庄子因为过分专注于著书,不太注重生产,所以家里很穷,经常因为没钱买粮而忍饥挨饿。有一天,庄子家又到了揭不开锅的地步,无奈之下,他只好硬着头皮到监理河道的监河侯家去借粮。监河侯本是一个很小气的人,但看见这么清高的庄子登门求助,便爽快地答应借粮,同时说道:“借你粮食当然可以,不过得等我收了老百姓的租税之后才能借给你,你觉得可以吗?”庄子见监河 Because Zhuangzi was over-focused on books, he did not pay much attention to production, so his family was very poor and often starved for lack of money to buy food. One day, Chuang Tzu’s family again came to the point where it could not be opened. In desperation, he had to bite the bullet to supervise the river Hou Hou to borrow grain. Hou Bin was a very stingy man, but when he saw such gracious Chuang Tzu asking for help, he promised to borrow grain readily. He said: “Of course it is possible for you to borrow your grain, but only after I have received the tax from the common people To you, do you think it? ”Zhuangzi see the river