折疑論 3.217

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昔趙盾饋食於靈輒。卒感扶輪之酧（史記。趙盾晉臣。嘗遊於桑間。見餓人以食餉之。盾好直諫。一日晉君呼熬齩之。又預脫去盾所乘之車。去其一輪。駟馬摘其二馬。盾及升車而不能行倏有一人扶輪而行。則脫其難。遂問曰。扶輪者誰。答曰吾桑間餓人也。為報一食之恩耳）。

In antiquity, Zhao Dun gave food to Ling Zhe, and in the end received the repayment of his chariot wheel being supported (Records of the Grand Historian: Zhao Dun was a minister of Jin; once while traveling among the mulberry trees, he saw a starving man and gave him food; Dun was fond of direct remonstrance; one day the ruler of Jin set a ferocious dog to bite him, and also detached a wheel from Dun's chariot in advance, removing two of the four horses; when Dun mounted the chariot and could not move, suddenly a man supported the wheel and ran, so that he escaped danger; he then asked, 'Who is the one supporting the wheel?' The man answered, 'I am the starving man from among the mulberry trees, repaying the kindness of a single meal').