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This biography is taken from Biography of Women. Although Le Yangzi's wife is just an ordinary folk woman, she has a different integrity from ordinary people. This biography highly praised the noble character of Le Yangzi's wife, who is not greedy for small profits, supports her husband, respects her in-laws and is not afraid of * * *. It should be noted that Le Yangzi, the hero of this article, is not the same person as Yang Le, the general of Wei during the Warring States Period.

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Henan Leyangzi's wife doesn't know He's daughter. When the sheep tasted the journey, he got a golden cake and returned it to his wife. The wife said, "I heard that people with lofty ideals don't drink water from stolen springs, and honest people don't get food from them, so I can pick up the leftovers and seek profits and pollute their behavior!" " The sheep was ashamed, but donated money to the wild and asked the teacher to learn. When I came back a year ago, my wife knelt down and asked her why. The sheep said, "It doesn't make any difference if you think about it for a long time." The wife said, "This weaving was born in a cocoon and formed on a loom. It's exhausting." . Tired, I became a horse. If we stop weaving today and the donation is unsuccessful, time will be wasted. Master accumulated knowledge and knew the day of his death [2] for virtue. What's the difference if you go back to the middle? "The sheep felt his words and went back to his last thing, so they didn't object for seven years. Wives often bow to support their aunts [3] and herd sheep far away.

I tasted it and gave up the chicken and went into the park. My aunt stole and killed, and my wife cried without eating. Gu Guai asked her why. The wife said: "I hurt myself, and I lived very poor before I could eat." Gu Jing gave it up. Those who want to marry after stealing are the first to rob their own menstruation. When the wife heard this, she came out with a knife. The thief said, "whoever releases your sword from me can do it all. Whoever doesn't come with me will kill your aunt." The wife looked up at the sky, sighed, raised her knife and choked to death. A thief won't kill his aunt. Hearing this, the satrap killed the thief, gave silks and his wife a burial, and posthumous title became "true".

To annotate ...

[1] horseshoe crab (tái): refers to threading filaments into a loom.

[2] Death: through "nothing", it refers to unknown knowledge.

[3] Gu: The ancient daughter-in-law called her mother-in-law Gu.

[4] Offence: bullying, insulting.

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The wife of Leyangzi in Henan Province is the daughter of a person whose surname is unknown. Once, a sheep found a piece of gold on the road and gave it to his wife when he got home. The wife said: "I heard that people who stick to moral integrity don't drink the water from stealing springs, and ambitious people don't accept insults and alms, not to mention picking up things lost by others and sulking their virtue for small profits!" "The sheep was ashamed, so he threw the gold into the wilderness, and then he left his hometown to be a teacher. A year later, Yangzi came back. His wife knelt down and asked him why he came back. Yangzi said: "I have missed my family for too long, and there is no other reason." "The wife walked quickly to the loom with a knife and said," These textiles are made of cocoons and woven on the loom. Accumulate one silk at a time, weave it into one inch, and then accumulate another inch to weave a piece of cloth. Now, if you cut woven textiles, it will be a waste of time. You are accumulating knowledge. You should learn something you don't know every day to achieve your virtue. If you give up halfway, what's the difference between it and cutting textiles? Andy was very moved and went back to finish his studies. He hasn't been home for seven years. His wife is diligent in serving her mother-in-law, sending all kinds of things to distant sheep.

Once, a neighbor's chicken strayed into her garden, and her mother-in-law secretly caught the chicken and killed it. Yangzi's wife looked at the chicken and cried without eating it. The mother-in-law was surprised and asked her why she was crying. She replied, "I'm sorry, I'm so poor and eat other people's meat." My mother-in-law finally threw away the chicken. Later, a robber wanted to insult Le Yangzi's wife, so he hijacked her mother-in-law first. Yangzi's wife heard the noise and rushed out with a knife. The robber said, "put down your knife and listen to me to save your lives." If you don't listen to me, kill your mother-in-law. " Yangzi's wife sighed and committed suicide with a knife. The robber didn't kill her mother-in-law again. When the satrap heard about it, he immediately arrested and killed the robber, gave Le Yangzi's wife a lot of silks, buried her according to etiquette, and named her "Yizhen".