Lu Gong used to be the magistrate of Zhong Mou, who governed his people through education rather than punishment. Sir Yuan An heard of the deeds of Lu but suspected the veracity. So, he sent a man secretly to see if it was true. The man and Lu strolled on a field path and then sat under a mulberry tree. A pheasant happened to pass and stopped where a kid was nearby. The man asked the kid why he not caught the pheasant. The kid answered that it is a young pheasant, which is not allowed to be caught. Surprised, the man stood up and confessed to Lu, "The purpose of my trip this time was to review your different performance. First, there is no locust plague; second, you protect wildlife well; third, the children are benevolent. The longer I stay here, the more I would hinder you from doing good deeds. So, I will get back at once, reporting to Sir Yuan what I have seen here."