1. Tao Yuanming, an idyllic poet who does not bend his back for five buckets of rice. In addition to his high attainments in poetry, Tao Yuanming is also admirable in ideology and morality. There is a story about him not bending over for five buckets of rice, which is highly praised and widely circulated. It is said that when Tao Yuanming was forty-one, he was persuaded by his friends to serve as the then Pengze county magistrate, which was his last experience as an official.
During his tenure, his superiors sent Du You to check the situation. It was suggested that Tao Yuanming had better dress formally and greet these people from the imperial court with a nice voice. When Tao Yuanming heard these words, he not only refused to do it, but also told others that it was really impossible for him to humbly please those people for a small county magistrate's office with a salary of five dou meters. After that, he resigned from his official position very resolutely, and his term of office was only over 80 days.
After retiring, Tao Yuanming cut off his official career, but he made great achievements in poetry creation, created a distinctive pastoral style, and left many famous sentences that have been sung through the ages, such as "Picking chrysanthemums under the hedge" and "Seeing Nanshan leisurely". Therefore, Tao Yuanming became the representative of ancient people with lofty moral character and lofty aspirations.
2. Su Wu is fearless of power, loyal to the monarch and patriotic. The story of Su Wu herding sheep must be familiar to everyone. As a native of Han Dynasty, Su Wu was once ordered to go to Xiongnu to express my fellow's friendship with Xiongnu. Unfortunately, at the critical moment when he finished his mission and prepared to return to Han, he met with civil strife in Xiongnu. In this way, Su Wu and his party were detained by the Huns, demanding submission to Khan.
After that, no matter how the Huns used any means, the lure of interests and the threat of torture, they failed to persuade Su Wu to surrender to the Huns. Not only respecting Su Wu's noble integrity, but also not wanting to return him to Khan of the Han Dynasty, he sent Su Wu to the area near Lake Baikal to herd sheep at that time. The indomitable Su Wu spent an unusually hard 19 years there. Finally, after making friends with the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Xin Khan was brought back to the embrace of the Han Dynasty and was warmly welcomed by people.