Chinese society has experienced thousands of years of development. The ancients summed up many wise sayings for future generations based on their own life and social experiences. This short sentence teaches future generations the sincerity of how to deal with others, and reminds future generations not to take too many detours on the road of life. For example, there is this famous saying often said by the ancients: "Every person who slaughters dogs with righteousness is mostly a scholar who has a negative heart." ?, this is to warn future generations that ordinary people in the market who have not read books are far more righteous than literati who have read books by sages. Where does this statement come from? Why did the ancients say this again? Stills of Cao Xuequan

According to documentary records, this sentence is a couplet written by Cao Xuequan, a talented man of the Ming Dynasty. Cao Xuequan was born in a poor peasant family. His mother died when he was young. His father, who made a living by selling sesame cakes, raised him with great hardship. Although he was born into a poor family, Cao Xuequan was very sensible. He had read poetry and books since childhood and studied various schools of thought, including Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. He was a rare all-rounder. In the 23rd year of Wanli, Cao Xuequan became a Jinshi and began his political career; in the second year of Tianqi, Cao Xuequan served as the Right Councilor of Guangxi. It was in Guilin, Guangxi that he wrote this couplet that has been passed down to future generations. Ancient scholars

Before Cao Xuequan went to Guangxi to take up his post, he had long heard that those royal relatives in Guilin oppressed the people all day long, had no regard for the king's laws, and committed numerous crimes. It was a pity that they were hindered by their status as royal relatives. , the government did not dare to ask, and the people did not dare to complain. Cao Xuequan, who hates evil as much as he hates it and is upright, plans to take this opportunity to discipline these arrogant and hateful people. At that time, the favorite game of these royal relatives living in Guilin was to let dogs do harm in the streets. They often indulged vicious dogs and bit innocent civilians. Wax Figures of Ancient People

One day, these servants of the emperor and his relatives led vicious dogs and brazenly chased passers-by on the streets. It happened that a scholar was passing by. Because he was not running in a hurry, he was thrown to the ground by a vicious dog. The vicious dog bit the scholar tightly and refused to let go, but the servants who allowed the dog to commit the crime were laughing all around. At this time, a butcher happened to pass by. He saw the scholar being bitten by a vicious dog, and he was probably in danger of his life. The butcher saw the injustice and drew his sword to help, killing the biting dog, and then saved the scholar. Ancient Butchers

Those slaves were unwilling to do anything. They were used to being arrogant and domineering. How could they let a butcher slap them in the face? They sent the scholar and the butcher to the government on the grounds that the butcher killed the dog without permission, hoping to use the power of the royal family and nobles to severely punish the butcher. The person who tried the case was Cao Xuequan. He was upright and ignored these minions of the royal clan. After asking about the cause of the case, Cao Xuequan found the butcher not guilty, and the royal clan must also compensate the scholar for his medical expenses. These people had never suffered such an insult. In order to punish the butcher to death, they secretly bribed the scholar and applied for another trial of the case. Cao Xuequan's mural

Forced by the coercion and inducement of the royal family, the scholar overturned his previous confession. He told Cao Xuequan that it was not the slaves and dogs that committed the murder that day, but he was just playing with the dogs. Unexpectedly, the butcher came over and said nothing. Killing the palace's dog without saying anything is clearly the following, causing trouble maliciously and showing contempt for the royal dignity. When Cao Xuequan heard what the scholar said, he was furious and struck the case. He said angrily to the scholar that the butcher was kind enough to save his life, but who knew that the scholar was still here confusing right and wrong and slandering good people? It was simply unconscionable.

Cao Xuequan ordered the government officials to beat the scholar severely, and the scholar then revealed the reason why the royal family members asked him to give a false confession. After the matter was resolved, Cao Xuequan's anger was still hard to calm down, so he wrote this famous saying: "Every man who slaughters dogs with righteousness will be the scholar who betrays his heart." Although this sentence is somewhat overgeneralized, but judging from this matter alone, the butcher who has not read books is far more righteous than the scholar who has read the books of sages, which makes Cao Xuequan feel cold.