The Song family has no wells and/or irrigation, and often/alone/lives outside. And/his home/through the well, tell people/say: "I crossed the well/got a person." Someone/who heard/who: "Shi Ding/Kawai/won a man." China people/Taoists, heard of/Song Jun/Song Jun/strangers/ask them/Shi Ding. Shi Ding said to him, "You must be/alone/in the well." Ask/smell/if this, not if/not smell.

Translation:

In the Song Dynasty, there was a family named Ding. There was no well at home, so they had to go out to fetch water to water the distant fields. One of them was sent to fetch water. I often stay outside alone. When his family dug a well, Shi Ding told others, "My family dug a well and got a man."

The listener sent a message: "Shi Ding dug a well and dug a man." People in the capital are talking about this matter, so that the monarch of Song State can know about it. Song Guojun sent someone to ask Shi Ding about the situation. Shi Ding replied: "Saving the labor of an idle person is not digging a living person in a well." It's better not to listen to such rumors.

About the author:

Lv Buwei (? -235 years ago), Jiang surnamed Lu, whose real name is fearless, was born in Puyang, Wei (now hua county, Henan). At the end of the Warring States period, he was a businessman, politician, thinker, prime minister of Qin State and grandson of Jiang Ziya XXIII.

In his early years, he did business in Yangzhai, helping the proton expatriates of Qin to return to China and acceded to the throne. Become the king of Qin Zhuang Xiang, worship as the prime minister, seal a letter, and eat 100 thousand households in Luoyang, Henan Province. Send troops to attack next week, Zhao and Wei, and set up Sanchuan County, Taiyuan County and Dongjun County respectively, which made great contributions to the cause of Ying Zheng, king of Qin, annexing the six countries. After the death of King Zhuang Xiang, he welcomed Prince Ying Zheng to the throne, worshipped him as the prime minister, and respected him as the "Guanzhong", ruling the world. Influenced by the rebellion of Lao Ai Group, he went home, and the whole family was exiled to Shu County, drinking zhenniao on the way.

He presided over the compilation of Lu Chunqiu (also known as Lu Lan), including eight views, six theories and twelve dynasties, which combined the theories of pre-Qin philosophers and was called a "miscellaneous family" in history.