One year, at the suggestion of a fawning minister out to ingratiate himself, the emperor issued an edict banning the slaughter of dogs. But there were some dissenters who said: "The emperor Shen Tsung (ruled 1067-1085) was born in the Year of the Rat, but when he was on the throne nobody said people couldn't keep cats!"
宋徽宗屬狗，有一年，他的臣下為投其所好，上諛言，因之下了禁屠狗的詔旨，但也有持異議者說：「神宗屬鼠，當年並未禁止養貓呀！」