Yang Sheng

In Jintaihe, Guangling, Yang Sheng, there is a dog, even pitiful, who often follows himself. After being drunk, he lay in the weeds. When we start a prairie fire in winter, the wind is particularly strong. Dogs have been howling all week. They don't even feel alive. The dog is swimming in the water or lying on the grass. On the count of four, the grass will be wet and the fire will not burn. Later, because the hidden thread fell into the well, the dog howled until dawn. Someone passed by, passers-by blamed him, and he saw it, saw it. So he found himself and promised him a generous reward. He wants to hire this dog as a reward. Sheng said, "This dog once gave birth to me and died, that is, he didn't listen to orders and was at your mercy." Passers-by hesitated and made no answer. Dogs lead the way to see the well. They know what they mean. That's why. Tie it up when you come out. But after five days, the dog went back in the evening. (from Notes)

In the middle of Taihe in Jin Dynasty, Yang Sheng, a native of Guangling, had a dog and liked it very much. He often travels with dogs. Yang Sheng was drunk and walked into the grass beside the big pond. He is asleep and can't move. It was winter, the wildfire was burning and the wind was strong. The dogs around him kept waking him up, but Yang Sheng was drunk and didn't know.

There is a pool in front of Yang Sheng, so the dog goes into the water, turns around and sprinkles water around him. The grass was wet and fell to the ground. The fire spread everywhere. Yang Sheng woke up only to find out.

One night, Yang Sheng accidentally fell into an empty well on the road. The dog barked all night. After a while, someone passed by and thought it was strange for the dog to bark at the well. He has seen Yang Sheng in the past. Yang Sheng said, "If you can save me, I will repay you generously." The man said, "(If) you give me this dog, I will save you." Yang Sheng said, "This dog saved my life. I can't give it to you. I won't be stingy (if you want something else). " The man said, "In that case, I won't save you." The dog looked down at the well. Yang Sheng understood what it meant and told passers-by to give him the dog. Passers-by saved Yang Sheng, asked for the dog and left. Five days later, the dog escaped at night and returned to Yang Sheng.