Foreword: Wang Anshi was a famous politician, writer, thinker, and reformer in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty in China. The famous reform movement in the Northern Song Dynasty was the reform that took place during the Shenzong period of the Song Dynasty. It was known as

Since ancient times, people have believed that the hatred of seizing a wife is a mortal hatred. I am afraid that no man can tolerate his wife and concubine Hongxing cheating. For a man, this is simply a great shame and humiliation.

When Wang Anshi found out that his 18-year-old concubine Hongxing had cheated on her, the concubine wrote a poem in response to Wang Anshi in order to help him out. So what did Wang Anshi do when faced with his stolen concubine?

1. Concubine's affair

Prime Minister Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty married a concubine named Jiao Niang when he was middle-aged. Jiao Niang was eighteen years old and came from a famous family.

Maybe it was because of his old age, and Wang Anshi was busy with government affairs, so he often neglected Jiao Niang. At this time, Jiao Niang was in her prime and could not bear the long-term loneliness, so she had an affair with a young servant at home.

As the saying goes, there is no airtight wall in . When this matter reached Wang Anshi's ears, Wang Anshi didn't believe it at first, but as more and more rumors spread, Wang Anshi also had some doubts in his heart.

One day, Wang Anshi pretended to leave home and returned home quietly at night without disturbing anyone. When I arrived at Jiao Niang's door, I heard some squeamish sounds.

Wang Anshi was immediately furious. He originally wanted to rush in and catch the rapist, but he calmed down and thought, as a high-ranking prime minister, it is really inappropriate for me to be so angry over a mere concubine.

So, Wang Anshi deliberately scared away the birds on the tree in the courtyard. This move also scared away the servants in the concubine's room. After the incident, Wang Anshi also pretended as if nothing had happened.

2. The concubine wrote a poem in response to

Time flew by, and soon it was the Mid-Autumn Festival. On this day, Wang Anshi and Jiao Niang admired the moon together. After three rounds of wine, Wang Anshi wanted to let the concubine understand that he had discovered her quarrel with the servant at home, but Wang Anshi could not explain it clearly, so he blurted out a poem.

"When the sun rises and turns eastward, the crows do not crow. The flowers sleep with cotton silkworms in their arms, and the dried ginger is left outside to listen."

Jiao Niang was also a talented woman, and she immediately understood the meaning. She knew that Wang Anshi had discovered the fact of her affair, so Jiao Niang did not deny it and responded to Wang Anshi with a poem.

"When the sun rises in the east and turns due south, you can say this for a year. Don't be surprised by the villain. The prime minister's belly can punt ."

Wang Anshi saw that the concubine's attitude was very sincere, and then he thought about it. He was now over sixty years old, but the concubine was still in his youth. The affair could not be entirely blamed on the concubine. Instead of punishing the other party, it is better to be a grown-up. So Wang Anshi gave his concubine a thousand pieces of gold and asked her to marry his servant and then go away to live a happy life.

After this incident spread, people deeply admired Wang Anshi's "forbearance" and his magnanimity. The phrase "the prime minister's belly can support a boat" has become synonymous with magnanimity.

3. Conclusion

According to research, this allusion by Wang Anshi is just a folk joke, because it is recorded in history that Wang Anshi married two wives in his life. Mrs. Peng never had children. During this period, she wanted to buy a concubine for Wang Anshi, but was rejected by Wang Anshi. After that, Wang Anshi married Wu again.

The Wu family was a queen of a famous family and Wang Anshi's distant cousin. She and Wang Anshi were childhood sweethearts. It is said that this Wu family just passed away after Wang Anshi's death and lived to be more than seventy years old.

The allusion "The prime minister's belly can punt" represents one of the wisdoms in dealing with things throughout the ages, which is to tolerate others. Tolerating others can establish good interpersonal relationships. Tolerating others' faults will win friends and win the admiration and respect of others. The

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