元代朝廷名臣许衡,在元太宗时,曾跟着百姓逃避兵乱。有一天,路过河阳(今河南孟县),恰是个大热天,沿途又无水可喝,渴得他嗓子像着了火似的。路旁有一棵大梨树,梨子挂满了枝头,同行的人见梨如久旱逢甘露,纷纷拥上去摘梨子解渴,惟独许衡不为所动,坐在树下乘凉。有人 Xu Yuan Ming Yuan court, Yuan Taizong, had followed the people to evade soldiers and chaos. One day, passing Heyang (now Meng County, Henan Province), it is a hot day, there is no water to drink along the way, thirsty throat like a fire-like. There is a big pear tree on the roadside. Pears are covered with branches. Pearls in their counterparts meet Pear on a long drought, and they all boil to pears to quench their thirst. Only Xu Heng is unmoved and sitting in the shade of a tree. Someone