孔子的学生宓子贱在靠近鲁国和齐国边境的单父做县令。宓子贱治理下的单父,民风淳朴,路不拾遗,夜不闭户。有一年麦熟季节,齐国进攻鲁国,战火迅速燃向宓子贱当县令的单父,大片的麦子已经成熟,不久就可以收割了。可是齐军一来,眼看这到手的粮食让齐军抢走,人们心有不甘。一些人向宓子贱提建议“:麦子马上就熟 Confucius’s students were slaughtered in single-parent county magistrates near the border with Lu and Qi. Chisel under the governance of a single father, simple folk customs, the road does not pick up the left, the night closed. One ripe season a year, Qi offensive Lu State, the war quickly burned to the son of cheap when the single father, large tracts of wheat has matured, and can soon be harvested. However, a Qi Jun, seeing the hand of Qi Qi Jun grabbed the food, people have unwilling heart. Some people make suggestions to the princes: ”The wheat is cooked right away