Vernacular interpretation:

There was a rich man, and many business people asked him for loans. One day when he went out, a young man followed him from behind and asked him what he wanted. It turned out that he also borrowed money from him for business. The rich man agreed.

When I arrived at the boy’s home, I happened to see dozens of pieces of money on the coffee table. The boy started playing with the money in his hands, folding the money over and over. The rich man said some kind words and left without lending any money to the young man.

Someone asked him why, and the rich man said: "This man must be good at gambling, not a person of good character. He is used to playing, and it shows in his hands unknowingly." The questioner said The man followed the young man, and it turned out to be true.

Original text:

A certain rich man, merchants lent more of his capital. One day, a young man came from behind the horse. When asked, it is also false. Weng Nuozhi. When he got home, there were dozens of money on the table, and the young man folded the money with his hands, stacking it up and down freely. Weng thanked him, but he refused to lend money. When asked about the reason, Weng said: "This person must be good at learning, not a dignified person. The skills he is familiar with can't be realized in his hands." The interviewer was sure.

This article comes from "Bai Shi Changqing Collection" written by Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty. Extended information

Writing background:

In the first month of the seventh year of Emperor Dali of the Tang Dynasty (772), Bai Juyi was born into a small and medium-sized bureaucratic family in Xinzheng, Henan Province. Shortly after Bai Juyi was born, war broke out in his hometown. In the feudal town, Li Zhengji separatized more than ten states in Henan, and the war was so intense that the people were in dire straits.

When Bai Juyi was two years old, his grandfather, who was the magistrate of Gong County, died in Chang'an, and his grandmother died of illness shortly after. Bai Juyi's father, Bai Jigeng, first joined the army in Songzhou and was appointed magistrate of Pengcheng County in Xuzhou (780). A year later, Bai Jigeng and Xuzhou governor Li Wei made great contributions to defending Xuzhou and were promoted to Xuzhou Biejia. In order to avoid the war in Xuzhou, he gave up his family. Go to Suzhou to live in Fuli.

Bai Juyi was able to spend his childhood in Fuli, Suzhou. But Bai Juyi was extremely intelligent and studied very hard. He had sores on his mouth and calluses on his hands from reading. He was so young that his hair turned all white.

When he was appointed as Zuo Shiyi, Bai Juyi believed that he was appreciated and promoted by the emperor who loved literature, so he hoped to repay his kindness by fulfilling his duties as an official. Therefore, he frequently wrote letters to express his opinions and wrote a large number of stories reflecting social reality. Poetry, hoping to make up for the current affairs and even point out the emperor's mistakes face to face.

Bai Juyi's writings were mostly accepted, but the directness of his words made Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty unhappy and complained to Li Jiang: "Young man Bai Juyi, I promoted you to fame, but you are rude to me. I'm really helpless." Li Jiang thought this was Bai Juyi's loyalty, and advised Xianzong to open up his voice.

About the author:

Bai Juyi, whose courtesy name is Letian, also known as Xiangshan Jushi, and also Mr. Zuiyin, was originally from Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. He moved to Xiagui when his great-grandfather was there, and was born in Xinzheng, Henan Province. He was a great realist poet in the Tang Dynasty and one of the three major poets in the Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen jointly advocated the New Yuefu Movement, known as "Yuan Bai" in the world, and "Liu Bai" together with Liu Yuxi.

Bai Juyi's poetry has a wide range of themes, diverse forms, and simple and popular language. He is known as the "Poetry Demon" and the "Poetry King".

He became a Hanlin bachelor and a doctor Zuo Zanshan. In 846 AD, Bai Juyi died in Luoyang and was buried in Xiangshan. There is "Bai's Changqing Collection" handed down from generation to generation, and his representative poems include "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", "Charcoal Seller", "Pipa Play" and so on.