Interpretation of Hepu County, originally from Guangdong, now belongs to Guangxi, because it is a coastal county with developed aquatic products, especially famous for producing pearls. Now, the metaphor of "Hepu returning pearls" is used to find something lost or people return it.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, "The History of the Later Han Dynasty Official Biography and Meng Taste": "(Hepu) County does not produce grains, but seafood and jewelry are better than the border ... It is easy to taste the official, and it is easy to change the past for the benefit of the people. I am under 10 years old, and going to Pearl to return, everyone is against it. "

Use subject-predicate form; Become an object; To return something to its original owner or person.

Take Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio for example: "But ~, you are lucky enough, but what are you poor for?"

The synonym is to return things to their original owners, and to return them to Hepu.

General regulations

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, pearls were abundant along the coast of Hepu County. The pearls produced there are round, big and pure in color, which are very famous at home and abroad. People call it "Hepu Pearl". The local people collect pearls for a living, and exchange their toes with neighboring counties for food. The income from pearl picking is very high, so some officials took the opportunity to corrupt the law and exploit pearl pickers under various pretexts. In order to get more oil and water, they ignored the growth law of pearl mussels and blindly asked pearl people to fish. As a result, pearl mussels gradually moved to the neighboring Jiaozhi County, and fewer and fewer fish could be caught in Hepu. Fishermen in Hepu coastal areas have been collecting pearls for a living, and few people cultivate rice. Pearl picking is more, and the income is high. I don't mind spending some money on food. At present, the output of pearls is low, the income is greatly reduced, fishermen don't even have the money to buy food, and many people starve to death. After Liu Bao, Emperor Shun of Han Dynasty, succeeded to the throne, he appointed a man named Meng Chang as the magistrate of Hepu. After Meng Chang took office, he quickly found out the reason why local fishermen had no food. Ordered to get rid of abuses, abolish the illegal mining regulations, prohibit fishermen from indiscriminate fishing, and protect pearl mussel resources. In less than a year, there were more pearl mussels, and Hepu became a place rich in pearls.