Feng Jing was the number one scholar in the first year of You (A.D. 1049). He has been a talented and capable person since he was a child. He was the last champion in the Song Dynasty, that is, the champion of the provincial examination, the Ministry of Rites and even the imperial examination. After winning the first prize, he passed his sentence to Jingnan Military Office as a supervisor. His father-in-law was the famous Fu Bi at that time.
Feng Jing knows the truth of being an official very well. Later, he was recalled to Beijing as a bachelor of Hanlin, which was considered a promotion. According to the etiquette and habits of officialdom, he promoted his own chief executive, and his most important chief executive, Prime Minister Han Qi, had to pay a visit at once to thank you (thank you for getting promoted). Because officials were released back to Beijing (other provinces returned to Beijing to be officials), it showed the glory of officials' promotion at that time, and courtesy at the table was necessary at that time. I believe that in the Northern Song Dynasty.
But Feng Jing didn't do it. Instead, I didn't visit Prime Minister Han Qi for several months. Han Qi felt that Feng Jing didn't understand the truth of officialdom and showed the arrogance of a talent.
His father-in-law asked Feng Jing to see Han Qi immediately. Feng Jing replied: "Gong (Korea) is the prime minister, and he does not ask for it from the official, so he is not proud." (Han Qi is the prime minister, and people who are subordinate bureaucrats should not ask for a visit casually. This is my idea of Prime Minister Han Qi, not that I am self-reliant! )