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[quote=ZOEY,262201]No.2 一字千金 (Yi 1 Zi 4 Qian 1 Jin 1). It mean "each word worth a thousand pieces of gold--- a highly finished literary product."

History: At the end of the Warring period, there was a famous businessman named Lv Buwei. Afterward, he became the chancellor of Qin. However, other officials in the court felt Lv shouldn't be the chancellor. As a chancellor he should be very knowledgeable so that he could serve the king and the state. But Lv Buwei was just a businessman.

Lv was very annoyed by this. One of his backroom staff said that he should write a book to prove that he was not just a businessman. Lv accepted his suggestion and ordered his people to compile a book. Finally, the book was finished and was called  Lvshi-Chunqiu. Lv Buwei ordered to hand a copy of Lvshi-Chunqiu on the gate of Xianyang City. Meanwhile, he made a notice that those who could increase, decrease or correct a word would be awarded a thousand pieces of gold. However, no one dare to do so because they were afraid of Lv Buwei.

From this story, people derive 一字千金。[/quote]

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