东汉末孔融与哥哥们吃梨,自挑小梨,把大梨让给哥哥,传为美谈。见宋.徐子光《蒙求集注.卷下.孔融让果》。也作「孔融让果」。
英语 Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty