died, Wei Ke did not kill the concubine and bury her with him, but married her to someone else.

Wei Ke said: "When a person is seriously ill, his mind is confused. I married this girl according to my father's instructions when he was conscious." The allusion of "huan ring" can be found in the notes in "Book of the Later Han·Yang Zhen Biography"

Quoting from "Xu Qixie Ji", when Yang Zhen's father Yang Bao was nine years old, he saw a yellow sparrow injured by an eagle in the north of Huayin Mountain. It fell under a tree and was trapped by ants.

Yang Bao took pity on it, so he took it home, put it in a towel box, and fed it only yellow flowers. One day after a hundred days, the oriole's feathers were full and it flew away.

That night, a boy in yellow clothes thanked Yang Bao and said: "I am the envoy of the Queen Mother of the West. You are kind and save me, and I am really grateful." He gave Yang Bao four white rings as a gift, saying: "It can protect your descendants and their descendants."

The three princes are honest in government and as pure as this jade ring. "As the boy in yellow said, Yang Bao's son Yang Zhen, grandson Yang Bing, great-grandson Yang Ci, and great-great-grandson Yang Biao all held official positions up to the rank of Taiwei.

, and they are all upright and honest in government. Their virtues are passed down to future generations.

Later generations combined "knot grass" and "ring ring" together, which has been passed down to this day as a metaphor for gratitude and repaying kindness, which will not be forgotten until death.