The origin of lottery tickets

Drawing lots is a method created by Sun Piyang, an official in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, to prevent the serious trend of asking for help in officialdom. It was called "drawing lots" at that time. This seemingly absurd method was not popular in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty for a long time. The reason was that the official request for help was so serious that I had to do it. From this perspective, I also saw Sun Piyang's helplessness.