From New Order-Miscellaneous. The New Preface was compiled by Liu Xiang, a famous scholar in the Western Han Dynasty, who collected historical facts from Shun and Yu to the Han Dynasty.
Seeing that Lu mourned for the public, he mourned for the public for seven days. He left with his servant and said, "I've heard for a long time that you are a good scholar, so I'm afraid to come to see you all the way, frosty and dewy." On the seventh day, you are welcome. You are a good scholar and a good dragon like Ye Gongzi. Ye loves dragons, and only carved dragons on long hooks and wine vessels, and carved dragons at home. In this way, when he was known by the dragon in the sky, he fell from the sky to Ye Gong's home. Someone visited him on the windowsill, and his dragon tail reached into the hall. When Ye Gong saw a dragon, he turned around and ran away, scaring him like a lost soul, terrified and unable to control himself. Therefore, Ye doesn't really like dragons. He just likes things that look like dragons, not dragons. Today, I heard that you are a good scholar, so I came all the way to see you. You're welcome for seven days. You are not a good scholar, but a good husband is more like a scholar. The poem says:' If you hide in the center, when will you forget!' Dare to leave. "
Translation:
Zhang Zi visited Lu Aigong. Seven days later, Lu Aigong still ignored him. He called his servant and said, "Legend has it that you like talented people, so you dare not rest to visit you in the snow and sand. After seven days, you ignored me. I think what you call liking talents is similar to Ye Gong liking dragons. It is said that Ye Gaozi once liked dragons very much. The hooks on his clothes are engraved with dragons, the hip flask and wine glass are engraved with dragons, and the eaves of the house are engraved with dragons. He was so fascinated by dragons that he was known by the real dragons in the sky, and then descended from the sky to Ye Gong's home. The dragon head is placed on the window sill to visit, and the dragon tail extends into the hall. When Ye Gong saw that it was a real dragon, he turned and ran away in fear, just like losing his soul. His face suddenly changed and he could hardly control himself. Ye Gong doesn't really like dragons! He only likes those things that look like dragons! Now I heard that you like talents, so I came to visit you specially. After seven days, you ignored me. It turns out that you don't like talents, but you only like those who look like talents but are not talents. The book of songs has long said:' when can I forget what I have hidden in my heart!' So sorry, I'm leaving! Later, everyone used "Ye Gong Long Hao" to describe a person who pretended to like something very much, but in fact he didn't like it at all in private!
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This story satirizes the characters of Ye Formula with vivid metaphors, and profoundly exposes their bad thoughts and styles of high-sounding and unrealistic. Through this story, we should abandon the bad idea and style of "theory divorced from reality" and establish a good idea and style of seeking truth from facts. At the same time, it also satirizes people who are not worthy of the name and are not what they seem.
The most famous contribution is that he did not repay evil for good, but decisively led his troops to quell Bai's rebellion, thus stabilizing the Chu regime. Later, for the sake of Chu's long-term stability, he gave his position to others, and was evaluated by experts as not obsessed with powerful people and deeply understanding the righteousness.