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In the first year of Yuanfu (Wuyin, 1098) of Emperor Zhezong of the Song Dynasty, a new editor came to the Hengzhou regiment training institute. He was about forty-seven or eighty-eight years old. Because few people could understand the northern dialect he spoke, people privately called him "old man". (This kind of folk custom still exists sparsely today after 910 years.) But in person, people call him Qin Qi or Qin Ge. I set up a "Floating House" in Gaoling, west of the city, and spent my days in solitude. This "editing and management" system was a punishment for officials who made mistakes but could not be beheaded or imprisoned. It was commonly known as "exile". Although you don't necessarily have to carry a gun and mount a horse to do hard work, it can still be regarded as giving you a taste of hardship, knowing that the world is difficult and becoming more honest. Similar to the later "control".