相传,明朝时,江南无锡东乡有个姓孟的书生,饱读诗书,一心想取得功名。可是,从青年时代起,他进京赶考屡屡受挫,不是相差几分被拒之门外,就是因为没有送礼而落榜,这使他心灰意冷。他见到同窗有的高中状元,有的升了职,心有不甘,便继续苦读。50岁那年,他满怀希望赴京赶考。开考那天,有个姓钱的主考官有些瞧不起他,认为他是个老童生,还来凑热闹,所以带着鄙视的目光看着他。钱考官吟出一联戏弄孟书生: According to legend, when the Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan Wuxi Dongxiang has a scholar named Meng, full of poetry, bent on gaining fame. However, since the youth, he repeatedly frustrated when he went to Beijing for examinations. He was frustrated not because he was not given a gift. Some of his classmates who met some of his classmates in high school, some promoted their positions, and unwilling to do so, they continued to study hard. At the age of 50, he was hopeful to go to Beijing for examination. The exam that day, a surname money examiner some despise him, that he is an old child, but also to join in the fun, so looked at him with contempt. Money examiner Yin Shu Lian Shu Mengsheng a: