Feng Fu Returns to Tiger Hunting

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Qi suffered a famine. Chen Zhen said, “Everyone in the state thinks you will again ask that the granary at Tang be opened for relief. Surely you cannot do so again.”

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Mencius said, “That would be like Feng Fu taking up tiger fighting again. In Jin, a man named Feng Fu was skilled at wrestling tigers, but later became a respectable scholar. One day in the countryside, he found a crowd pursuing a tiger. The animal had its back to a ridge, and no one dared approach. Seeing Feng Fu, they hurried to welcome him. He rolled up his sleeves and stepped down from his carriage, delighting the crowd; those who regarded him as a scholar laughed at him.”

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