Chapter seven Biography of Zudi(3)

In the tenth year of Taikang (289), Zu Ti, an overseas Chinese living in Yangping County, was promoted as a Xiaollian by the county government and a scholar by the secretary of State, but he did not answer the orders. Together with Liu Kun, Zu Ti was later appointed as the chief secretary of the prefecture. They often talk about the world. Sometimes they can't sleep at night. They sat up in a hug and encouraged each other, saying, "If the world is in chaos and heroes rise together, you and I should have a great career in the Central Plains!"(4)