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儿童历史故事大全：吴孟举与吕仙的意外相遇
在清朝乾隆年间，浙江石门县洲泉人吴孟举，他家富贵满堂，有着良田千亩和官职内阁中书。然而，吴孟举心中缺少一份珍贵——长生不老的仙术。他听闻苏州民间关于“神仙节”的传说，每逢四月初八天上神仙下凡一游，人们热闹非凡却未见真仙，只有取笑之言：“见仙不识仙，富贵三千年”。但吴孟举并未放弃，他要亲自去苏州碰运气。
这一年的四月初八，当天气晴朗时，吴孟举带着四名亲兵来到了苏州。他不仅没有打红伞，也没有坐蓝轿，只是兴高采烈地加入了街头巷尾的人群。那日满街货摊林立，从卖膏药到敲搭板唱“莲花落”，各种各样的艺人吸引着川流不息的人们。然而，在这热闹之中，吴孟舉却只注意观察来往行人的神态，不寻常之人。
他穿梭于街道和巷弄之间，没有意识到自己已经走到了八里桥堍，那里是一个衣衫褴褛的叫化子正摇摇晃晃地走下桥来。这名叫化子手握一根破竹拐杖，用嘴衔着一个铜钿发出“嘘、嘘”的声音。他的模样和举止让吴孟舉印象深刻，他眼睛盯牢看脑筋骨碌转忽然心头一亮，上前作了一揖。那名叫化子惊讶地说：“怪哉!怪哉!谁人不知你是堂堂内阁中书老爷，为何向我这穷叫化作揖？”
Wu Mengju replied with a smile, "Please tell me, are you Lü Dongbin?" The beggar replied, "Where did this come from?" Wu Mengju pointed to the copper coin in the beggar's mouth and said, "The copper coin is held between the lips and forms a 'Lü' shape." The beggar then wrote a poem on the railing of the bridge using his bamboo cane:
"I have lived in Suzhou for many years,
No one knows that I am an immortal,
Only Wu Mengju knows that I am not destined to be with him,
Immortals love simplicity and poverty,
Do not covet officialdom or wealth."
After reading the poem, Wu Mengju was convinced that he had indeed met Lü Dongbin. He returned home and pondered over Lü's words. He realized that he had been too focused on wealth and status, neglecting simplicity. Soon after, Wu Mengju followed Lü's advice and resigned from his official position. He returned to his hometown of Zhouquan village where he distributed his property among his neighbors and lived a simple life as an author until his death.
According to legend when someone later desecrated Wu Mengju's tomb there was no valuable items found within it proving that he had indeed led a life of simplicity after following Lü Dongbin's teachings.
Wu Yujun (1640-1717), also known as Shizheng or Zhuozhuo Jushi or Huangyue Cunong at different stages of his life was born in Jiangsu Province but later moved to Zhejiang Province where he became friends with scholars such as Lu Longqi Huang Zongxi Gao Danzhong etc., compiled Yellow Leaf Village Poems collection together with others collaborated on Song Dynasty Poetry Anthology
