A person (or countryman) in a remote area of ??Zheng State learned to make rain gear.

Source: "Yu Ion" by Liu Ji.

Original text: Zheng Zhi, I learned to make a canopy. After three years of mastering the art, there was a severe drought. The canopy was useless, so I abandoned it and learned to make a straw. Three years later, after the art was completed, it rained heavily and the orange trees were useless, so they were still covered. Not long after, robberies started, and all the people changed their uniforms into military uniforms, but few used the covers. If you want to learn to be a soldier, you will be old.

(When Yu Li saw it, he sighed and said, "This is almost like the old man and young man of the Han Dynasty. However, old man and young man are beyond the control of man, God. Yao's learning of art is out of date. The more good farmers are, the more they plow their fields to plant rice, they will suffer from waterlogging for three years. People say that it is better to drain the water to grow millet, but it is not true, but it remains the same. There is a severe drought for three consecutive years, so if you think about it, you will make up for what you have lost. Therefore, it is said that "when there is a drought, there is a boat, and when there is heat, there is a fur", which is a famous saying in the world."

Translation: Zheng. A man in a remote area of ??China learned to make rain gear. Three years later, he learned how to make rain gear. But when there was a severe drought, the rain gear he made was useless. He gave up the rain gear and started learning the tangerine technique. Three years later, he learned it, but it rained heavily again and it was no longer useful. So he went back and redid the rain gear. Soon thieves were on the rise, people all wore military uniforms, and few people used rain gear. He wanted to learn to make weapons again, but he was already old.

(After Yu Lion learned about this, he said: "There are many things in life that are often not decided by humans. They are all determined by God. However, although it is determined by God, which technology to learn should be determined by God." It was decided by the family, and the countryman was responsible for the result.) There was a man in Yue who was good at farming. He cultivated wasteland and planted rice, but he was hit by floods for three years. After the water was drained, he refused to plant rice, and continued to do his old work. The drought lasted for three years. He calculated the harvest and found that there was still a surplus after making up for the previous poor harvest. It’s a famous saying in the world that you should prepare fur clothes when it’s hot.

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Writing background

When Liu wrote "Yu Ion", it was in He was between 47 and 50 years old, when he was at the peak of his life. In the previous half of his life, he was depressed and unable to realize his ambitions. Later, he was deprived of his military power, so he abandoned his official position and retired to his hometown of Qingtian Mountains, where he wrote "Yu Li" out of anger, not long after it was completed. , he left home and became Zhu Yuanzhang's trusted adviser, assisting Zhu Yuanzhang in establishing a unified Ming Dynasty

About the author

Liu Ji's courtesy name was Bowen, his posthumous title was Wencheng, and he was born in the late Yuan Dynasty. An outstanding military strategist, statesman, and writer in the early Ming Dynasty, he was of Han nationality and was from Nantian Township, Qingtian County. He was called Liu Qingtian in the old days. In the third year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, he was granted the title of Uncle Chengyi. People also called him Liu Chengyi as his assistant. Zhu Yuanzhang completed his imperial career, founded the Ming Dynasty and tried his best to maintain the stability of the country, so he became famous all over the world. He was compared to Zhuge Wuhou by later generations. Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly called Liu Ji: "My son." "In the history of literature, Liu Ji, Song Lian and Gao Qi are also known as the "Three Masters of Poetry and Prose in the Early Ming Dynasty". There is a widely circulated saying among Chinese people that "Zhuge Liang divided the world into three parts, and Liu Bowen unified the country; Zhuge Liang, the military advisor of the former dynasty, and Liu Bowen, the military advisor of the later dynasty" are widely circulated in China. . He is famous for his clever calculations and strategizing.

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