Integrity stories of famous people in ancient and modern times, about 500 words

The stories of integrity of celebrities in ancient and modern times

Integrity is a treasure

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Sichengzi of the Song Dynasty was rare and honest, and was loved by others. Someone got a piece of precious jade and asked someone to appraise it and presented it to Zihan. Zihan refused to accept it and said: "You regard the gem as a treasure, and I regard non-greed as a treasure. If I accept your jade, then both of us will Then we all lost our treasures. How about we all have our own treasures?

Yang Zhen refused gold

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Yang Zhen passed through Changyi on his way to his post, The county magistrate Wang Mishan came to visit him and presented him with ten pounds of gold. Yang Zhen said: "My old friend knows you, but you don't know your old friend. Why?" Wang Mi didn't understand Yang Zhen's accusation and said, "It's dark and no one knows." Yang Zhen said: "Heaven knows, God knows, you know, I know, what is ignorance?" " Only then did Wang Mi understand. He felt deeply ashamed and left in despair.

Yiqian Taishou

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, a man named Liu Chong served as the prefect of Kuaiji. He reformed the bad government. , abolished exorbitant taxes, and was very clean in lawsuits. Later, he was transferred to the position of great craftsman by the court. Before leaving, local people took the initiative to raise money to give to Liu Chong who was about to leave. Later, Liu Chong was too kind to refuse, so he took it. He received a copper coin symbolically, so he was called the "One Coin Prefect"

Tao Muhuiyu

Tao Kan, a famous official in the Jin Dynasty, served as a minister in his youth. Once, he sent someone to deliver a can of pickled fish to his mother. After receiving it, his mother, Zhan, returned it intact and wrote to him: "As a county official, , using public items to give them to me not only did not do me any good, but actually increased my worries. "Tao Kan received a deep education from this incident.

Wu Yinzhi was not afraid of drinking from the greedy spring

Wu Yinzhi, a native of the Jin Dynasty, was the prefect of Guangzhou. Outside the city of Guangzhou, he saw a pool of spring water with the name "Greed Spring". Local legend says that people who drink the water from Greed Spring will become greedy. He believed this and drank it without fail. After drinking it, he wrote a poem: "The ancients said that this water will make you feel rich." Try to make the barbarians drink together, but their hearts will not change in the end. "During his tenure, he was truly honest and self-disciplined, and upheld his integrity.

A poor person is like this

Zhang Jun, the minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, was demoted to Hunan Ling because of his political disagreement with the traitor Qin Hui. When he set out, he brought several boxes of books with him. Someone falsely accused him of having connections with the rebels. As a result, Gaozong inspected his letters and shabby clothes. Gaozong sighed: "I didn't expect Zhang Jun to be so poor! "I felt sorry for him, so I sent someone to catch up with Zhang Jun on a fast horse and rewarded him with three hundred taels of gold.

Yu Qian, a man with cool sleeves

Yu Qian, a famous official in the Ming Dynasty, was an upright official. Once , the imperial court sent him to inspect Henan. When he returned to Beijing, people bought some local specialties such as silk handkerchiefs, mushrooms, and incense sticks and sent them to the imperial court, but he did not accept them. He also wrote a poem to express his feelings: Silk handkerchief mushrooms. It is a disaster for people to use incense. The breeze goes to the sky with both sleeves, so that Lu Yan (referring to the people) will not talk nonsense. The prefect Yang Jizong was honest and self-sufficient and won the hearts of the people. Once, a eunuch passed by and asked him for a bribe. He opened the treasury and said, "The money is here. Come and take it as you like, but you have to get me the official seal of the treasury." The eunuch left in dismay. After returning to Beijing, he slandered him in front of Ming Yingzong. Yingzong asked: "Are you talking about Yang Jizong, the eunuch who didn't keep any money for himself?" After listening, the eunuch no longer dared to speak ill of Yang Jizong.

Good hands don’t cost money

Wang Jie, a Jinshi during the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, was an upright and outspoken man who did not attach himself to power. At that time, He Kun had exclusive power in the court, and none of the ministers tried to offend him. But Wang Jie always argued with him. Once, after the political discussion was over, He Kun deliberately teased Wang Jie, holding his hand and saying: "What a white and tender hand!" Wang Jie replied sternly: "Although Wang Jie has good hands, he can't ask for money!" Kun left in shame.