Zhai Gong

Zhai Gong (Chinese: 翟公, fl. 2nd century BCE) was a Magistrate under the Emperor Wendi of the Han dynasty of China.

He was a native of Xiagui (下邽) in Shaanxi. In his days of prosperity, his gates were thronged; yet when he was dismissed, a sparrow-trap might have been set in his court-yard. Upon his reinstatement in office, the friends would have returned; but he closed his doors to them, and posted a notice to the effect that true friendship endures even through poverty and disgrace.

Reference

This article incorporates text from entry Chai Kung in A Chinese Biographical Dictionary by Herbert A. Giles (1898), a publication now in the public domain.