Author: Tao Qing Hsu
Zhang Ying was
a native of Tongcheng in the Qing Dynasty of China. He was an official and
diligent, and he was open-minded.
When Zhang
Ying was an official in Beijing, his family and neighbors each renovated their
homes. When building the walls, because the boundaries were unclear, the two
sides believed that the other party occupied their own land and did not retreat
from each other, so they often quarreled for each other.
Finally, the
other party brought the matter to the court. Therefore, Zhang Ying’s family
wrote a letter to Zhang Ying for help. After receiving the letter, Zhang Ying
immediately responded with a short poem. The content of the poem is:
To send a letter in thousands of
miles is only for a wall,
What is the obstacle
to retreat three feet?
The Great
Wall is still here,
And I don’t
see the first emperor Qin.
After
receiving a reply, Zhang Ying’s family immediately took the initiative to give
up three feet of land. The neighbors saw the behavior of the other party and
automatically gave up three feet of land. Thus, between the two, a
six-foot-wide pedestrian lane was formed.
Because of
Zhang Ying’s open-mindedness, he not only resolved war as peace, but also
achieved a long-standing story. When the general people passed the six-foot
lane, they praised the virtues of both parties.
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