The reason why people in the Ming Dynasty commented on Hai Rui: "As loyal as an ant, as filial as an animal" is because Hai Qing was a very honest man. During his 33 years as an official, he once became a top official. He became the highest official, but it was a sinecure, just a decoration.

Hai Rui was born into a dilapidated bureaucratic family. He had no father since he was a child, and his mother was dependent on each other. Later, he took the provincial examination, gained merit, and was promoted to the county magistrate of Chun'an, Zhejiang. During this period , he rectified public security, built water conservancy projects, formulated regulations on personality, made many contributions to the development of production, and won praise from many people. He was upright, clean and honest, but his personality was a bit extreme and stubborn.

Hai Qing was called Hai Qingtian in the Ming Dynasty. When he was the sixth rank official and the head of the household department, he once wrote to Jiajing, saying that he was vain, selfish, cruel and stupid. The emperor himself should be directly responsible for the corruption of officials and the waste of the palace. Now he hangs out with alchemists all day long, seeking immortality. This is all superstition, and many people think he is incorrect. The reason why he played this memorial was to cheer up the emperor. This was also a memorial for Feng's self-abuse.

Emperor Jiajing finished reading this memorial. His anger can be imagined. He threw away the memorial and shouted to catch Hai Qing and not let him escape. The eunuch went over and told the emperor that this man would not run away, because before he submitted the letter, he had already bought a coffin and said goodbye to his family. Even the servants at home had run away, so he would not run away. But strangely, Emperor Jiajing did not punish him later. As for Hai Qing, half of his 33 years as an official were in a state of dismissal. However, every time he was dismissed from office, he would be promoted when he returned. Later, his official positions became larger and larger, but they were all idle positions. In fact, he just became a decoration and was regarded as a model of integrity. Only he can be as loyal as an ant and as filial as an animal.