Lv Mengzheng, Prime Minister of Northern Song Dynasty's "Augmented Essays"
Life is only self-defeating,
Don't say anything to others.
Wealth can lend one hundred and twenty pieces of silver,
Poverty is hard to find.
There are few gentlemen in the snow,
There are many people icing on the cake.
Don't rely on friends and relatives,
The world is thinner than clouds.
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Lv Mengzheng, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, was abandoned by his father when he was young and suffered from poverty and cold in this world. He once lived in a cold kiln with his mother and lived by begging. After studying hard, I finally became the best official. From being despised to being admired, I deeply felt that heaven was impermanent and human feelings were warm and cold, and wrote the famous "Broken Kiln Fu".
When Lv Mengzheng was in an important position, many relatives and friends came to give gifts, wear hats and smile. Lv Mengzheng felt that the world was cold, so he wrote a couplet on the door: "I think at the beginning, my family was poor, and there was no wood or rice. Who wants to send charcoal in the snow? " Look at today, leaders, wine and meat are all icing on the cake. "