There was a man in the state of Chu who called himself Ye Gong. Ye Gong often says to others, "I especially like dragons. How proud and auspicious the dragon is! " So when his home was decorated, craftsmen helped him carve dragons on beams, pillars, doors and windows and walls everywhere. This house is like the Dragon Palace. Even Ye Gong's own clothes are embroidered with lifelike dragons.

The news that Ye Gong likes dragons reached the ears of real dragons in the Heavenly Palace. The real dragon thought, "I didn't expect that there is another person in the world who likes me so much!" I have to go down and see him. " One day, the dragon descended from the sky and came to Ye Gong's house. The dragon put his head into the window of Ye Gong's house and dragged his long tail on the ground. When Ye Gong heard the sound, he went out of the bedroom to look. This expression is terrible. A real dragon is there staring at itself. Ye Gong suddenly turned pale and trembled with fear, and ran away with a cry.

Later, people used "Ye Gong Long Hao" to describe people or things who seemed to like something, but actually didn't.