Jiang Taigong goes fishing

 

In the eleventh century BC, Jiang Ziya, an 80-year-old man, was a doctor in the Shang Dynasty. Seeing that King Zhou was desolate and unscrupulous, he abandoned his official and fled to Xiqi. He wanted to surrender to Xibo Jichang, but he was afraid of being laughed at, so he temporarily lived in seclusion in a small village by the Weishui River. waiting for the opportunity. 

One day, when he was fishing by the Weihe River, Wu Ji, a woodcutter, was passing by. He saw him fishing with a straight hook, which was still three feet away from the water, and there was no fragrant bait on the hook, so he asked the old man his last name. 

Jiang Shang replied: "Jiang Mingshang, the word Ziya, the number Zhengxiong." 

Wu Ji sighed and said: "it is really ambitious not to be old, no empty words to say a hundred years old." it's not appropriate for a foolish man like you to call himself a bear! " 

Jiang Shang smiled: "the old man's fishing is a fake, standby and enterprising is true." however, if you want the fishing king and Hou, you would rather take it in the straight than ask in the qu! " 

Wuji said, "you are not like a prince but like a live monkey." 

With that, he picked up his firewood and went to the city. 

Unexpectedly, Wuji went into the city and killed the gatekeeper sergeant to kill himself. Coincidentally, Xibo Jichang passed by and learned that Wuji was a dutiful son and that there was no one to take care of his mother at home, so he gave him ten taels of gold and ordered him to go back and settle his mother and then take the guilt. 

My mother was desperate, so she brought Wuji to Jiang Shang for help. 

Jiang taught him this and this, and from then on Wuji only worked in the countryside and no longer went to the city. 

Time flies, unconsciously it is another spring. 

One day, Xibo came to the Weihe River for an outing and hunting. 

Suddenly I heard someone sing: "there is no shortage of Phoenix, but there is no pollution in handouts. Dragon Xingyun gives rise to the wind of the tiger, and the world slowly cherishes the way to be virtuous."... " 

Ji Chang ordered someone to find the singer, and seeing it was Wuji, he shouted, "how dare you deceive me and sing here instead of taking guilt?" 

Wuji told the truth and said that the song was also written by Jiang Shang. Jichang thought Jiang Shang must be a sage, so he immediately pardoned Wuji's death crime and ordered him to lead the way to the river to visit Jiang Shang. 

In order to test Jichang's sincerity, Jiang Shang took refuge in the reeds without reason. 

Ji Chang was eager to ask for Xian, and three days later, he made Wuji a general of Wu de, led the way again, and personally led a hundred officials to visit Jiang Shang again and was named Tai Gong. 

Later, Tai Gong assisted King Wen and followed King Wu to cut down, and established the Zhou Dynasty.

Extended data：It is an idiom allusion, which means to be deceived willingly.

Word provenance: Under the volume of King Wu Faping dialect, Jiang Shang set up a hook to catch fish in the Weishui River because of his life and punctuality. He did not use fragrant bait and was three feet above the surface of the water. He said to himself, 'those who lose their lives take the bait!' 

Translation: Jiang Shangshun waited for the opportunity in response to the arrangement of fate and used a straight hook to catch fish in the water without bait. The hook was three feet above the surface of the water. Jiang Shangshun said to himself, "if you don't want your life, take the bait!"