When fishing, the willing takes the bait (pinyin: ji ā ng t à ig not ng di à oyú, yu à nzh ě sh à ng not u) is an idiom derived from historical stories. The related allusions of this idiom were first found in Historical Records Qi Taigong Family. Similar stories are also recorded in Wu Wang Pinghua and Shen Feng Yi Yan.

According to the Biography of King Wu, Jiang Taigong lived in seclusion by the Weihe River and often fished by it. His fishing method is very special. The fishing rod is very short, the fishing line is only three feet long, the hook is straight and there is no bait. People laughed at him. He said, "the willing takes the bait."

Later generations used "Jiang Taigong fishing, the willing takes the bait" as a metaphor for being willing to do something that might be cheated. This idiom can be used as an object, clause or independent sentence in a sentence. He also said, "Taigong fishes, and those who wish take the bait."

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"Jiang Taigong fishes, and the willing takes the bait" is a metaphor for being willing to do something that may be cheated. This idiom can be used as an object in a sentence, a clause or a sentence independently. He also said, "Taigong fishes, and those who wish take the bait." Ming and Ye Liangbiao's Book of Divided Gold and Festival: "It has been said well since ancient times, fishing, those who wish to take the bait. If you don't want to, how can you be strong? "

In the Qing Dynasty, the tenth "romantic dream" of the Mongols: "I am fishing in Jiang Taigong, and those who wish to take the bait. If Master Jia loves me, I won't leave him and he won't go. If you don't love me, I'll leave him some more. He's gone. "

Mao Zedong said goodbye to Si Tuleideng: "The Americans scattered some relief powder in Peiping, Tientsin and Shanghai to see who would bend down to pick it up. Taigong fishes, and he who wishes takes the bait. The food that comes here will hurt your stomach. "