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At the beginning of Zhou Dynasty, when he was young, he was brave and chivalrous and suffered from the village. There are jiaozi in the water and white-fronted tigers in the mountains, all of which are violence against the people. Yixing people are called Sanheng, but they are particularly dramatic.
Or kill the tiger and chop the dumpling, but it is only one of the three horizontal. Where the tiger was assassinated, jiaozi was hit by water. Jiaozi floats or not, and it ranks for dozens of miles. After three days and three nights, the village died, but also celebrated.
Unexpectedly, I killed Jiao and heard that everyone in the village was celebrating each other, only to know that I was suffering from human illness and had changed my mind.
I went into Wu to look for two pieces of land. The plain is not there, just seeing the Qinghe River, telling with emotion that the cloud wants to correct itself, but a year has been wasted like this and nothing has been achieved. Qinghe said, "The ancients died long ago when they heard the news, and Kuang Jun had a good future." What's more, if people have evil thoughts, why should they worry about not showing evil? "After that, I changed my motivation and eventually became a loyal minister.
Zhou Chu (242-297) was born in Yixing. His father, Zhou Fu, was the satrap of the State of Wu, and died in his early teens. At the beginning of the week, when he was young, he was strong and arrogant, and he often fought with people and made trouble. The villagers hate him very much. At that time, there was a one-horned dumpling under the long bridge and a white-fronted tiger on the south mountain, which endangered everything together. So it was called "three evils" with the beginning of the week. At that time, he was advised to shoot tigers and kill jiaozi. At the beginning of the week, he shot the white-fronted tiger up the mountain and went down to the river to fight the dumpling. After three days and nights, the villagers thought he was dead and celebrated happily. At this time, Zhou Chu actually came back and saw the villagers celebrating, not because he shot the tiger and killed jiaozi, but because he thought he was dead. From then on, he was determined to repent and turn over a new leaf, study hard, and later served as Wu Guodong Guan Zuocheng. Be loyal to your country and die in battle. At the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, great achievements were made in history and literature, including 30 works, Silent Language and Wu Shu, but he was always separated. He also wrote "Local Records", which is the earliest book in China to introduce local seasons and local customs. It first recorded the custom of making zongzi in Duanyang and begging for cleverness on Tanabata, which had a certain influence on later generations.
Eliminating the "Three Harms" in Early Zhou Dynasty
During the Western Jin Dynasty, in addition to extravagant officials such as Wang Kai and Shi Chong, there were also a group of officials of the cremation who got together in groups of three and five, and when they were full, they talked nonsense. This kind of dialogue is called "make it clear". Such people are often famous and have high status. This also shows the corruption of the atmosphere at that time.
But among officials, there are also people who are honest and willing to do practical things. The early Zhou Dynasty in the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty was such a person. When he was the magistrate of Guanghan (now Guanghan North, Sichuan), the former local officials were corrupt, and the case was not handled for 30 years. As soon as the first week of the week arrives, we will seriously deal with all the backlog cases. Later, he was transferred to Beijing as an imperial envoy, and anything illegal could be boldly exposed, regardless of his relatives and the country.
Zhou was originally from Yixing, Soochow (now Yixing County, Jiangsu Province). When I was young, I was taller and stronger than ordinary young people. My father died a long time ago, and he was out of control since he was a child. He wandered outside all day and refused to study. Moreover, he has a big temper, always hitting people, even using a knife, which makes local people afraid of him.
There is a white-fronted tiger in Nanshan near Yixing, which often comes out to hurt people and animals, and local hunters can't subdue it.
Under the local long bridge, there is a big dumpling (a kind of crocodile), which is unpredictable. Yixing people associate Zhouchu with Nanshan White-Frown Tiger and Changqiao Big Tangyuan, which is called Yixing's "Three Harms". Among these "three evils", the beginning of the week is the most headache for the people.
Once, Zhou was walking outside and saw people unhappy. He found an old man and asked, "It's been a good year. Why do people look so sad? "
The old man replied grumpily, "How can I be happy if the three evils are not removed!" "
When I first heard the name "three evils" at the beginning of the week, I asked, "What do you mean by three evils?"
The old man said, "The white-fronted tiger in Nanshan, the dumpling in the long bridge, and you, aren't they three evils?"
Zhou Chu was taken aback. He thought, the original rural people took him as a tiger and jiaozi. He hesitated for a moment and said, "well, since everyone is worried about the' three evils', I will get rid of them."
After a day, Zhou Chu really took a bow and arrow, carrying a sword, and went into the mountains to find a tiger. Deep in the forest, there was only a roar of tigers, and a white-fronted tiger appeared from a distance. At the beginning of the week, he dodged, hid behind a big tree, drew his bow and arrow, and shot the tiger in the forehead with a whoosh, ending its life.
Going down the mountain at the beginning of the week told the people in the village that several hunters went up the mountain to carry the dead tiger down the mountain. Everyone was very happy to congratulate Zhou Chu, who said, "Don't be busy, there is jiaozi in Long Bridge."
Another day passed, Zhou Chu put on tights, took a bow and arrow sword, and jumped into the water to find coke. Jiaozi hides in the depths of the water. When someone gets into the water, he wants to jump up and bite. I was ready at the beginning of the week, and I stabbed it. Jiaozi was badly injured and fled to the lower reaches of the river.
At the beginning of the week, when he saw that jiaozi was not dead, he nailed it tightly behind him. When jiaozi came up, he swam to the surface. When jiaozi sank, he sank to the bottom of the water. In this way, it will sink for a while and float for a while, and it has been tracked to dozens of miles away.
Three days and nights have passed, and Zhou Chu hasn't come back yet. Everyone talked about it in succession, thinking that at the beginning of the week, both Jiao and Zhou must lose, and both of them were buried at the bottom of the river. Originally, everyone thought it would be good to kill the tiger and jiaozi at the beginning of the week. This time, all three demons died, and everyone was happy. In the streets, people are beaming and celebrating each other when this matter is mentioned.
Unexpectedly, on the fourth day, Zhou Chu went home safely. People are very surprised It turned out that after being injured, Dajiao was chased all the way at the beginning of the week, and finally lost too much blood to move, and was finally killed at the beginning of the week.
When he came home at the beginning of the week, people thought he had died three days after he left home, and they were very happy. This incident made him realize how annoying his usual behavior was.
He made up his mind to leave his hometown and go to Wu Jun to find a teacher. At that time, Wu Jun had two celebrities, one was Lu Ji and the other was Lu Yun. At the beginning of the week, I went to find them, Lu Ji went out, and only Lu Yun was at home.
When he met Lu Yun at the beginning of the week, he sincerely told Lu Yun that he was determined to turn over a new leaf. He said: "I regret waking up too late and wasting precious time. I want to do something now, but I am afraid it is too late. "
Lu Yun encouraged him and said, "Don't lose heart. With such determination, there is still hope for your future. A person is afraid that there is no firm ambition and no ambition. "
Since then, Zhou followed Lu Ji and Lu Yun to study hard. Pay attention to your moral cultivation. His studious spirit was praised by everyone. After a year, the state and county governments recruited him as an official. After Wu Dong was destroyed by the rulers, he became a minister of the rulers.