Pretend to Play the Yu

Pretend to Play the Yu (China has a long history with splendid culture). What I love the most is the idioms. Today I will share a story named ”pretend to play the yu“. Once upon a time. King Xuan of Qi  loved to listen to the yu. In the palace, there was a band of fully 300 yu players. He often ordered this band to play for him. A man named Nan Guo could not play the yu at all. But he always bragged about how well he could play. He asked to play with other players. King Xuan accepted his request. So he would play the yu with others in each performance. In this way, he pretended to play till King Xuan died. Then King Min succeeded to be the new king. Under his father's influence, King Min also loved to listen to the yu. The only difference was that he loved solos. King Min ordered the players to perform one by one for him. When Nan Guo heard of this, he was afraid. He knew that he could not pretend any longer, so he sneaked away that very night. This story reminds us that everyone should be diligent and make oneself have true skills and genuine knowledge.