Jiang Ziya was a man of great talent, he had the will to help the world, and wanted to show his ambition, but he had been unrecognized, and spent most of his life in poverty. He once slaughtered cows in Chaoge, and sold noodles in Mengjin, the years wasted away, and now he is in his twilight years, with gray hair on his temples, he heard of the holy name of Zhou Wenwang, the wise lord of the current dynasty, and then he came to the banks of the Weishui River, and pretended to watch the current situation under the name of fishing, hoping to get the appreciation of Zhou Wenwang, so that he could show his talent. Time passed year by year, and his hair turned from white to all white. He had been fishing by the Weishui River for a long time, and two shallow pits had been worn out on the stone where he cast his rod and bait and knelt on both knees. People saw him fishing all the time, but no gain, they advised him to give up, but he said: "You do not understand the mystery!" He continued to fish. One day, while he was fishing by the river, a carriage came up from the main road behind him, and the people who followed it were all in mourning, some of them even crying and weeping, and even the man who drove the carriage was also in mourning. So he asked the reason and realized that the person lying in the car was the eldest son of this family, who had gone out to pay homage to his teacher and study, and suddenly fell unconscious, and found a few bone-setters who said that it was incurable, and told him to hurry home to prepare for the aftermath, or else he would have to die outside. Jiang Ziya lifted up the curtain of the car with his hand and looked at it for a while and said, "You do not need to be sad, feel free to rest assured that this person will be well in three days." No one could believe that what a poor old man who was poor and idle and bored with fishing said was true. A few days later, Jiang Ziya is fishing, from the city out of a group of people came straight to him, to his fishing place, from the car out of a handsome young man kowtowed to Jiang Ziya, mouth kept saying life-saving benefactor, must worship Jiang Ziya as a teacher. It turned out that this young man is the one lying in the car a few days ago, his father is the important minister of the dynasty, assisting King Wen of Zhou to rule the country. At this moment, he wants to invite Jiang Ziya back home to be his teacher, because he happens to be searching for a high teacher right now. He promised a lot of money and wanted to recognize Jiang Ziya as his righteous father. Jiang Ziya refused. Another day Jiang Ziya was fishing, from the main road over two people, each leading a high horse, military dress, just at noon, the horse to drink, people want to wash their faces. Jiang Ziya took a look at the face of one of them, and said with a long sigh, "I see that you are black in the hall of the seal, there is a red vein through the pupil, if you go back now and immediately save the cure is not too late, otherwise, you will die within seven days." Which thought the two men laughed at Jiang Ziya for a while, said Jiang Ziya is a crazy old man, after saying that do not care about the long walk away. It turned out that these two men were the deputy generals in charge of defending the city under King Wen of Zhou, and one of them suddenly fell ill and died on the fifth day. (In modern facial terminology, the red vein through the pupil is the sudden appearance of a large number of blood filaments in the eyeballs of a person, a slight reversal of language and slowness in speech, an unsteady pace when walking, and the appearance of double shadows in the eyesight. This is a precursor to cerebral hemorrhage. (He died of a sudden illness, probably from a cerebral hemorrhage.) "There is a poor old man who fishes by the Weishui River who can tell whether a person is alive or dead, and he can hit a hundred shots." This matter was spreading in the city one by two, two by three. Jiang Ziya's reputation became very popular. It spread from the people to the court, and also to the ears of King Wen of Zhou." What use can a poor old man who fishes and tells fortunes be to the country?" So King Wen of Zhou did not take it to heart. Days went by like this day by day and year by year, Jiang Ziya still fished by the Weishui River every day. One day, King Wen of Zhou planned to go out hunting, and the result of divination said, "What you get out of the hunt is not a dragon or a tapir, not a tiger or a bear, but a talent that can assist you in accomplishing your hegemony." King Wen recalled the words of his ancestor in his dream: "The day a sage appears will be the day when Zhou is saved," so he went out to hunt with great joy. Without realizing it, he came to the shore of the Wei Shui River. In the quiet forest came the neighing of a horse, and the noisy voices of people came from far and near. Jiang Ziya saw a man dressed as a king coming this way. Seeing this old man fishing with a transcendent look, King Wen went up to talk with him. Jiang Ziya wasted no time in telling King Wen about his own life, and the two of them had a very pleasant conversation. What surprised King Wen was that a poor old man who fished every day for fun knew so much about the world affairs and the country's military and civil rule, and was so knowledgeable and insightful. He also found that the fishing poor old man on the five elements of mathematics and the use of the law of war have very deep attainments. King Wen of Zhou, who was thirsty for wisdom, realized from Jiang Ziya's wise and witty speech that this man was exactly the great sage he was looking for. He happily exclaimed, "My ancestor, Taigong, has long been counting on you!" So Zhou Wenwang used the most ceremonial hospitality, and let him on his own carriage, but this poor old man really do not know how to honor, see Zhou Wenwang so respect him to put up a show. Not only did he not get on the carriage of King Zhou Wen, but he also had to let King Zhou Wen carry him back to the city. At that time, there is no second person in the world can sit on the car of the king of Zhou Wen, let him sit in the car, the king of Zhou Wen personally for him to drive the car is not yet possible, this is already the world's heaviest courtesy, in addition to Jiang Ziya outside of the world, there is no second person can meet such courtesy. This can be difficult for the king of Zhou Wen: not back it, the country's court is thirsty for talent, it is the time to use talent, can not lose this rare talent. Back it, face and do not look good, since ancient times, which king back subjects? In order to national prosperity, do not consider personal face, think of this, the king of Zhou Wen really back up Jiang Ziya toward the city. Walked a short distance, the king of Zhou Wen tired sweaty, gasping for breath, lying on the back of the king of Zhou Ziya above the Jiang Ziya seems to be a little bit do not know sympathetic to others, see the king of Zhou Wen tired into this, the mouth is always said: "and then a few more steps ......" The king of Zhou Wen can not really walk, put the ginger Ziya put down. Zhou Wen Wang this time tired can not care about the face of the king, sitting on the ground sweating, Jiang Ziya looked at the tired and sweaty Zhou Wen Wang, said to him with a smile: "You a *** back I walked two hundred and ninety-four steps, I want to protect you two hundred and ninety-four years of the Zhou Dynasty, a step a year ah," he said and laughed loudly. King Wen listened to Jiang Ziya said, immediately came to the spirit of the head, do not feel tired, a bone on the climb up and dragged over the Jiang Ziya also back, then Jiang Ziya said with a smile: "and then back on the not work, on the two hundred and ninety-four years, we take the car back to the city." Later, Jiang Ziya and assisted the son of King Wen King Wu Wang destroyed King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty, and King Wu also honored him as a military adviser and sir.