People cannot be judged by their looks, and sea water cannot be measured.

Story: In ancient times, Qin Chong, an oil seller, fell in love with the famous prostitute and oiran, and he was very infatuated. The oiran also liked him very much. In order to raise the accommodation fee of ten taels a night, he worked hard to save money. Even the clerk at the silver shop lamented that people cannot be judged by their appearance, and sea water cannot be measured. Later, the oiran jumped out of the brothel fire pit and married Qin Zhong as his wife. The two were in love for a lifetime.

Three Stooges are better than Zhuge Liang

The story goes that one day, Zhuge Liang visited Soochow and designed a temple tower for Sun Quan to repay his kindness. In fact, Mr. Zhuge Liang wanted to weigh Soochow and see if Soochow could build a tower. The pagoda is very demanding. The copper gourd on the top alone is five feet high and weighs more than four thousand kilograms. Sun Quan was stumped and his face became sallow and thin with anxiety. Later, a smelter was found, but there was a shortage of people to make copper gourd models, so a recruitment notice was posted on the city gate. One month later, there is still nothing. Zhuge Liang paced under the recruitment list every day, shaking his goose feather fan with joy.

There were three cobblers setting up stalls at the gate of the city. They were ugly and illiterate, so everyone called them ugly cobblers. They heard that Zhuge Liang was looking for happiness in the Soochow people, and they were not convinced, so they got together to discuss. It took them three days and three nights to finally cut out the shape of a gourd using a shoe-like method. Then, he cut out the cowhide and sewed it one awl at a time to form a model of a large gourd. When pouring copper water, first bury the leather gourd in the sand. This move was indeed a success. When Zhuge Liang got the news that the copper gourd was watered, he immediately said goodbye to Sun Quan and never dared to look down on Soochow again. The story of "Three ugly cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang" has become a proverb with profound meaning. This proverb means that the combined wisdom of three ordinary people is as powerful as one Zhuge Liang. In fact, there is absolutely no connection between the cobbler and Zhuge Liang. "Cobbler" is actually a homophonic pronunciation of "General Pi". In ancient times, "General Pi" was the "deputy general". The original meaning of the saying is that the combined wisdom of three deputy generals can defeat one Zhuge Liang. . Later, in the process of spreading, people actually referred to "General Pi" as "Cobbler".

As long as you work hard, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle

The story is said that Li Taibai was studying in the mountains, but gave up and left before he finished reading. After crossing the stream, he saw an old woman grinding an iron pestle. Li Bai felt strange and asked her. The old woman replied, "I want to make a needle." Li Bai asked, "Can I grind an iron pestle into a needle?" The old woman replied. She said: "It only takes hard work!" Li Bai was moved by her perseverance and will, and returned to the mountain to complete his studies.