When Yan Hui, a student of Confucius, was cooking porridge, he found something dirty falling into the pot. He quickly scooped it up with a spoon and prepared to dump it. It suddenly occurred to him that a porridge and a meal were hard to come by, so he ate them. Confucius happened to walk into the kitchen and thought that Yan Hui was stealing vegetables, so he gave him a good lesson. Confucius suddenly realized. Confucius said with emotion, "I saw it with my own eyes."