(selected from "Were Han Shu"? Biography of You Wu (excerpt)
Note: ① Coix lacryma-jobi is a Gramineae plant. ② Stone: read dàn here. 3 miser: farmer.
Wu Youzi Jigong, a native of Changyuan, was once a magistrate of the South China Sea with his father Wu Hui. When You Wu was twelve years old, he followed his father around. My father wants to bake bamboo slips and carve scriptures. Wu You advised, "Now my father has passed Wuling Mountain and is far away at sea. The customs here are simple, but in the old society, there were many rare treasures, which were suspected by the state in the world and hoped by the princes in the future. If you write it, I'm afraid it will take two cars to carry it. In the past, Ma Yuan was vilified because he came back with Coix lachryma, which easily caused suspicion. The sages of the previous generation were also very cautious about this. " Wu Hui no longer writes books. When Wu You was twenty years old, his father died and lived in poverty, but he did not accept gifts from others. He often grazes pigs at the water's edge in his hometown, chanting while walking. When I met my father's old friend before his death, I said to him, "You are the son of two thousand stone officials, but you have done such a despicable thing. Even if you are not ashamed, how can you be worthy of your dead father? " Una just expressed his gratitude and insisted that the festival would not change. Later, he was promoted to filial piety, and he was going to call, and the county was going to give him a farewell dinner. Wu You talked with the town clerk for a long time and made friends with him. Gong Cao thought he was too arrogant and demanded dismissal. The satrap said, "Wu knows people are good at their duties, so he won't say anything for the time being." Later, Huang Zhen was also recommended as Lian Xiao and worshipped as the magistrate of Xincai County, and the world praised him for being honest and clean. Wu You was later promoted to Houxiang in Jiaodong. He tried to be kind and simple in his administration and set an example. When ordinary people go to the government for a lawsuit, he always blames himself behind closed doors, and then goes to court again to enlighten them with reason. Or go to the place where the people live in person to mediate and let the two sides reconcile. Sun Xing, a farmer, privately collected the people's cream and bought a dress for his father. When he got the clothes, his father was very angry and said, "We have such an official, how can you have the heart to cheat him!" " "Forcing his son to confess. Shame and fear, Sun Xing took the clothes and turned himself in to the official residence. Wu You retreated to the left and right and asked him why. Sun Xing told his father truthfully. Wu You asked him to go back and thank his father and give his clothes to him. Wu You was promoted to Qi Xianggong in Jiaodong in nine years, and General Liang Ji recommended him as a long history. When Qiu was falsely accused, Wu You heard about it, so please go to see him and argue with him. Liang Ji didn't listen, got up and angrily entered the room, and Wu You left. Liang Ji then transferred Wu You from the capital to Hejian, and Wu You resigned and went home, no longer being an official, and personally irrigated the garden to grow vegetables and taught scriptures. At the age of 98.