Poverty Alleviation in WanQuan County

The Story of "Give a Man a Fish, and You Feed Him for a Day; Teach a Man to Fish, and You Feed Him for a Lifetime":

A long time ago, there was a poor man who lived in difficult circumstances. Often, he had to beg from others just to make ends meet. Near his place lived a kind fisherman.

One day, the poor man saw the fisherman catching a lot of fish. Being someone who hadn't eaten meat for a long time, he asked the fisherman for some fish. The generous fisherman gave him enough fish to last for a day. As the poor man tasted the fish, he found it incredibly delicious. For several days, he couldn't forget the taste of the fish. Eventually, unable to resist the temptation, he begged the fisherman for fish again. The fisherman fulfilled his request and told him, "You can come again whenever you want to eat." Grateful, the poor man left the fisherman's house. On his way back, he thought about the fisherman's words. He wondered, "Even though he said I can come back, how can I keep asking him for fish? How can I get fish without begging? I don't know how to catch fish myself. Wait a minute... why don't I learn fishing from the fisherman?" With this idea, the poor man excitedly headed back to the fisherman's home. When the fisherman saw the poor man returning, still holding the fish he had given him earlier, he was a bit puzzled. He asked, "Do you need more fish? Wasn't the previous batch enough?" The poor man replied, "No, that's not it. I'm here to ask if you can teach me how to fish. I can't keep asking you for fish. If I learn to fish, I can catch my own." The poor man spoke sincerely. The fisherman saw the earnestness in his eyes and thought, "Indeed, teaching him to fish would be more helpful than just giving him fish. Why not?" So, the fisherman readily agreed to teach the poor man.

Under the fisherman's careful guidance and the poor man's hard work, he quickly learned how to fish. When he caught his first fish, as a gesture of gratitude to the kind fisherman, he gave all the fish to him.