武陵(郡名,在今湖南省常德市一带)一市井少年,善说谎。偶于市中适一老者,老者说之曰:“人道你善荒,可向我说一个?”少年曰:“才闻众人放干了东湖,都去拿团鱼(即甲鱼,鳖),小人也要去拿,顾不得闲说。”老者信之,径往东湖,湖水渺然,乃知此言即谎。(选自明·江盈科《雪涛谐史》) Wuling (county name, in this area of ​​Changde City, Hunan Province) a city boy, good lying. Even in the middle of the city, the old man said: “You are good at the waste, can you tell me one?” Juvenile said: “I just heard that everyone had dried up the East Lake and they went to get fish (namely soft-shelled turtles, turtles). The villain also has to go to get it, but he can’t go idle.” The old man believed it and walked to the East Lake. The lake was full of water, but he knew it was a lie. (From “Ming Jiang Ying” “Snow Tao Harmonic History”)