This poem is from Zhang Ying's Letter from Home in Qing Dynasty. According to historical records, there is an open space next to Zhang Wenduan's public house, which is adjacent to the Wu family, and Wu uses it more and more. The family wrote books in Beijing, and the approved books were sent back later. The family gave up three feet when they got the book, so Liuchi Lane felt very famous-

During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a dispute between my hometown and my neighbor Wu family on the issue of homestead, because both homesteads were ancestral businesses, and no one would make way for them. The two sides took the lawsuit to the county government. Because both sides are prominent aristocratic families, the county government dare not settle it easily.

So the Zhang family went all the way to Beijing for help. Zhang Ying criticized a poem after receiving the book: "A thousand miles to write a book is just for the wall, why not let him be three feet?" . The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but I haven't seen Qin Shihuang. "(meaning that a letter is sent thousands of miles away, just because of the wall. What does it matter if he is three feet? The Great Wall of Wan Li is still here today, but I will never see the former Qin Shihuang again.

The Zhang family was suddenly enlightened and gave in three feet. The Wu family was deeply moved by the scene before them, giving up three feet and forming a six-foot wide alley. From then on, Liuchi Lane got its name here.

The story of Liuchi Lane embodies the meanings of harmony, comity, honesty and self-discipline. Liuchi Lane shows the traditional virtue of China people's pursuit of harmony, and shines with ideological brilliance beyond time and space. The story of Liuchi Lane tells the world to be generous and have self-restraint.

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This poem shows a humble and open attitude and quality, and it is also the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. The specific context of the story of Liuchi Lane is:

An anecdote happened in Tongcheng County, Anhui Province during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, Zhang Ying, the prime minister, and Ye Xiucai, his neighbor, went to court for the foundation of the wall. Because Zhang Yingjia wants to build a new house, the boundary is close to Ye Jia. Ye Xiucai proposed that Zhang Yingjiu should set aside a middle road for himself to go in and out.

However, the Zhang family clearly pointed out that the title deed of their family stated "to the wall of Ye surname". It is problematic to hit the wall according to the title deed now. Even if we want to leave a way, we should both retreat a few feet. Brinton was an official in Beijing at this time, and his son Zhang (a famous minister in Yongzheng and Qianlong) was also admitted to Jinshi and became an official in the DPRK. The specific affairs of my hometown are handled by the old housekeeper.

As the saying goes, "the prime minister has seven officials." This old housekeeper feels that he is the head of the Prime Minister's family. Besides, the wall is well founded, and the opinion of a poor scholar in Ye's family is not worth answering. So a new wall was built along the root of the Ye Jia wall. This Ye Xiucai is a stubborn temper. When he saw the Zhang family building a fence, he couldn't swallow this breath. The scholar can write by himself, and a paper-like proclamation reached the county government, and a lawsuit was started.

A poor scholar went to court with the prime minister of the dynasty for no good reason. Relatives and friends were worried about Ye Xiucai, fearing that he would suffer, and advised him to drop the lawsuit as soon as possible, but Ye Xiucai just wouldn't listen and insisted on going to court. As soon as the Zhang family's housekeeper saw that things were getting worse, she quickly wrote a letter to tell Zhang Ying in Beijing. Soon, I received a reply from Zhang Ying.

There are not many words in the letter, only four poems: "A thousand miles to build a book is just a wall, why not let him be three feet?" The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but there is no Qin Shihuang. "

After reading this poem, the housekeeper understood the master's meaning, so she went to Ye Jia and told Ye Xiucai that the Zhang family would tear down the wall tomorrow and step back three feet to make way. Ye Xiucai thought he was teasing him, but he didn't believe it at all. The housekeeper showed Ye Xiucai Zhang Ying's poems. Ye Xiucai read this poem and was very moved. He even said: "The Prime Minister has a good appetite for punting, and Prime Minister Zhang is really generous."

The next morning, the Zhang family began to tear down the wall and retreated three feet. Ye Xiucai was also very excited when he saw it, so he tore down his own wall and retreated three feet. So a hutong with a length of 100 meters and a width of 6 feet was formed between Zhang Heye, which was called "Liuchi Lane". It is said that it has become a historic site in Tongcheng County and has been preserved.

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