清乾隆年间,有一个人在京城书店买书,不小心将一枚钱掉落在了地上。旁边一个秀才用脚暗暗踩住,并占为己有。这个秀才是国子监的助教,后来在选官时得到了常熟知县的职位。当他准备赴任时,时任江苏巡抚的汤潜庵却传令下去,他的名字已经被列入检举弹劾的公文中去了,不必再去赴任。原来,他拾取那枚钱的时候,刚好被汤潜庵看见。汤公说:“一钱如命,侥幸当上了地方官,岂不要伸手到人家的口袋里去偷盗,成为乌纱帽下的窃贼吗?” During the Qing Emperor Qianlong, one person in the capital bookstore to buy a book, accidentally dropped a piece of money on the ground. Next to a scholar sneaked his foot, and take it for himself. This scholar was an assistant to the Imperial College and later got a magistrate post in Changshu when he was elected. When he was ready to go on duty, Tang Qian-huan, then governor of Jiangsu, was sent a letter ordering his name to be included in the official document of the impeachment. He did not have to go any further. It turned out that when he picked up that money, just be Tang Qian Temple saw. Tang Gong said: “a money like a life, lucky when the local officials, would not reach out to people’s pockets to steal, become a thief under the ugly hat?”