齊宣王使人吹竽，必三百人。南郭處士請為王吹竽，宣王說之，廩食以數百人。宣王死，湣王立，好一一聽之，處士逃。

King Xuan of Qi demanded a symphony of three hundred musicians playing the Yu instrument. A polymath named Nanguo recommended himself as a member of the team. Delighted, King Xuan provided him with enough grain to feed several hundreds of people.  King Ming, the successor of King Xuan, preferred the solo play of Yu. Then, the polymath escaped.